Population in Ireland compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Sri Lanka	Ireland	Sri Lanka
1960	2,828,600	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,824,400	9,899,372	-0.15%	2.46%
1962	2,836,050	10,143,754	0.41%	2.47%
1963	2,852,650	10,395,040	0.59%	2.48%
1964	2,866,550	10,653,397	0.49%	2.49%
1965	2,877,300	10,916,965	0.38%	2.47%
1966	2,888,800	11,183,928	0.4%	2.45%
1967	2,902,450	11,457,328	0.47%	2.44%
1968	2,915,550	11,736,088	0.45%	2.43%
1969	2,932,650	12,013,858	0.59%	2.37%
1970	2,957,250	12,287,110	0.84%	2.27%
1971	2,992,050	12,551,910	1.18%	2.16%
1972	3,036,850	12,809,205	1.5%	2.05%
1973	3,085,950	13,060,916	1.62%	1.97%
1974	3,137,500	13,305,693	1.67%	1.87%
1975	3,189,550	13,548,984	1.66%	1.83%
1976	3,238,050	13,796,770	1.52%	1.83%
1977	3,282,200	14,049,371	1.36%	1.83%
1978	3,329,100	14,310,128	1.43%	1.86%
1979	3,373,750	14,579,614	1.34%	1.88%
1980	3,412,800	14,847,974	1.16%	1.84%
1981	3,453,000	15,099,414	1.18%	1.69%
1982	3,485,800	15,286,567	0.95%	1.24%
1983	3,510,600	15,388,794	0.71%	0.67%
1984	3,532,423	15,441,860	0.62%	0.34%
1985	3,538,082	15,544,154	0.16%	0.66%
1986	3,539,690	15,731,256	0.05%	1.2%
1987	3,540,057	15,916,576	0.01%	1.18%
1988	3,524,949	16,078,621	-0.43%	1.02%
1989	3,511,009	16,248,557	-0.4%	1.06%
1990	3,513,974	16,352,458	0.08%	0.64%
1991	3,534,235	16,475,354	0.58%	0.75%
1992	3,558,430	16,739,284	0.68%	1.6%
1993	3,576,261	17,025,918	0.5%	1.71%
1994	3,590,386	17,275,773	0.39%	1.47%
1995	3,608,841	17,564,068	0.51%	1.67%
1996	3,637,510	17,905,018	0.79%	1.94%
1997	3,674,171	18,248,200	1.01%	1.92%
1998	3,712,696	18,596,003	1.05%	1.91%
1999	3,754,786	18,944,731	1.13%	1.88%
2000	3,805,174	19,293,054	1.34%	1.84%
2001	3,866,243	19,600,362	1.6%	1.59%
2002	3,931,947	19,805,752	1.7%	1.05%
2003	3,996,521	19,951,521	1.64%	0.74%
2004	4,070,262	20,087,605	1.85%	0.68%
2005	4,159,914	20,216,524	2.2%	0.64%
2006	4,273,591	20,352,411	2.73%	0.67%
2007	4,398,942	20,492,545	2.93%	0.69%
2008	4,489,544	20,629,378	2.06%	0.67%
2009	4,535,375	20,756,435	1.02%	0.62%
2010	4,560,155	20,879,089	0.55%	0.59%
2011	4,580,084	21,009,048	0.44%	0.62%
2012	4,599,533	21,169,458	0.42%	0.76%
2013	4,623,816	20,585,000	0.53%	-2.76%
2014	4,657,740	20,778,000	0.73%	0.94%
2015	4,701,957	20,970,000	0.95%	0.92%
2016	4,762,722	21,209,000	1.29%	1.14%
2017	4,827,445	21,453,000	1.36%	1.15%
2018	4,898,022	21,670,000	1.46%	1.01%
2019	4,976,456	21,803,000	1.6%	0.61%
2020	5,039,747	21,919,000	1.27%	0.53%
2021	5,110,585	22,156,000	1.41%	1.08%
2022	5,212,836	22,181,000	2%	0.11%
2023	5,307,600	22,037,000	1.82%	-0.65%
2024	5,380,257	21,916,000	1.37%	-0.55%
2025	5,434,538	22,035,440	1.01%	0.54%
2026	5,484,615	22,148,172	0.92%	0.51%
2027	5,531,657	22,255,601	0.86%	0.49%
2028	5,576,425	22,357,682	0.81%	0.46%
2029	5,618,258	22,453,922	0.75%	0.43%
2030	5,656,768	22,546,245	0.69%	0.41%
2031	5,693,185	22,635,106	0.64%	0.39%
2032	5,728,435	22,720,118	0.62%	0.38%
2033	5,761,833	22,802,043	0.58%	0.36%
2034	5,793,145	22,879,527	0.54%	0.34%
2035	5,822,398	22,952,739	0.5%	0.32%
2036	5,850,388	23,022,027	0.48%	0.3%
2037	5,878,309	23,088,877	0.48%	0.29%
2038	5,905,728	23,152,480	0.47%	0.28%
2039	5,931,438	23,211,633	0.44%	0.26%
2040	5,956,212	23,265,986	0.42%	0.23%
2041	5,980,704	23,315,260	0.41%	0.21%
2042	6,002,968	23,359,578	0.37%	0.19%
2043	6,022,662	23,398,752	0.33%	0.17%
2044	6,041,053	23,433,096	0.31%	0.15%
2045	6,057,952	23,464,943	0.28%	0.14%
2046	6,072,174	23,492,738	0.23%	0.12%
2047	6,084,484	23,512,629	0.2%	0.08%
2048	6,096,077	23,525,953	0.19%	0.06%
2049	6,105,740	23,533,940	0.16%	0.03%
2050	6,112,322	23,538,230	0.11%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.