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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ireland was 5,380,257 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ireland's population is 5,474,763 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Ireland's population is 8.5 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Ireland is ranked the 121st most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for Ireland vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Ireland has had an average growth rate of +1.39% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Ireland has increased from 4.16M people to 5.47M (31.6% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

Ireland vs Suriname: live population counter

Ireland Suriname
Current population
5474763
644193
Population rank 121/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.008%
One net population change
7.23 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
9.61 minutes
48.3 minutes
One death every
15 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
13.5 minutes
7.51 hours
Annual migration change +39,059 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +199 +15
Annual growth/decline +72,657 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 78/197 110/197

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

Ireland
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ireland Suriname Ireland Suriname
1960 2,828,600 263,918 - -
1961 2,824,400 272,791 -0.15% 3.36%
1962 2,836,050 283,912 0.41% 4.08%
1963 2,852,650 297,034 0.59% 4.62%
1964 2,866,550 309,041 0.49% 4.04%
1965 2,877,300 320,000 0.38% 3.55%
1966 2,888,800 331,135 0.4% 3.48%
1967 2,902,450 342,679 0.47% 3.49%
1968 2,915,550 354,616 0.45% 3.48%
1969 2,932,650 366,906 0.59% 3.47%
1970 2,957,250 379,442 0.84% 3.42%
1971 2,992,050 391,932 1.18% 3.29%
1972 3,036,850 397,413 1.5% 1.4%
1973 3,085,950 395,772 1.62% -0.41%
1974 3,137,500 393,676 1.67% -0.53%
1975 3,189,550 391,170 1.66% -0.64%
1976 3,238,050 388,289 1.52% -0.74%
1977 3,282,200 385,067 1.36% -0.83%
1978 3,329,100 381,502 1.43% -0.93%
1979 3,373,750 377,602 1.34% -1.02%
1980 3,412,800 375,377 1.16% -0.59%
1981 3,453,000 375,459 1.18% 0.02%
1982 3,485,800 376,555 0.95% 0.29%
1983 3,510,600 378,746 0.71% 0.58%
1984 3,532,423 382,193 0.62% 0.91%
1985 3,538,082 386,972 0.16% 1.25%
1986 3,539,690 392,330 0.05% 1.38%
1987 3,540,057 396,911 0.01% 1.17%
1988 3,524,949 402,227 -0.43% 1.34%
1989 3,511,009 408,409 -0.4% 1.54%
1990 3,513,974 412,493 0.08% 1%
1991 3,534,235 415,013 0.58% 0.61%
1992 3,558,430 417,589 0.68% 0.62%
1993 3,576,261 419,352 0.5% 0.42%
1994 3,590,386 422,375 0.39% 0.72%
1995 3,608,841 429,606 0.51% 1.71%
1996 3,637,510 438,830 0.79% 2.15%
1997 3,674,171 448,067 1.01% 2.1%
1998 3,712,696 457,406 1.05% 2.08%
1999 3,754,786 466,916 1.13% 2.08%
2000 3,805,174 476,643 1.34% 2.08%
2001 3,866,243 486,560 1.6% 2.08%
2002 3,931,947 496,551 1.7% 2.05%
2003 3,996,521 506,414 1.64% 1.99%
2004 4,070,262 513,923 1.85% 1.48%
2005 4,159,914 519,313 2.2% 1.05%
2006 4,273,591 524,997 2.73% 1.09%
2007 4,398,942 531,016 2.93% 1.15%
2008 4,489,544 537,245 2.06% 1.17%
2009 4,535,375 543,568 1.02% 1.18%
2010 4,560,155 549,923 0.55% 1.17%
2011 4,580,084 556,269 0.44% 1.15%
2012 4,599,533 562,633 0.42% 1.14%
2013 4,623,816 569,020 0.53% 1.14%
2014 4,657,740 575,373 0.73% 1.12%
2015 4,701,957 581,627 0.95% 1.09%
2016 4,762,722 587,757 1.29% 1.05%
2017 4,827,445 593,713 1.36% 1.01%
2018 4,898,022 599,513 1.46% 0.98%
2019 4,976,456 605,768 1.6% 1.04%
2020 5,039,747 612,317 1.27% 1.08%
2021 5,110,585 617,896 1.41% 0.91%
2022 5,212,836 623,164 2% 0.85%
2023 5,307,600 628,886 1.82% 0.92%
2024 5,380,257 634,431 1.37% 0.88%
2025 5,434,538 639,852 1.01% 0.85%
2026 5,484,615 645,257 0.92% 0.84%
2027 5,531,657 650,564 0.86% 0.82%
2028 5,576,425 655,783 0.81% 0.8%
2029 5,618,258 660,793 0.75% 0.76%
2030 5,656,768 665,650 0.69% 0.74%
2031 5,693,185 670,421 0.64% 0.72%
2032 5,728,435 675,070 0.62% 0.69%
2033 5,761,833 679,573 0.58% 0.67%
2034 5,793,145 683,911 0.54% 0.64%
2035 5,822,398 688,189 0.5% 0.63%
2036 5,850,388 692,343 0.48% 0.6%
2037 5,878,309 696,213 0.48% 0.56%
2038 5,905,728 699,908 0.47% 0.53%
2039 5,931,438 703,569 0.44% 0.52%
2040 5,956,212 707,156 0.42% 0.51%
2041 5,980,704 710,619 0.41% 0.49%
2042 6,002,968 713,900 0.37% 0.46%
2043 6,022,662 716,999 0.33% 0.43%
2044 6,041,053 719,920 0.31% 0.41%
2045 6,057,952 722,759 0.28% 0.39%
2046 6,072,174 725,322 0.23% 0.35%
2047 6,084,484 727,726 0.2% 0.33%
2048 6,096,077 730,038 0.19% 0.32%
2049 6,105,740 732,021 0.16% 0.27%
2050 6,112,322 733,898 0.11% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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