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	5,311,538	22,037,000	1.89%	-0.65%
2024	5,395,790	21,916,000	1.59%	-0.55%
2025	5,450,228	22,035,440	1.01%	0.54%
2026	5,500,449	22,148,172	0.92%	0.51%
2027	5,547,627	22,255,601	0.86%	0.49%
2028	5,592,524	22,357,682	0.81%	0.46%
2029	5,634,478	22,453,922	0.75%	0.43%
2030	5,673,099	22,546,245	0.69%	0.41%
2031	5,709,621	22,635,106	0.64%	0.39%
2032	5,744,973	22,720,118	0.62%	0.38%
2033	5,778,467	22,802,043	0.58%	0.36%
2034	5,809,870	22,879,527	0.54%	0.34%
2035	5,839,208	22,952,739	0.5%	0.32%
2036	5,867,278	23,022,027	0.48%	0.3%
2037	5,895,280	23,088,877	0.48%	0.29%
2038	5,922,778	23,152,480	0.47%	0.28%
2039	5,948,562	23,211,633	0.44%	0.26%
2040	5,973,408	23,265,986	0.42%	0.23%
2041	5,997,971	23,315,260	0.41%	0.21%
2042	6,020,298	23,359,578	0.37%	0.19%
2043	6,040,050	23,398,752	0.33%	0.17%
2044	6,058,494	23,433,096	0.31%	0.15%
2045	6,075,441	23,464,943	0.28%	0.14%
2046	6,089,704	23,492,738	0.23%	0.12%
2047	6,102,050	23,512,629	0.2%	0.08%
2048	6,113,677	23,525,953	0.19%	0.06%
2049	6,123,367	23,533,940	0.16%	0.03%
2050	6,129,969	23,538,230	0.11%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.