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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Taiwan	Ireland	Taiwan
1960	2,828,600	-	-	-
1961	2,824,400	11,030,385	-0.15%	-
1962	2,836,050	11,392,513	0.41%	3.28%
1963	2,852,650	11,762,101	0.59%	3.24%
1964	2,866,550	12,137,143	0.49%	3.19%
1965	2,877,300	12,511,863	0.38%	3.09%
1966	2,888,800	12,874,153	0.4%	2.9%
1967	2,902,450	13,210,344	0.47%	2.61%
1968	2,915,550	13,548,537	0.45%	2.56%
1969	2,932,650	14,068,984	0.59%	3.84%
1970	2,957,250	14,582,944	0.84%	3.65%
1971	2,992,050	14,913,564	1.18%	2.27%
1972	3,036,850	15,220,495	1.5%	2.06%
1973	3,085,950	15,505,121	1.62%	1.87%
1974	3,137,500	15,784,817	1.67%	1.8%
1975	3,189,550	16,075,128	1.66%	1.84%
1976	3,238,050	16,401,413	1.52%	2.03%
1977	3,282,200	16,730,895	1.36%	2.01%
1978	3,329,100	17,042,272	1.43%	1.86%
1979	3,373,750	17,372,779	1.34%	1.94%
1980	3,412,800	17,704,538	1.16%	1.91%
1981	3,453,000	18,029,982	1.18%	1.84%
1982	3,485,800	18,354,855	0.95%	1.8%
1983	3,510,600	18,653,146	0.71%	1.63%
1984	3,532,423	18,929,866	0.62%	1.48%
1985	3,538,082	19,191,510	0.16%	1.38%
1986	3,539,690	19,411,454	0.05%	1.15%
1987	3,540,057	19,617,046	0.01%	1.06%
1988	3,524,949	19,839,704	-0.43%	1.14%
1989	3,511,009	20,055,492	-0.4%	1.09%
1990	3,513,974	20,278,946	0.08%	1.11%
1991	3,534,235	20,503,568	0.58%	1.11%
1992	3,558,430	20,704,227	0.68%	0.98%
1993	3,576,261	20,899,019	0.5%	0.94%
1994	3,590,386	21,086,645	0.39%	0.9%
1995	3,608,841	21,267,653	0.51%	0.86%
1996	3,637,510	21,441,432	0.79%	0.82%
1997	3,674,171	21,634,124	1.01%	0.9%
1998	3,712,696	21,835,703	1.05%	0.93%
1999	3,754,786	22,010,489	1.13%	0.8%
2000	3,805,174	22,184,530	1.34%	0.79%
2001	3,866,243	22,341,120	1.6%	0.71%
2002	3,931,947	22,463,172	1.7%	0.55%
2003	3,996,521	22,562,663	1.64%	0.44%
2004	4,070,262	22,646,836	1.85%	0.37%
2005	4,159,914	22,729,753	2.2%	0.37%
2006	4,273,591	22,823,455	2.73%	0.41%
2007	4,398,942	22,917,444	2.93%	0.41%
2008	4,489,544	22,997,696	2.06%	0.35%
2009	4,535,375	23,078,402	1.02%	0.35%
2010	4,560,155	23,140,948	0.55%	0.27%
2011	4,580,084	23,193,518	0.44%	0.23%
2012	4,599,533	23,270,367	0.42%	0.33%
2013	4,623,816	23,344,670	0.53%	0.32%
2014	4,657,740	23,403,635	0.73%	0.25%
2015	4,701,957	23,462,914	0.95%	0.25%
2016	4,762,722	23,515,945	1.29%	0.23%
2017	4,827,445	23,555,522	1.36%	0.17%
2018	4,898,022	23,580,080	1.46%	0.1%
2019	4,976,456	23,596,027	1.6%	0.07%
2020	5,039,747	23,582,179	1.27%	-0.06%
2021	5,110,585	23,468,275	1.41%	-0.48%
2022	5,212,836	23,319,977	2%	-0.63%
2023	5,307,600	23,342,541	1.82%	0.1%
2024	5,380,257	23,410,331	1.37%	0.29%
2025	5,434,538	23,308,308	1.01%	-0.44%
2026	5,484,615	23,205,944	0.92%	-0.44%
2027	5,531,657	23,102,120	0.86%	-0.45%
2028	5,576,425	22,996,693	0.81%	-0.46%
2029	5,618,258	22,890,335	0.75%	-0.46%
2030	5,656,768	22,781,040	0.69%	-0.48%
2031	5,693,185	22,667,327	0.64%	-0.5%
2032	5,728,435	22,549,689	0.62%	-0.52%
2033	5,761,833	22,428,721	0.58%	-0.54%
2034	5,793,145	22,302,402	0.54%	-0.56%
2035	5,822,398	22,170,689	0.5%	-0.59%
2036	5,850,388	22,034,775	0.48%	-0.61%
2037	5,878,309	21,893,029	0.48%	-0.64%
2038	5,905,728	21,746,001	0.47%	-0.67%
2039	5,931,438	21,594,236	0.44%	-0.7%
2040	5,956,212	21,436,947	0.42%	-0.73%
2041	5,980,704	21,274,187	0.41%	-0.76%
2042	6,002,968	21,105,682	0.37%	-0.79%
2043	6,022,662	20,932,105	0.33%	-0.82%
2044	6,041,053	20,754,623	0.31%	-0.85%
2045	6,057,952	20,571,741	0.28%	-0.88%
2046	6,072,174	20,384,903	0.23%	-0.91%
2047	6,084,484	20,194,425	0.2%	-0.93%
2048	6,096,077	19,999,753	0.19%	-0.96%
2049	6,105,740	19,801,293	0.16%	-0.99%
2050	6,112,322	19,598,997	0.11%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.