The latest officially reported population of Ireland was 5,380,257 in 2024 vs 2,126,324 people in Slovenia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ireland's population is 5,474,763 people compared to 2,124,696 in Slovenia.
Population statistics:
- Ireland's population is 2.58 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Ireland is ranked the 121st most populous country in the world, while Slovenia is the 147th.
- The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.07% for Ireland vs 0.03% for Slovenia.
- For the last 10 years, Ireland has had an average growth rate of +1.39% per year vs +0.29% in Slovenia.
- Since 2005, the population of Ireland has increased from 4.16M people to 5.47M (31.6% growth), while Slovenia has grown from 2M to 2.12M (6.21% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Ireland vs Slovenia: live population counter
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| Current population |
5474763
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2124696
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| Population rank | 121/197 | 147/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
7.23 minutes
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1.49 hours
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| One birth every |
9.61 minutes
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31 minutes
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| One death every |
15 minutes
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24.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
13.5 minutes
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2.64 hours
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| Annual migration change | +39,059 | +3,319 |
| Daily growth/decline | +199 | +16 |
| Annual growth/decline | +72,657 | +5,863 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.37% | +0.28% |
| Population growth rate rank | 78/197 | 151/197 |
Ireland and Slovenia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,828,600 | 1,584,720 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,824,400 | 1,594,131 | -0.15% | 0.59% |
| 1962 | 2,836,050 | 1,603,649 | 0.41% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 2,852,650 | 1,616,971 | 0.59% | 0.83% |
| 1964 | 2,866,550 | 1,632,114 | 0.49% | 0.94% |
| 1965 | 2,877,300 | 1,649,160 | 0.38% | 1.04% |
| 1966 | 2,888,800 | 1,669,905 | 0.4% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 2,902,450 | 1,689,528 | 0.47% | 1.18% |
| 1968 | 2,915,550 | 1,704,546 | 0.45% | 0.89% |
| 1969 | 2,932,650 | 1,713,874 | 0.59% | 0.55% |
| 1970 | 2,957,250 | 1,724,891 | 0.84% | 0.64% |
| 1971 | 2,992,050 | 1,738,335 | 1.18% | 0.78% |
| 1972 | 3,036,850 | 1,752,233 | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| 1973 | 3,085,950 | 1,766,697 | 1.62% | 0.83% |
| 1974 | 3,137,500 | 1,776,132 | 1.67% | 0.53% |
| 1975 | 3,189,550 | 1,793,581 | 1.66% | 0.98% |
| 1976 | 3,238,050 | 1,820,249 | 1.52% | 1.49% |
| 1977 | 3,282,200 | 1,842,377 | 1.36% | 1.22% |
| 1978 | 3,329,100 | 1,862,548 | 1.43% | 1.09% |
| 1979 | 3,373,750 | 1,882,599 | 1.34% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 3,412,800 | 1,901,315 | 1.16% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 3,453,000 | 1,906,531 | 1.18% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 3,485,800 | 1,910,334 | 0.95% | 0.2% |
| 1983 | 3,510,600 | 1,922,321 | 0.71% | 0.63% |
| 1984 | 3,532,423 | 1,932,154 | 0.62% | 0.51% |
| 1985 | 3,538,082 | 1,941,641 | 0.16% | 0.49% |
| 1986 | 3,539,690 | 1,965,964 | 0.05% | 1.25% |
| 1987 | 3,540,057 | 1,989,776 | 0.01% | 1.21% |
| 1988 | 3,524,949 | 1,995,196 | -0.43% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 3,511,009 | 1,996,351 | -0.4% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 3,513,974 | 1,998,161 | 0.08% | 0.09% |
| 1991 | 3,534,235 | 1,999,429 | 0.58% | 0.06% |
| 1992 | 3,558,430 | 1,996,498 | 0.68% | -0.15% |
| 1993 | 3,576,261 | 1,991,746 | 0.5% | -0.24% |
| 1994 | 3,590,386 | 1,989,443 | 0.39% | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 3,608,841 | 1,989,872 | 0.51% | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 3,637,510 | 1,988,628 | 0.79% | -0.06% |
| 1997 | 3,674,171 | 1,985,956 | 1.01% | -0.13% |
| 1998 | 3,712,696 | 1,981,629 | 1.05% | -0.22% |
| 1999 | 3,754,786 | 1,983,045 | 1.13% | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 3,805,174 | 1,988,925 | 1.34% | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 3,866,243 | 1,992,060 | 1.6% | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 3,931,947 | 1,994,530 | 1.7% | 0.12% |
| 2003 | 3,996,521 | 1,995,733 | 1.64% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 4,070,262 | 1,997,012 | 1.85% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 4,159,914 | 2,000,474 | 2.2% | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 4,273,591 | 2,006,868 | 2.73% | 0.32% |
| 2007 | 4,398,942 | 2,018,122 | 2.93% | 0.56% |
| 2008 | 4,489,544 | 2,021,316 | 2.06% | 0.16% |
| 2009 | 4,535,375 | 2,039,669 | 1.02% | 0.91% |
| 2010 | 4,560,155 | 2,048,583 | 0.55% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 4,580,084 | 2,052,843 | 0.44% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 4,599,533 | 2,057,159 | 0.42% | 0.21% |
| 2013 | 4,623,816 | 2,059,953 | 0.53% | 0.14% |
| 2014 | 4,657,740 | 2,061,980 | 0.73% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 4,701,957 | 2,063,531 | 0.95% | 0.08% |
| 2016 | 4,762,722 | 2,065,042 | 1.29% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 4,827,445 | 2,066,388 | 1.36% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 4,898,022 | 2,073,894 | 1.46% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 4,976,456 | 2,088,385 | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,039,747 | 2,102,419 | 1.27% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | 5,110,585 | 2,108,079 | 1.41% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 5,212,836 | 2,112,076 | 2% | 0.19% |
| 2023 | 5,307,600 | 2,120,461 | 1.82% | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 5,380,257 | 2,126,324 | 1.37% | 0.28% |
| 2025 | 5,434,538 | 2,124,696 | 1.01% | -0.08% |
| 2026 | 5,484,615 | 2,122,189 | 0.92% | -0.12% |
| 2027 | 5,531,657 | 2,119,145 | 0.86% | -0.14% |
| 2028 | 5,576,425 | 2,115,423 | 0.81% | -0.18% |
| 2029 | 5,618,258 | 2,111,105 | 0.75% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 5,656,768 | 2,106,524 | 0.69% | -0.22% |
| 2031 | 5,693,185 | 2,101,619 | 0.64% | -0.23% |
| 2032 | 5,728,435 | 2,096,578 | 0.62% | -0.24% |
| 2033 | 5,761,833 | 2,091,480 | 0.58% | -0.24% |
| 2034 | 5,793,145 | 2,086,418 | 0.54% | -0.24% |
| 2035 | 5,822,398 | 2,081,306 | 0.5% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 5,850,388 | 2,075,930 | 0.48% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 5,878,309 | 2,070,284 | 0.48% | -0.27% |
| 2038 | 5,905,728 | 2,064,791 | 0.47% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 5,931,438 | 2,059,470 | 0.44% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 5,956,212 | 2,054,131 | 0.42% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 5,980,704 | 2,048,670 | 0.41% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 6,002,968 | 2,042,743 | 0.37% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 6,022,662 | 2,036,503 | 0.33% | -0.31% |
| 2044 | 6,041,053 | 2,030,103 | 0.31% | -0.31% |
| 2045 | 6,057,952 | 2,023,552 | 0.28% | -0.32% |
| 2046 | 6,072,174 | 2,016,934 | 0.23% | -0.33% |
| 2047 | 6,084,484 | 2,010,203 | 0.2% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 6,096,077 | 2,003,376 | 0.19% | -0.34% |
| 2049 | 6,105,740 | 1,996,286 | 0.16% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 6,112,322 | 1,988,691 | 0.11% | -0.38% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Slovenia gained 63,057 people (a 3.15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Slovenia's population increased by 61,165 (a 2.96% growth).
Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Slovenia was ranked 142nd in 2005 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.4% to 1,988,691 people and rank change from 147th to 148th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Dublin | 593K |
| Cork | 222K |
| Galway | 83.5K |
| Limerick | 62.7K |
| Waterford | 48.4K |
| Drogheda | 41K |
| Swords | 40.8K |
| Dundalk | 39K |
| Tralee | 26.1K |
| Kilkenny | 22.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between Ireland and Slovenia
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| Life expectancy | 82.7 years | 81.9 years |
| Average age | 39.4 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 39.7 years | 45.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.5:50.5 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 202.3 ppl/mi² | 273.5 ppl/mi² |
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