Population in Ireland compared to Singapore: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and Singapore: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Singapore	Ireland	Singapore
1960	2,828,600	1,646,400	-	-
1961	2,824,400	1,702,400	-0.15%	3.4%
1962	2,836,050	1,750,200	0.41%	2.81%
1963	2,852,650	1,795,000	0.59%	2.56%
1964	2,866,550	1,841,600	0.49%	2.6%
1965	2,877,300	1,886,900	0.38%	2.46%
1966	2,888,800	1,934,400	0.4%	2.52%
1967	2,902,450	1,977,600	0.47%	2.23%
1968	2,915,550	2,012,000	0.45%	1.74%
1969	2,932,650	2,042,500	0.59%	1.52%
1970	2,957,250	2,074,507	0.84%	1.57%
1971	2,992,050	2,112,900	1.18%	1.85%
1972	3,036,850	2,152,400	1.5%	1.87%
1973	3,085,950	2,193,000	1.62%	1.89%
1974	3,137,500	2,229,800	1.67%	1.68%
1975	3,189,550	2,262,600	1.66%	1.47%
1976	3,238,050	2,293,300	1.52%	1.36%
1977	3,282,200	2,325,300	1.36%	1.4%
1978	3,329,100	2,353,600	1.43%	1.22%
1979	3,373,750	2,383,500	1.34%	1.27%
1980	3,412,800	2,413,945	1.16%	1.28%
1981	3,453,000	2,532,835	1.18%	4.93%
1982	3,485,800	2,646,466	0.95%	4.49%
1983	3,510,600	2,681,061	0.71%	1.31%
1984	3,532,423	2,732,221	0.62%	1.91%
1985	3,538,082	2,735,957	0.16%	0.14%
1986	3,539,690	2,733,373	0.05%	-0.09%
1987	3,540,057	2,774,789	0.01%	1.52%
1988	3,524,949	2,846,108	-0.43%	2.57%
1989	3,511,009	2,930,901	-0.4%	2.98%
1990	3,513,974	3,047,132	0.08%	3.97%
1991	3,534,235	3,135,083	0.58%	2.89%
1992	3,558,430	3,230,698	0.68%	3.05%
1993	3,576,261	3,313,471	0.5%	2.56%
1994	3,590,386	3,419,048	0.39%	3.19%
1995	3,608,841	3,524,506	0.51%	3.08%
1996	3,637,510	3,670,704	0.79%	4.15%
1997	3,674,171	3,796,038	1.01%	3.41%
1998	3,712,696	3,927,213	1.05%	3.46%
1999	3,754,786	3,958,723	1.13%	0.8%
2000	3,805,174	4,027,887	1.34%	1.75%
2001	3,866,243	4,138,012	1.6%	2.73%
2002	3,931,947	4,175,950	1.7%	0.92%
2003	3,996,521	4,114,826	1.64%	-1.46%
2004	4,070,262	4,166,664	1.85%	1.26%
2005	4,159,914	4,265,762	2.2%	2.38%
2006	4,273,591	4,401,365	2.73%	3.18%
2007	4,398,942	4,588,599	2.93%	4.25%
2008	4,489,544	4,839,396	2.06%	5.47%
2009	4,535,375	4,987,573	1.02%	3.06%
2010	4,560,155	5,076,732	0.55%	1.79%
2011	4,580,084	5,183,688	0.44%	2.11%
2012	4,599,533	5,312,437	0.42%	2.48%
2013	4,623,816	5,399,162	0.53%	1.63%
2014	4,657,740	5,469,724	0.73%	1.31%
2015	4,701,957	5,535,002	0.95%	1.19%
2016	4,762,722	5,607,283	1.29%	1.31%
2017	4,827,445	5,612,253	1.36%	0.09%
2018	4,898,022	5,638,676	1.46%	0.47%
2019	4,976,456	5,703,569	1.6%	1.15%
2020	5,039,747	5,685,807	1.27%	-0.31%
2021	5,110,585	5,453,566	1.41%	-4.08%
2022	5,212,836	5,637,022	2%	3.36%
2023	5,311,538	5,917,648	1.89%	4.98%
2024	5,395,790	6,036,860	1.59%	2.01%
2025	5,450,228	6,076,565	1.01%	0.66%
2026	5,500,449	6,112,792	0.92%	0.6%
2027	5,547,627	6,147,775	0.86%	0.57%
2028	5,592,524	6,182,764	0.81%	0.57%
2029	5,634,478	6,214,576	0.75%	0.51%
2030	5,673,099	6,242,825	0.69%	0.45%
2031	5,709,621	6,270,800	0.64%	0.45%
2032	5,744,973	6,298,559	0.62%	0.44%
2033	5,778,467	6,325,401	0.58%	0.43%
2034	5,809,870	6,349,852	0.54%	0.39%
2035	5,839,208	6,368,948	0.5%	0.3%
2036	5,867,278	6,383,048	0.48%	0.22%
2037	5,895,280	6,394,813	0.48%	0.18%
2038	5,922,778	6,404,994	0.47%	0.16%
2039	5,948,562	6,411,057	0.44%	0.09%
2040	5,973,408	6,411,962	0.42%	0.01%
2041	5,997,971	6,408,383	0.41%	-0.06%
2042	6,020,298	6,402,235	0.37%	-0.1%
2043	6,040,050	6,394,872	0.33%	-0.12%
2044	6,058,494	6,384,418	0.31%	-0.16%
2045	6,075,441	6,372,013	0.28%	-0.19%
2046	6,089,704	6,358,982	0.23%	-0.2%
2047	6,102,050	6,343,000	0.2%	-0.25%
2048	6,113,677	6,327,523	0.19%	-0.24%
2049	6,123,367	6,312,515	0.16%	-0.24%
2050	6,129,969	6,294,905	0.11%	-0.28%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Singapore gained 1,205,918 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 505,891 (a 9.02% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Singapore was ranked 117th in 2006 and ranked 113th 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 Singapore will increase by 2.97% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.