Population in Ireland compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	South Korea	Ireland	South Korea
1960	2,828,600	25,012,374	-	-
1961	2,824,400	25,765,673	-0.15%	3.01%
1962	2,836,050	26,513,030	0.41%	2.9%
1963	2,852,650	27,261,747	0.59%	2.82%
1964	2,866,550	27,984,155	0.49%	2.65%
1965	2,877,300	28,704,674	0.38%	2.57%
1966	2,888,800	29,435,571	0.4%	2.55%
1967	2,902,450	30,130,983	0.47%	2.36%
1968	2,915,550	30,838,302	0.45%	2.35%
1969	2,932,650	31,544,266	0.59%	2.29%
1970	2,957,250	32,240,827	0.84%	2.21%
1971	2,992,050	32,882,704	1.18%	1.99%
1972	3,036,850	33,505,406	1.5%	1.89%
1973	3,085,950	34,103,149	1.62%	1.78%
1974	3,137,500	34,692,266	1.67%	1.73%
1975	3,189,550	35,280,725	1.66%	1.7%
1976	3,238,050	35,848,523	1.52%	1.61%
1977	3,282,200	36,411,795	1.36%	1.57%
1978	3,329,100	36,969,185	1.43%	1.53%
1979	3,373,750	37,534,236	1.34%	1.53%
1980	3,412,800	38,123,775	1.16%	1.57%
1981	3,453,000	38,723,248	1.18%	1.57%
1982	3,485,800	39,326,352	0.95%	1.56%
1983	3,510,600	39,910,403	0.71%	1.49%
1984	3,532,423	40,405,956	0.62%	1.24%
1985	3,538,082	40,805,744	0.16%	0.99%
1986	3,539,690	41,213,674	0.05%	1%
1987	3,540,057	41,621,690	0.01%	0.99%
1988	3,524,949	42,031,247	-0.43%	0.98%
1989	3,511,009	42,449,038	-0.4%	0.99%
1990	3,513,974	42,869,283	0.08%	0.99%
1991	3,534,235	43,295,704	0.58%	0.99%
1992	3,558,430	43,747,962	0.68%	1.04%
1993	3,576,261	44,194,628	0.5%	1.02%
1994	3,590,386	44,641,540	0.39%	1.01%
1995	3,608,841	45,092,991	0.51%	1.01%
1996	3,637,510	45,524,681	0.79%	0.96%
1997	3,674,171	45,953,580	1.01%	0.94%
1998	3,712,696	46,286,503	1.05%	0.72%
1999	3,754,786	46,616,677	1.13%	0.71%
2000	3,805,174	47,008,111	1.34%	0.84%
2001	3,866,243	47,370,164	1.6%	0.77%
2002	3,931,947	47,644,736	1.7%	0.58%
2003	3,996,521	47,892,330	1.64%	0.52%
2004	4,070,262	48,082,519	1.85%	0.4%
2005	4,159,914	48,184,561	2.2%	0.21%
2006	4,273,591	48,438,292	2.73%	0.53%
2007	4,398,942	48,683,638	2.93%	0.51%
2008	4,489,544	49,054,708	2.06%	0.76%
2009	4,535,375	49,307,835	1.02%	0.52%
2010	4,560,155	49,554,112	0.55%	0.5%
2011	4,580,084	49,936,638	0.44%	0.77%
2012	4,599,533	50,199,853	0.42%	0.53%
2013	4,623,816	50,428,893	0.53%	0.46%
2014	4,657,740	50,746,659	0.73%	0.63%
2015	4,701,957	51,014,947	0.95%	0.53%
2016	4,762,722	51,217,803	1.29%	0.4%
2017	4,827,445	51,361,911	1.36%	0.28%
2018	4,898,022	51,585,058	1.46%	0.43%
2019	4,976,456	51,764,822	1.6%	0.35%
2020	5,039,747	51,836,239	1.27%	0.14%
2021	5,110,585	51,769,539	1.41%	-0.13%
2022	5,212,836	51,672,569	2%	-0.19%
2023	5,307,600	51,712,619	1.82%	0.08%
2024	5,380,257	51,751,065	1.37%	0.07%
2025	5,434,538	51,700,480	1.01%	-0.1%
2026	5,484,615	51,633,793	0.92%	-0.13%
2027	5,531,657	51,552,198	0.86%	-0.16%
2028	5,576,425	51,456,707	0.81%	-0.19%
2029	5,618,258	51,347,230	0.75%	-0.21%
2030	5,656,768	51,221,713	0.69%	-0.24%
2031	5,693,185	51,081,220	0.64%	-0.27%
2032	5,728,435	50,924,233	0.62%	-0.31%
2033	5,761,833	50,747,132	0.58%	-0.35%
2034	5,793,145	50,549,508	0.54%	-0.39%
2035	5,822,398	50,333,286	0.5%	-0.43%
2036	5,850,388	50,098,951	0.48%	-0.47%
2037	5,878,309	49,845,669	0.48%	-0.51%
2038	5,905,728	49,573,234	0.47%	-0.55%
2039	5,931,438	49,283,770	0.44%	-0.58%
2040	5,956,212	48,980,369	0.42%	-0.62%
2041	5,980,704	48,661,905	0.41%	-0.65%
2042	6,002,968	48,331,004	0.37%	-0.68%
2043	6,022,662	47,990,085	0.33%	-0.71%
2044	6,041,053	47,634,183	0.31%	-0.74%
2045	6,057,952	47,263,526	0.28%	-0.78%
2046	6,072,174	46,881,228	0.23%	-0.81%
2047	6,084,484	46,482,133	0.2%	-0.85%
2048	6,096,077	46,063,595	0.19%	-0.9%
2049	6,105,740	45,626,805	0.16%	-0.95%
2050	6,112,322	45,172,356	0.11%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.