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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Spain	Ireland	Spain
1960	2,828,600	30,455,000	-	-
1961	2,824,400	30,739,250	-0.15%	0.93%
1962	2,836,050	31,023,366	0.41%	0.92%
1963	2,852,650	31,296,651	0.59%	0.88%
1964	2,866,550	31,609,195	0.49%	1%
1965	2,877,300	31,954,292	0.38%	1.09%
1966	2,888,800	32,283,194	0.4%	1.03%
1967	2,902,450	32,682,947	0.47%	1.24%
1968	2,915,550	33,113,134	0.45%	1.32%
1969	2,932,650	33,441,054	0.59%	0.99%
1970	2,957,250	33,814,531	0.84%	1.12%
1971	2,992,050	34,224,490	1.18%	1.21%
1972	3,036,850	34,604,469	1.5%	1.11%
1973	3,085,950	34,988,947	1.62%	1.11%
1974	3,137,500	35,373,335	1.67%	1.1%
1975	3,189,550	35,757,900	1.66%	1.09%
1976	3,238,050	36,137,812	1.52%	1.06%
1977	3,282,200	36,511,638	1.36%	1.03%
1978	3,329,100	36,864,898	1.43%	0.97%
1979	3,373,750	37,191,330	1.34%	0.89%
1980	3,412,800	37,491,165	1.16%	0.81%
1981	3,453,000	37,758,631	1.18%	0.71%
1982	3,485,800	37,986,012	0.95%	0.6%
1983	3,510,600	38,171,525	0.71%	0.49%
1984	3,532,423	38,330,364	0.62%	0.42%
1985	3,538,082	38,469,512	0.16%	0.36%
1986	3,539,690	38,584,624	0.05%	0.3%
1987	3,540,057	38,684,815	0.01%	0.26%
1988	3,524,949	38,766,939	-0.43%	0.21%
1989	3,511,009	38,827,764	-0.4%	0.16%
1990	3,513,974	38,867,322	0.08%	0.1%
1991	3,534,235	38,966,376	0.58%	0.25%
1992	3,558,430	39,157,685	0.68%	0.49%
1993	3,576,261	39,361,262	0.5%	0.52%
1994	3,590,386	39,549,108	0.39%	0.48%
1995	3,608,841	39,724,050	0.51%	0.44%
1996	3,637,510	39,889,852	0.79%	0.42%
1997	3,674,171	40,057,389	1.01%	0.42%
1998	3,712,696	40,223,509	1.05%	0.41%
1999	3,754,786	40,386,875	1.13%	0.41%
2000	3,805,174	40,567,864	1.34%	0.45%
2001	3,866,243	40,850,412	1.6%	0.7%
2002	3,931,947	41,431,558	1.7%	1.42%
2003	3,996,521	42,187,645	1.64%	1.82%
2004	4,070,262	42,921,895	1.85%	1.74%
2005	4,159,914	43,653,155	2.2%	1.7%
2006	4,273,591	44,397,319	2.73%	1.7%
2007	4,398,942	45,226,803	2.93%	1.87%
2008	4,489,544	45,954,106	2.06%	1.61%
2009	4,535,375	46,362,946	1.02%	0.89%
2010	4,560,155	46,576,897	0.55%	0.46%
2011	4,580,084	46,742,697	0.44%	0.36%
2012	4,599,533	46,773,055	0.42%	0.06%
2013	4,623,816	46,604,197	0.53%	-0.36%
2014	4,657,740	46,460,733	0.73%	-0.31%
2015	4,701,957	46,422,303	0.95%	-0.08%
2016	4,762,722	46,458,139	1.29%	0.08%
2017	4,827,445	46,571,232	1.36%	0.24%
2018	4,898,022	46,782,011	1.46%	0.45%
2019	4,976,456	47,118,501	1.6%	0.72%
2020	5,039,747	47,359,424	1.27%	0.51%
2021	5,110,585	47,443,821	1.41%	0.18%
2022	5,212,836	47,786,102	2%	0.72%
2023	5,311,538	48,352,528	1.89%	1.19%
2024	5,395,790	48,848,840	1.59%	1.03%
2025	5,450,228	48,827,866	1.01%	-0.04%
2026	5,500,449	48,787,930	0.92%	-0.08%
2027	5,547,627	48,738,456	0.86%	-0.1%
2028	5,592,524	48,683,694	0.81%	-0.11%
2029	5,634,478	48,619,674	0.75%	-0.13%
2030	5,673,099	48,542,955	0.69%	-0.16%
2031	5,709,621	48,454,221	0.64%	-0.18%
2032	5,744,973	48,362,482	0.62%	-0.19%
2033	5,778,467	48,271,264	0.58%	-0.19%
2034	5,809,870	48,177,551	0.54%	-0.19%
2035	5,839,208	48,077,695	0.5%	-0.21%
2036	5,867,278	47,970,911	0.48%	-0.22%
2037	5,895,280	47,860,116	0.48%	-0.23%
2038	5,922,778	47,747,343	0.47%	-0.24%
2039	5,948,562	47,629,540	0.44%	-0.25%
2040	5,973,408	47,504,152	0.42%	-0.26%
2041	5,997,971	47,373,061	0.41%	-0.28%
2042	6,020,298	47,234,914	0.37%	-0.29%
2043	6,040,050	47,092,497	0.33%	-0.3%
2044	6,058,494	46,942,712	0.31%	-0.32%
2045	6,075,441	46,778,501	0.28%	-0.35%
2046	6,089,704	46,604,170	0.23%	-0.37%
2047	6,102,050	46,421,312	0.2%	-0.39%
2048	6,113,677	46,230,109	0.19%	-0.41%
2049	6,123,367	46,024,720	0.16%	-0.44%
2050	6,129,969	45,808,469	0.11%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.