The latest officially reported population of Ireland was 5,380,257 in 2024 vs 7,494,498 people in Turkmenistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ireland's population is 5,474,763 people compared to 7,713,465 in Turkmenistan.
Population statistics:
- Turkmenistan's population is 1.41 times bigger than Ireland's.
- Ireland is ranked the 121st most populous country in the world, while Turkmenistan is the 104th.
- The countries together account for 0.16% of the world: 0.07% for Ireland vs 0.09% for Turkmenistan.
- For the last 10 years, Ireland has had an average growth rate of +1.39% per year vs +2.14% in Turkmenistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Ireland has increased from 4.16M people to 5.47M (31.6% growth), while Turkmenistan has grown from 5.05M to 7.71M (52.7% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M people compared to the peak of 10.3M people in 2079 for Turkmenistan.
Ireland vs Turkmenistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
5474763
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7713465
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| Population rank | 121/197 | 104/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
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4.04 minutes
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +39,059 | +14,646 |
| Daily growth/decline | +199 | +356 |
| Annual growth/decline | +72,657 | +130,060 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.37% | +1.77% |
| Population growth rate rank | 78/197 | 64/197 |
Ireland and Turkmenistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,828,600 | 1,643,457 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,824,400 | 1,695,400 | -0.15% | 3.16% |
| 1962 | 2,836,050 | 1,749,214 | 0.41% | 3.17% |
| 1963 | 2,852,650 | 1,804,272 | 0.59% | 3.15% |
| 1964 | 2,866,550 | 1,859,997 | 0.49% | 3.09% |
| 1965 | 2,877,300 | 1,915,916 | 0.38% | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 2,888,800 | 1,971,737 | 0.4% | 2.91% |
| 1967 | 2,902,450 | 2,027,403 | 0.47% | 2.82% |
| 1968 | 2,915,550 | 2,083,069 | 0.45% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 2,932,650 | 2,139,024 | 0.59% | 2.69% |
| 1970 | 2,957,250 | 2,195,616 | 0.84% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 2,992,050 | 2,253,119 | 1.18% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 3,036,850 | 2,311,430 | 1.5% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 3,085,950 | 2,370,919 | 1.62% | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 3,137,500 | 2,432,028 | 1.67% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 3,189,550 | 2,494,570 | 1.66% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 3,238,050 | 2,558,521 | 1.52% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 3,282,200 | 2,623,948 | 1.36% | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 3,329,100 | 2,691,088 | 1.43% | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 3,373,750 | 2,760,358 | 1.34% | 2.57% |
| 1980 | 3,412,800 | 2,832,203 | 1.16% | 2.6% |
| 1981 | 3,453,000 | 2,907,187 | 1.18% | 2.65% |
| 1982 | 3,485,800 | 2,985,557 | 0.95% | 2.7% |
| 1983 | 3,510,600 | 3,067,534 | 0.71% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 3,532,423 | 3,154,079 | 0.62% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 3,538,082 | 3,247,534 | 0.16% | 2.96% |
| 1986 | 3,539,690 | 3,347,809 | 0.05% | 3.09% |
| 1987 | 3,540,057 | 3,452,731 | 0.01% | 3.13% |
| 1988 | 3,524,949 | 3,559,363 | -0.43% | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 3,511,009 | 3,662,459 | -0.4% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 3,513,974 | 3,760,562 | 0.08% | 2.68% |
| 1991 | 3,534,235 | 3,855,894 | 0.58% | 2.54% |
| 1992 | 3,558,430 | 3,944,689 | 0.68% | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 3,576,261 | 4,032,407 | 0.5% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 3,590,386 | 4,116,662 | 0.39% | 2.09% |
| 1995 | 3,608,841 | 4,191,203 | 0.51% | 1.81% |
| 1996 | 3,637,510 | 4,263,819 | 0.79% | 1.73% |
| 1997 | 3,674,171 | 4,336,730 | 1.01% | 1.71% |
| 1998 | 3,712,696 | 4,410,507 | 1.05% | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 3,754,786 | 4,492,170 | 1.13% | 1.85% |
| 2000 | 3,805,174 | 4,582,677 | 1.34% | 2.01% |
| 2001 | 3,866,243 | 4,675,409 | 1.6% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 3,931,947 | 4,769,465 | 1.7% | 2.01% |
| 2003 | 3,996,521 | 4,863,865 | 1.64% | 1.98% |
| 2004 | 4,070,262 | 4,958,093 | 1.85% | 1.94% |
| 2005 | 4,159,914 | 5,052,257 | 2.2% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 4,273,591 | 5,147,105 | 2.73% | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 4,398,942 | 5,244,046 | 2.93% | 1.88% |
| 2008 | 4,489,544 | 5,345,029 | 2.06% | 1.93% |
| 2009 | 4,535,375 | 5,451,592 | 1.02% | 1.99% |
| 2010 | 4,560,155 | 5,564,356 | 0.55% | 2.07% |
| 2011 | 4,580,084 | 5,683,417 | 0.44% | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 4,599,533 | 5,808,546 | 0.42% | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 4,623,816 | 5,939,341 | 0.53% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 4,657,740 | 6,075,283 | 0.73% | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 4,701,957 | 6,215,770 | 0.95% | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 4,762,722 | 6,360,041 | 1.29% | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 4,827,445 | 6,507,061 | 1.36% | 2.31% |
| 2018 | 4,898,022 | 6,655,524 | 1.46% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 4,976,456 | 6,803,944 | 1.6% | 2.23% |
| 2020 | 5,039,747 | 6,949,912 | 1.27% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 5,110,585 | 7,092,043 | 1.41% | 2.05% |
| 2022 | 5,212,836 | 7,230,193 | 2% | 1.95% |
| 2023 | 5,307,600 | 7,364,438 | 1.82% | 1.86% |
| 2024 | 5,380,257 | 7,494,498 | 1.37% | 1.77% |
| 2025 | 5,434,538 | 7,618,855 | 1.01% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 5,484,615 | 7,736,635 | 0.92% | 1.55% |
| 2027 | 5,531,657 | 7,847,563 | 0.86% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 5,576,425 | 7,951,300 | 0.81% | 1.32% |
| 2029 | 5,618,258 | 8,047,445 | 0.75% | 1.21% |
| 2030 | 5,656,768 | 8,135,732 | 0.69% | 1.1% |
| 2031 | 5,693,185 | 8,218,959 | 0.64% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 5,728,435 | 8,300,260 | 0.62% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 5,761,833 | 8,380,356 | 0.58% | 0.96% |
| 2034 | 5,793,145 | 8,459,731 | 0.54% | 0.95% |
| 2035 | 5,822,398 | 8,538,678 | 0.5% | 0.93% |
| 2036 | 5,850,388 | 8,617,567 | 0.48% | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 5,878,309 | 8,696,458 | 0.48% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 5,905,728 | 8,775,204 | 0.47% | 0.91% |
| 2039 | 5,931,438 | 8,853,842 | 0.44% | 0.9% |
| 2040 | 5,956,212 | 8,932,237 | 0.42% | 0.89% |
| 2041 | 5,980,704 | 9,010,272 | 0.41% | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 6,002,968 | 9,087,668 | 0.37% | 0.86% |
| 2043 | 6,022,662 | 9,164,056 | 0.33% | 0.84% |
| 2044 | 6,041,053 | 9,239,278 | 0.31% | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 6,057,952 | 9,312,825 | 0.28% | 0.8% |
| 2046 | 6,072,174 | 9,384,188 | 0.23% | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 6,084,484 | 9,452,893 | 0.2% | 0.73% |
| 2048 | 6,096,077 | 9,518,558 | 0.19% | 0.69% |
| 2049 | 6,105,740 | 9,580,906 | 0.16% | 0.66% |
| 2050 | 6,112,322 | 9,639,711 | 0.11% | 0.61% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth).
Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2005 and ranked 104th 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 Turkmenistan will increase by 25% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.
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Population differences between Ireland and Turkmenistan
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| Life expectancy | 82.7 years | 70.3 years |
| Average age | 39.4 years | 29.1 years |
| Median age | 39.7 years | 27.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.5:50.5 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 202.3 ppl/mi² | 41.3 ppl/mi² |
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