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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Turkey	Ireland	Turkey
1960	2,828,600	28,329,898	-	-
1961	2,824,400	29,119,238	-0.15%	2.79%
1962	2,836,050	29,916,147	0.41%	2.74%
1963	2,852,650	30,726,841	0.59%	2.71%
1964	2,866,550	31,543,072	0.49%	2.66%
1965	2,877,300	32,345,220	0.38%	2.54%
1966	2,888,800	33,177,672	0.4%	2.57%
1967	2,902,450	34,050,421	0.47%	2.63%
1968	2,915,550	34,921,684	0.45%	2.56%
1969	2,932,650	35,787,774	0.59%	2.48%
1970	2,957,250	36,638,465	0.84%	2.38%
1971	2,992,050	37,518,611	1.18%	2.4%
1972	3,036,850	38,430,221	1.5%	2.43%
1973	3,085,950	39,329,533	1.62%	2.34%
1974	3,137,500	40,210,234	1.67%	2.24%
1975	3,189,550	41,053,126	1.66%	2.1%
1976	3,238,050	41,899,984	1.52%	2.06%
1977	3,282,200	42,773,298	1.36%	2.08%
1978	3,329,100	43,645,306	1.43%	2.04%
1979	3,373,750	44,510,429	1.34%	1.98%
1980	3,412,800	45,408,815	1.16%	2.02%
1981	3,453,000	46,321,190	1.18%	2.01%
1982	3,485,800	47,322,096	0.95%	2.16%
1983	3,510,600	48,447,410	0.71%	2.38%
1984	3,532,423	49,574,069	0.62%	2.33%
1985	3,538,082	50,687,115	0.16%	2.25%
1986	3,539,690	51,777,772	0.05%	2.15%
1987	3,540,057	52,843,670	0.01%	2.06%
1988	3,524,949	53,909,626	-0.43%	2.02%
1989	3,511,009	54,976,723	-0.4%	1.98%
1990	3,513,974	56,015,628	0.08%	1.89%
1991	3,534,235	57,009,887	0.58%	1.77%
1992	3,558,430	57,990,118	0.68%	1.72%
1993	3,576,261	58,999,167	0.5%	1.74%
1994	3,590,386	60,033,836	0.39%	1.75%
1995	3,608,841	61,024,503	0.51%	1.65%
1996	3,637,510	61,951,134	0.79%	1.52%
1997	3,674,171	62,852,966	1.01%	1.46%
1998	3,712,696	63,734,383	1.05%	1.4%
1999	3,754,786	64,591,923	1.13%	1.35%
2000	3,805,174	65,425,961	1.34%	1.29%
2001	3,866,243	66,245,128	1.6%	1.25%
2002	3,931,947	67,048,795	1.7%	1.21%
2003	3,996,521	67,831,730	1.64%	1.17%
2004	4,070,262	68,592,617	1.85%	1.12%
2005	4,159,914	69,329,557	2.2%	1.07%
2006	4,273,591	70,045,349	2.73%	1.03%
2007	4,398,942	70,158,112	2.93%	0.16%
2008	4,489,544	71,051,678	2.06%	1.27%
2009	4,535,375	72,039,206	1.02%	1.39%
2010	4,560,155	73,142,150	0.55%	1.53%
2011	4,580,084	74,223,629	0.44%	1.48%
2012	4,599,533	75,175,827	0.42%	1.28%
2013	4,623,816	76,147,624	0.53%	1.29%
2014	4,657,740	77,181,884	0.73%	1.36%
2015	4,701,957	78,218,479	0.95%	1.34%
2016	4,762,722	79,277,962	1.29%	1.35%
2017	4,827,445	80,312,698	1.36%	1.31%
2018	4,898,022	81,407,204	1.46%	1.36%
2019	4,976,456	82,579,440	1.6%	1.44%
2020	5,039,747	83,384,680	1.27%	0.98%
2021	5,110,585	84,147,318	1.41%	0.91%
2022	5,212,836	84,979,913	2%	0.99%
2023	5,311,538	85,325,965	1.89%	0.41%
2024	5,395,790	85,518,661	1.59%	0.23%
2025	5,450,228	85,725,557	1.01%	0.24%
2026	5,500,449	85,960,835	0.92%	0.27%
2027	5,547,627	86,227,115	0.86%	0.31%
2028	5,592,524	86,502,744	0.81%	0.32%
2029	5,634,478	86,771,652	0.75%	0.31%
2030	5,673,099	87,037,680	0.69%	0.31%
2031	5,709,621	87,297,191	0.64%	0.3%
2032	5,744,973	87,537,075	0.62%	0.27%
2033	5,778,467	87,762,403	0.58%	0.26%
2034	5,809,870	87,974,138	0.54%	0.24%
2035	5,839,208	88,172,739	0.5%	0.23%
2036	5,867,278	88,364,318	0.48%	0.22%
2037	5,895,280	88,545,669	0.48%	0.21%
2038	5,922,778	88,707,268	0.47%	0.18%
2039	5,948,562	88,849,956	0.44%	0.16%
2040	5,973,408	88,975,510	0.42%	0.14%
2041	5,997,971	89,083,304	0.41%	0.12%
2042	6,020,298	89,177,769	0.37%	0.11%
2043	6,040,050	89,254,147	0.33%	0.09%
2044	6,058,494	89,311,458	0.31%	0.06%
2045	6,075,441	89,349,806	0.28%	0.04%
2046	6,089,704	89,375,429	0.23%	0.03%
2047	6,102,050	89,383,765	0.2%	0.009%
2048	6,113,677	89,361,174	0.19%	-0.03%
2049	6,123,367	89,306,566	0.16%	-0.06%
2050	6,129,969	89,218,346	0.11%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.