Population in Ireland compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Seychelles	Ireland	Seychelles
1960	2,828,600	41,700	-	-
1961	2,824,400	42,889	-0.15%	2.85%
1962	2,836,050	44,042	0.41%	2.69%
1963	2,852,650	45,176	0.59%	2.57%
1964	2,866,550	46,322	0.49%	2.54%
1965	2,877,300	47,500	0.38%	2.54%
1966	2,888,800	48,699	0.4%	2.52%
1967	2,902,450	49,911	0.47%	2.49%
1968	2,915,550	51,134	0.45%	2.45%
1969	2,932,650	52,365	0.59%	2.41%
1970	2,957,250	53,600	0.84%	2.36%
1971	2,992,050	54,695	1.18%	2.04%
1972	3,036,850	56,029	1.5%	2.44%
1973	3,085,950	56,892	1.62%	1.54%
1974	3,137,500	57,937	1.67%	1.84%
1975	3,189,550	59,292	1.66%	2.34%
1976	3,238,050	60,504	1.52%	2.04%
1977	3,282,200	61,786	1.36%	2.12%
1978	3,329,100	62,150	1.43%	0.59%
1979	3,373,750	62,686	1.34%	0.86%
1980	3,412,800	63,261	1.16%	0.92%
1981	3,453,000	64,035	1.18%	1.22%
1982	3,485,800	64,413	0.95%	0.59%
1983	3,510,600	64,335	0.71%	-0.12%
1984	3,532,423	64,717	0.62%	0.59%
1985	3,538,082	65,244	0.16%	0.81%
1986	3,539,690	65,652	0.05%	0.63%
1987	3,540,057	68,499	0.01%	4.34%
1988	3,524,949	68,755	-0.43%	0.37%
1989	3,511,009	69,167	-0.4%	0.6%
1990	3,513,974	69,507	0.08%	0.49%
1991	3,534,235	70,439	0.58%	1.34%
1992	3,558,430	70,763	0.68%	0.46%
1993	3,576,261	72,253	0.5%	2.11%
1994	3,590,386	74,205	0.39%	2.7%
1995	3,608,841	75,304	0.51%	1.48%
1996	3,637,510	76,417	0.79%	1.48%
1997	3,674,171	77,319	1.01%	1.18%
1998	3,712,696	78,846	1.05%	1.97%
1999	3,754,786	80,410	1.13%	1.98%
2000	3,805,174	81,131	1.34%	0.9%
2001	3,866,243	81,202	1.6%	0.09%
2002	3,931,947	83,723	1.7%	3.1%
2003	3,996,521	82,781	1.64%	-1.13%
2004	4,070,262	82,475	1.85%	-0.37%
2005	4,159,914	82,858	2.2%	0.46%
2006	4,273,591	84,600	2.73%	2.1%
2007	4,398,942	85,033	2.93%	0.51%
2008	4,489,544	86,956	2.06%	2.26%
2009	4,535,375	87,298	1.02%	0.39%
2010	4,560,155	89,770	0.55%	2.83%
2011	4,580,084	87,441	0.44%	-2.59%
2012	4,599,533	88,303	0.42%	0.99%
2013	4,623,816	89,949	0.53%	1.86%
2014	4,657,740	91,359	0.73%	1.57%
2015	4,701,957	93,419	0.95%	2.25%
2016	4,762,722	94,677	1.29%	1.35%
2017	4,827,445	95,843	1.36%	1.23%
2018	4,898,022	96,762	1.46%	0.96%
2019	4,976,456	97,625	1.6%	0.89%
2020	5,039,747	98,462	1.27%	0.86%
2021	5,110,585	99,258	1.41%	0.81%
2022	5,212,836	119,878	2%	20.8%
2023	5,311,538	119,773	1.89%	-0.09%
2024	5,395,790	121,354	1.59%	1.32%
2025	5,450,228	123,549	1.01%	1.81%
2026	5,500,449	125,581	0.92%	1.64%
2027	5,547,627	127,380	0.86%	1.43%
2028	5,592,524	128,883	0.81%	1.18%
2029	5,634,478	130,011	0.75%	0.87%
2030	5,673,099	130,635	0.69%	0.48%
2031	5,709,621	130,989	0.64%	0.27%
2032	5,744,973	131,305	0.62%	0.24%
2033	5,778,467	131,578	0.58%	0.21%
2034	5,809,870	131,816	0.54%	0.18%
2035	5,839,208	132,027	0.5%	0.16%
2036	5,867,278	132,202	0.48%	0.13%
2037	5,895,280	132,348	0.48%	0.11%
2038	5,922,778	132,467	0.47%	0.09%
2039	5,948,562	132,552	0.44%	0.06%
2040	5,973,408	132,631	0.42%	0.06%
2041	5,997,971	132,681	0.41%	0.04%
2042	6,020,298	132,700	0.37%	0.01%
2043	6,040,050	132,698	0.33%	-0.001%
2044	6,058,494	132,665	0.31%	-0.03%
2045	6,075,441	132,613	0.28%	-0.04%
2046	6,089,704	132,531	0.23%	-0.06%
2047	6,102,050	132,415	0.2%	-0.09%
2048	6,113,677	132,264	0.19%	-0.11%
2049	6,123,367	132,085	0.16%	-0.14%
2050	6,129,969	131,885	0.11%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ireland's population will grow by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people with a rank change from 121st to 119th. The population of the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.