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	5,307,600	8,460,512	1.82%	2.22%
2024	5,380,257	8,642,022	1.37%	2.15%
2025	5,434,538	8,819,789	1.01%	2.06%
2026	5,484,615	8,996,743	0.92%	2.01%
2027	5,531,657	9,174,695	0.86%	1.98%
2028	5,576,425	9,349,021	0.81%	1.9%
2029	5,618,258	9,520,811	0.75%	1.84%
2030	5,656,768	9,694,851	0.69%	1.83%
2031	5,693,185	9,870,295	0.64%	1.81%
2032	5,728,435	10,047,193	0.62%	1.79%
2033	5,761,833	10,221,006	0.58%	1.73%
2034	5,793,145	10,391,485	0.54%	1.67%
2035	5,822,398	10,563,163	0.5%	1.65%
2036	5,850,388	10,734,341	0.48%	1.62%
2037	5,878,309	10,902,263	0.48%	1.56%
2038	5,905,728	11,066,143	0.47%	1.5%
2039	5,931,438	11,230,060	0.44%	1.48%
2040	5,956,212	11,398,391	0.42%	1.5%
2041	5,980,704	11,566,213	0.41%	1.47%
2042	6,002,968	11,728,787	0.37%	1.41%
2043	6,022,662	11,887,934	0.33%	1.36%
2044	6,041,053	12,049,424	0.31%	1.36%
2045	6,057,952	12,208,872	0.28%	1.32%
2046	6,072,174	12,363,446	0.23%	1.27%
2047	6,084,484	12,512,739	0.2%	1.21%
2048	6,096,077	12,659,609	0.19%	1.17%
2049	6,105,740	12,805,136	0.16%	1.15%
2050	6,112,322	12,948,320	0.11%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ireland's population will grow by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people with a rank change from 121st to 120th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.