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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Tonga	Ireland	Tonga
1960	2,828,600	66,170	-	-
1961	2,824,400	68,037	-0.15%	2.82%
1962	2,836,050	69,940	0.41%	2.8%
1963	2,852,650	71,885	0.59%	2.78%
1964	2,866,550	73,879	0.49%	2.77%
1965	2,877,300	75,924	0.38%	2.77%
1966	2,888,800	78,002	0.4%	2.74%
1967	2,902,450	79,814	0.47%	2.32%
1968	2,915,550	81,353	0.45%	1.93%
1969	2,932,650	82,885	0.59%	1.88%
1970	2,957,250	84,401	0.84%	1.83%
1971	2,992,050	85,896	1.18%	1.77%
1972	3,036,850	87,356	1.5%	1.7%
1973	3,085,950	88,805	1.62%	1.66%
1974	3,137,500	90,683	1.67%	2.11%
1975	3,189,550	93,017	1.66%	2.57%
1976	3,238,050	95,325	1.52%	2.48%
1977	3,282,200	96,725	1.36%	1.47%
1978	3,329,100	97,204	1.43%	0.5%
1979	3,373,750	97,544	1.34%	0.35%
1980	3,412,800	97,769	1.16%	0.23%
1981	3,453,000	97,909	1.18%	0.14%
1982	3,485,800	97,980	0.95%	0.07%
1983	3,510,600	97,998	0.71%	0.02%
1984	3,532,423	97,990	0.62%	-0.008%
1985	3,538,082	97,984	0.16%	-0.006%
1986	3,539,690	98,010	0.05%	0.03%
1987	3,540,057	98,376	0.01%	0.37%
1988	3,524,949	98,969	-0.43%	0.6%
1989	3,511,009	99,403	-0.4%	0.44%
1990	3,513,974	99,700	0.08%	0.3%
1991	3,534,235	99,895	0.58%	0.2%
1992	3,558,430	100,022	0.68%	0.13%
1993	3,576,261	100,103	0.5%	0.08%
1994	3,590,386	100,166	0.39%	0.06%
1995	3,608,841	100,225	0.51%	0.06%
1996	3,637,510	100,275	0.79%	0.05%
1997	3,674,171	100,674	1.01%	0.4%
1998	3,712,696	101,388	1.05%	0.71%
1999	3,754,786	102,046	1.13%	0.65%
2000	3,805,174	102,677	1.34%	0.62%
2001	3,866,243	103,288	1.6%	0.6%
2002	3,931,947	103,874	1.7%	0.57%
2003	3,996,521	104,464	1.64%	0.57%
2004	4,070,262	105,071	1.85%	0.58%
2005	4,159,914	105,671	2.2%	0.57%
2006	4,273,591	106,253	2.73%	0.55%
2007	4,398,942	106,726	2.93%	0.45%
2008	4,489,544	107,020	2.06%	0.28%
2009	4,535,375	107,203	1.02%	0.17%
2010	4,560,155	107,400	0.55%	0.18%
2011	4,580,084	107,570	0.44%	0.16%
2012	4,599,533	107,460	0.42%	-0.1%
2013	4,623,816	107,078	0.53%	-0.36%
2014	4,657,740	106,609	0.73%	-0.44%
2015	4,701,957	106,095	0.95%	-0.48%
2016	4,762,722	105,524	1.29%	-0.54%
2017	4,827,445	105,356	1.36%	-0.16%
2018	4,898,022	105,567	1.46%	0.2%
2019	4,976,456	105,669	1.6%	0.1%
2020	5,039,747	105,704	1.27%	0.03%
2021	5,110,585	105,490	1.41%	-0.2%
2022	5,212,836	105,042	2%	-0.42%
2023	5,311,538	104,597	1.89%	-0.42%
2024	5,395,790	104,175	1.59%	-0.4%
2025	5,450,228	103,744	1.01%	-0.41%
2026	5,500,449	103,290	0.92%	-0.44%
2027	5,547,627	102,899	0.86%	-0.38%
2028	5,592,524	102,568	0.81%	-0.32%
2029	5,634,478	102,280	0.75%	-0.28%
2030	5,673,099	102,069	0.69%	-0.21%
2031	5,709,621	101,927	0.64%	-0.14%
2032	5,744,973	101,837	0.62%	-0.09%
2033	5,778,467	101,807	0.58%	-0.03%
2034	5,809,870	101,806	0.54%	-0.001%
2035	5,839,208	101,833	0.5%	0.03%
2036	5,867,278	101,895	0.48%	0.06%
2037	5,895,280	101,993	0.48%	0.1%
2038	5,922,778	102,173	0.47%	0.18%
2039	5,948,562	102,367	0.44%	0.19%
2040	5,973,408	102,568	0.42%	0.2%
2041	5,997,971	102,805	0.41%	0.23%
2042	6,020,298	103,038	0.37%	0.23%
2043	6,040,050	103,306	0.33%	0.26%
2044	6,058,494	103,612	0.31%	0.3%
2045	6,075,441	103,928	0.28%	0.3%
2046	6,089,704	104,232	0.23%	0.29%
2047	6,102,050	104,502	0.2%	0.26%
2048	6,113,677	104,744	0.19%	0.23%
2049	6,123,367	104,975	0.16%	0.22%
2050	6,129,969	105,193	0.11%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.