Population in Ireland compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	United Kingdom	Ireland	United Kingdom
1960	2,828,600	52,400,000	-	-
1961	2,824,400	52,800,000	-0.15%	0.76%
1962	2,836,050	53,250,000	0.41%	0.85%
1963	2,852,650	53,650,000	0.59%	0.75%
1964	2,866,550	54,000,000	0.49%	0.65%
1965	2,877,300	54,348,050	0.38%	0.64%
1966	2,888,800	54,648,500	0.4%	0.55%
1967	2,902,450	54,943,600	0.47%	0.54%
1968	2,915,550	55,211,700	0.45%	0.49%
1969	2,932,650	55,441,750	0.59%	0.42%
1970	2,957,250	55,663,250	0.84%	0.4%
1971	2,992,050	55,896,223	1.18%	0.42%
1972	3,036,850	56,086,065	1.5%	0.34%
1973	3,085,950	56,194,527	1.62%	0.19%
1974	3,137,500	56,229,974	1.67%	0.06%
1975	3,189,550	56,225,800	1.66%	-0.007%
1976	3,238,050	56,211,968	1.52%	-0.02%
1977	3,282,200	56,193,492	1.36%	-0.03%
1978	3,329,100	56,196,504	1.43%	0.005%
1979	3,373,750	56,246,951	1.34%	0.09%
1980	3,412,800	56,314,216	1.16%	0.12%
1981	3,453,000	56,333,829	1.18%	0.03%
1982	3,485,800	56,313,641	0.95%	-0.04%
1983	3,510,600	56,332,848	0.71%	0.03%
1984	3,532,423	56,422,072	0.62%	0.16%
1985	3,538,082	56,550,268	0.16%	0.23%
1986	3,539,690	56,681,396	0.05%	0.23%
1987	3,540,057	56,802,050	0.01%	0.21%
1988	3,524,949	56,928,327	-0.43%	0.22%
1989	3,511,009	57,076,711	-0.4%	0.26%
1990	3,513,974	57,247,586	0.08%	0.3%
1991	3,534,235	57,424,897	0.58%	0.31%
1992	3,558,430	57,580,402	0.68%	0.27%
1993	3,576,261	57,718,614	0.5%	0.24%
1994	3,590,386	57,865,745	0.39%	0.25%
1995	3,608,841	58,019,030	0.51%	0.26%
1996	3,637,510	58,166,950	0.79%	0.25%
1997	3,674,171	58,316,954	1.01%	0.26%
1998	3,712,696	58,487,141	1.05%	0.29%
1999	3,754,786	58,682,466	1.13%	0.33%
2000	3,805,174	58,892,514	1.34%	0.36%
2001	3,866,243	59,119,673	1.6%	0.39%
2002	3,931,947	59,370,479	1.7%	0.42%
2003	3,996,521	59,647,577	1.64%	0.47%
2004	4,070,262	59,987,905	1.85%	0.57%
2005	4,159,914	60,401,206	2.2%	0.69%
2006	4,273,591	60,846,820	2.73%	0.74%
2007	4,398,942	61,322,463	2.93%	0.78%
2008	4,489,544	61,806,995	2.06%	0.79%
2009	4,535,375	62,276,270	1.02%	0.76%
2010	4,560,155	62,766,365	0.55%	0.79%
2011	4,580,084	63,258,810	0.44%	0.78%
2012	4,599,533	63,711,000	0.42%	0.71%
2013	4,623,816	64,139,000	0.53%	0.67%
2014	4,657,740	64,620,000	0.73%	0.75%
2015	4,701,957	65,088,000	0.95%	0.72%
2016	4,762,722	65,607,000	1.29%	0.8%
2017	4,827,445	65,966,000	1.36%	0.55%
2018	4,898,022	66,289,000	1.46%	0.49%
2019	4,976,456	66,631,000	1.6%	0.52%
2020	5,039,747	66,744,000	1.27%	0.17%
2021	5,110,585	66,984,000	1.41%	0.36%
2022	5,212,836	67,604,000	2%	0.93%
2023	5,311,538	68,492,000	1.89%	1.31%
2024	5,395,790	69,226,000	1.59%	1.07%
2025	5,450,228	69,639,673	1.01%	0.6%
2026	5,500,449	70,020,350	0.92%	0.55%
2027	5,547,627	70,382,853	0.86%	0.52%
2028	5,592,524	70,732,699	0.81%	0.5%
2029	5,634,478	71,061,482	0.75%	0.46%
2030	5,673,099	71,377,535	0.69%	0.44%
2031	5,709,621	71,678,351	0.64%	0.42%
2032	5,744,973	71,959,934	0.62%	0.39%
2033	5,778,467	72,234,509	0.58%	0.38%
2034	5,809,870	72,497,650	0.54%	0.36%
2035	5,839,208	72,749,096	0.5%	0.35%
2036	5,867,278	72,990,847	0.48%	0.33%
2037	5,895,280	73,218,850	0.48%	0.31%
2038	5,922,778	73,441,349	0.47%	0.3%
2039	5,948,562	73,658,392	0.44%	0.3%
2040	5,973,408	73,868,334	0.42%	0.29%
2041	5,997,971	74,074,316	0.41%	0.28%
2042	6,020,298	74,275,779	0.37%	0.27%
2043	6,040,050	74,475,035	0.33%	0.27%
2044	6,058,494	74,667,284	0.31%	0.26%
2045	6,075,441	74,848,605	0.28%	0.24%
2046	6,089,704	75,020,949	0.23%	0.23%
2047	6,102,050	75,184,478	0.2%	0.22%
2048	6,113,677	75,337,543	0.19%	0.2%
2049	6,123,367	75,476,141	0.16%	0.18%
2050	6,129,969	75,600,588	0.11%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.