Population in Ireland compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Sierra Leone	Ireland	Sierra Leone
1960	2,828,600	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,824,400	2,304,227	-0.15%	1.58%
1962	2,836,050	2,342,242	0.41%	1.65%
1963	2,852,650	2,382,258	0.59%	1.71%
1964	2,866,550	2,424,390	0.49%	1.77%
1965	2,877,300	2,468,666	0.38%	1.83%
1966	2,888,800	2,514,638	0.4%	1.86%
1967	2,902,450	2,562,384	0.47%	1.9%
1968	2,915,550	2,611,532	0.45%	1.92%
1969	2,932,650	2,661,365	0.59%	1.91%
1970	2,957,250	2,712,286	0.84%	1.91%
1971	2,992,050	2,763,222	1.18%	1.88%
1972	3,036,850	2,814,388	1.5%	1.85%
1973	3,085,950	2,866,955	1.62%	1.87%
1974	3,137,500	2,920,459	1.67%	1.87%
1975	3,189,550	2,974,657	1.66%	1.86%
1976	3,238,050	3,028,820	1.52%	1.82%
1977	3,282,200	3,085,354	1.36%	1.87%
1978	3,329,100	3,145,517	1.43%	1.95%
1979	3,373,750	3,207,499	1.34%	1.97%
1980	3,412,800	3,272,089	1.16%	2.01%
1981	3,453,000	3,338,940	1.18%	2.04%
1982	3,485,800	3,408,183	0.95%	2.07%
1983	3,510,600	3,481,646	0.71%	2.16%
1984	3,532,423	3,558,758	0.62%	2.21%
1985	3,538,082	3,638,438	0.16%	2.24%
1986	3,539,690	3,728,380	0.05%	2.47%
1987	3,540,057	3,829,718	0.01%	2.72%
1988	3,524,949	3,934,517	-0.43%	2.74%
1989	3,511,009	4,034,037	-0.4%	2.53%
1990	3,513,974	4,196,828	0.08%	4.04%
1991	3,534,235	4,246,267	0.58%	1.18%
1992	3,558,430	4,166,366	0.68%	-1.88%
1993	3,576,261	4,157,130	0.5%	-0.22%
1994	3,590,386	4,173,105	0.39%	0.38%
1995	3,608,841	4,179,179	0.51%	0.15%
1996	3,637,510	4,199,210	0.79%	0.48%
1997	3,674,171	4,253,716	1.01%	1.3%
1998	3,712,696	4,295,785	1.05%	0.99%
1999	3,754,786	4,318,043	1.13%	0.52%
2000	3,805,174	4,423,611	1.34%	2.44%
2001	3,866,243	4,692,716	1.6%	6.08%
2002	3,931,947	4,971,435	1.7%	5.94%
2003	3,996,521	5,177,687	1.64%	4.15%
2004	4,070,262	5,355,717	1.85%	3.44%
2005	4,159,914	5,501,712	2.2%	2.73%
2006	4,273,591	5,624,466	2.73%	2.23%
2007	4,398,942	5,749,352	2.93%	2.22%
2008	4,489,544	5,894,722	2.06%	2.53%
2009	4,535,375	6,055,646	1.02%	2.73%
2010	4,560,155	6,222,714	0.55%	2.76%
2011	4,580,084	6,387,251	0.44%	2.64%
2012	4,599,533	6,551,080	0.42%	2.56%
2013	4,623,816	6,714,051	0.53%	2.49%
2014	4,657,740	6,876,385	0.73%	2.42%
2015	4,701,957	7,037,655	0.95%	2.35%
2016	4,762,722	7,205,328	1.29%	2.38%
2017	4,827,445	7,379,299	1.36%	2.41%
2018	4,898,022	7,554,563	1.46%	2.38%
2019	4,976,456	7,731,991	1.6%	2.35%
2020	5,039,747	7,912,558	1.27%	2.34%
2021	5,110,585	8,094,602	1.41%	2.3%
2022	5,212,836	8,276,807	2%	2.25%
2023	5,311,538	8,460,512	1.89%	2.22%
2024	5,395,790	8,642,022	1.59%	2.15%
2025	5,450,228	8,819,789	1.01%	2.06%
2026	5,500,449	8,996,743	0.92%	2.01%
2027	5,547,627	9,174,695	0.86%	1.98%
2028	5,592,524	9,349,021	0.81%	1.9%
2029	5,634,478	9,520,811	0.75%	1.84%
2030	5,673,099	9,694,851	0.69%	1.83%
2031	5,709,621	9,870,295	0.64%	1.81%
2032	5,744,973	10,047,193	0.62%	1.79%
2033	5,778,467	10,221,006	0.58%	1.73%
2034	5,809,870	10,391,485	0.54%	1.67%
2035	5,839,208	10,563,163	0.5%	1.65%
2036	5,867,278	10,734,341	0.48%	1.62%
2037	5,895,280	10,902,263	0.48%	1.56%
2038	5,922,778	11,066,143	0.47%	1.5%
2039	5,948,562	11,230,060	0.44%	1.48%
2040	5,973,408	11,398,391	0.42%	1.5%
2041	5,997,971	11,566,213	0.41%	1.47%
2042	6,020,298	11,728,787	0.37%	1.41%
2043	6,040,050	11,887,934	0.33%	1.36%
2044	6,058,494	12,049,424	0.31%	1.36%
2045	6,075,441	12,208,872	0.28%	1.32%
2046	6,089,704	12,363,446	0.23%	1.27%
2047	6,102,050	12,512,739	0.2%	1.21%
2048	6,113,677	12,659,609	0.19%	1.17%
2049	6,123,367	12,805,136	0.16%	1.15%
2050	6,129,969	12,948,320	0.11%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.