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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ireland was 5,395,790 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ireland's population is 5,500,964 people compared to 71,559,621 in Thailand.

Population statistics:

  • Thailand's population is 13 times bigger than Ireland's.
  • Ireland is ranked the 121st most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
  • The countries together account for 0.93% of the world: 0.07% for Ireland vs 0.86% for Thailand.
  • For the last 10 years, Ireland has had an average growth rate of +1.41% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
  • Since 2006, the population of Ireland has increased from 4.27M people to 5.5M (28.7% growth), while Thailand has grown from 66.6M to 71.6M (7.5% growth).
  • Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.14M people, while Thailand's population already peaked in 2022 at 71.7M people and is projected to decrease to 45.6M people by 2100.

Ireland vs Thailand: live population counter

Ireland Thailand
Current population
5500964
71559621
Population rank 121/197 21/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.86%
One net population change
6.24 minutes
15.3 minutes
One birth every
9.61 minutes
53.3 seconds
One death every
15 minutes
49.5 seconds
One migration net change every
13.5 minutes
22.5 minutes
Annual migration change +39,059 +23,321
Daily growth/decline +231 -94
Annual growth/decline +84,252 -34,424
Annual growth/decline rate +1.59% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 68/197 169/197

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

Ireland
Population

Growth rate
Thailand
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ireland Thailand Ireland Thailand
1960 2,828,600 26,851,747 - -
1961 2,824,400 27,650,334 -0.15% 2.97%
1962 2,836,050 28,481,040 0.41% 3%
1963 2,852,650 29,342,322 0.59% 3.02%
1964 2,866,550 30,232,141 0.49% 3.03%
1965 2,877,300 31,149,337 0.38% 3.03%
1966 2,888,800 32,086,071 0.4% 3.01%
1967 2,902,450 33,037,801 0.47% 2.97%
1968 2,915,550 34,002,560 0.45% 2.92%
1969 2,932,650 34,973,782 0.59% 2.86%
1970 2,957,250 35,954,408 0.84% 2.8%
1971 2,992,050 36,937,387 1.18% 2.73%
1972 3,036,850 37,933,929 1.5% 2.7%
1973 3,085,950 38,947,787 1.62% 2.67%
1974 3,137,500 39,952,891 1.67% 2.58%
1975 3,189,550 40,940,005 1.66% 2.47%
1976 3,238,050 41,896,504 1.52% 2.34%
1977 3,282,200 42,843,974 1.36% 2.26%
1978 3,329,100 43,788,976 1.43% 2.21%
1979 3,373,750 44,718,434 1.34% 2.12%
1980 3,412,800 45,650,022 1.16% 2.08%
1981 3,453,000 46,575,855 1.18% 2.03%
1982 3,485,800 47,494,577 0.95% 1.97%
1983 3,510,600 48,423,309 0.71% 1.96%
1984 3,532,423 49,351,708 0.62% 1.92%
1985 3,538,082 50,270,753 0.16% 1.86%
1986 3,539,690 51,177,834 0.05% 1.8%
1987 3,540,057 52,074,105 0.01% 1.75%
1988 3,524,949 52,969,595 -0.43% 1.72%
1989 3,511,009 53,848,956 -0.4% 1.66%
1990 3,513,974 54,738,329 0.08% 1.65%
1991 3,534,235 55,637,434 0.58% 1.64%
1992 3,558,430 56,528,834 0.68% 1.6%
1993 3,576,261 57,408,198 0.5% 1.56%
1994 3,590,386 58,260,854 0.39% 1.49%
1995 3,608,841 59,098,232 0.51% 1.44%
1996 3,637,510 59,920,064 0.79% 1.39%
1997 3,674,171 60,724,584 1.01% 1.34%
1998 3,712,696 61,522,630 1.05% 1.31%
1999 3,754,786 62,299,043 1.13% 1.26%
2000 3,805,174 63,007,815 1.34% 1.14%
2001 3,866,243 63,651,141 1.6% 1.02%
2002 3,931,947 64,266,437 1.7% 0.97%
2003 3,996,521 64,868,166 1.64% 0.94%
2004 4,070,262 65,452,047 1.85% 0.9%
2005 4,159,914 66,017,420 2.2% 0.86%
2006 4,273,591 66,567,687 2.73% 0.83%
2007 4,398,942 67,102,394 2.93% 0.8%
2008 4,489,544 67,619,830 2.06% 0.77%
2009 4,535,375 68,121,080 1.02% 0.74%
2010 4,560,155 68,579,447 0.55% 0.67%
2011 4,580,084 69,007,208 0.44% 0.62%
2012 4,599,533 69,436,098 0.42% 0.62%
2013 4,623,816 69,845,114 0.53% 0.59%
2014 4,657,740 70,216,367 0.73% 0.53%
2015 4,701,957 70,540,795 0.95% 0.46%
2016 4,762,722 70,859,841 1.29% 0.45%
2017 4,827,445 71,160,187 1.36% 0.42%
2018 4,898,022 71,376,079 1.46% 0.3%
2019 4,976,456 71,522,271 1.6% 0.2%
2020 5,039,747 71,641,484 1.27% 0.17%
2021 5,110,585 71,727,332 1.41% 0.12%
2022 5,212,836 71,735,329 2% 0.01%
2023 5,311,538 71,702,435 1.89% -0.05%
2024 5,395,790 71,668,011 1.59% -0.05%
2025 5,450,228 71,619,867 1.01% -0.07%
2026 5,500,449 71,559,621 0.92% -0.08%
2027 5,547,627 71,488,156 0.86% -0.1%
2028 5,592,524 71,406,996 0.81% -0.11%
2029 5,634,478 71,316,195 0.75% -0.13%
2030 5,673,099 71,215,017 0.69% -0.14%
2031 5,709,621 71,104,025 0.64% -0.16%
2032 5,744,973 70,982,286 0.62% -0.17%
2033 5,778,467 70,847,947 0.58% -0.19%
2034 5,809,870 70,701,651 0.54% -0.21%
2035 5,839,208 70,540,884 0.5% -0.23%
2036 5,867,278 70,366,496 0.48% -0.25%
2037 5,895,280 70,180,031 0.48% -0.26%
2038 5,922,778 69,979,034 0.47% -0.29%
2039 5,948,562 69,763,928 0.44% -0.31%
2040 5,973,408 69,535,003 0.42% -0.33%
2041 5,997,971 69,288,477 0.41% -0.35%
2042 6,020,298 69,025,348 0.37% -0.38%
2043 6,040,050 68,748,075 0.33% -0.4%
2044 6,058,494 68,456,533 0.31% -0.42%
2045 6,075,441 68,150,148 0.28% -0.45%
2046 6,089,704 67,827,309 0.23% -0.47%
2047 6,102,050 67,489,358 0.2% -0.5%
2048 6,113,677 67,136,737 0.19% -0.52%
2049 6,123,367 66,767,316 0.16% -0.55%
2050 6,129,969 66,382,732 0.11% -0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.

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