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	5,307,600	48,347,910	1.82%	1.18%
2024	5,380,257	48,807,137	1.37%	0.95%
2025	5,434,538	48,786,181	1.01%	-0.04%
2026	5,484,615	48,746,279	0.92%	-0.08%
2027	5,531,657	48,696,847	0.86%	-0.1%
2028	5,576,425	48,642,132	0.81%	-0.11%
2029	5,618,258	48,578,166	0.75%	-0.13%
2030	5,656,768	48,501,513	0.69%	-0.16%
2031	5,693,185	48,412,854	0.64%	-0.18%
2032	5,728,435	48,321,195	0.62%	-0.19%
2033	5,761,833	48,230,054	0.58%	-0.19%
2034	5,793,145	48,136,421	0.54%	-0.19%
2035	5,822,398	48,036,650	0.5%	-0.21%
2036	5,850,388	47,929,957	0.48%	-0.22%
2037	5,878,309	47,819,257	0.48%	-0.23%
2038	5,905,728	47,706,580	0.47%	-0.24%
2039	5,931,438	47,588,878	0.44%	-0.25%
2040	5,956,212	47,463,597	0.42%	-0.26%
2041	5,980,704	47,332,618	0.41%	-0.28%
2042	6,002,968	47,194,588	0.37%	-0.29%
2043	6,022,662	47,052,293	0.33%	-0.3%
2044	6,041,053	46,902,636	0.31%	-0.32%
2045	6,057,952	46,738,565	0.28%	-0.35%
2046	6,072,174	46,564,383	0.23%	-0.37%
2047	6,084,484	46,381,681	0.2%	-0.39%
2048	6,096,077	46,190,642	0.19%	-0.41%
2049	6,105,740	45,985,428	0.16%	-0.44%
2050	6,112,322	45,769,362	0.11%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.