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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Vietnam	Ireland	Vietnam
1960	2,828,600	32,531,933	-	-
1961	2,824,400	33,409,059	-0.15%	2.7%
1962	2,836,050	34,288,560	0.41%	2.63%
1963	2,852,650	35,249,101	0.59%	2.8%
1964	2,866,550	36,201,563	0.49%	2.7%
1965	2,877,300	37,129,656	0.38%	2.56%
1966	2,888,800	38,024,836	0.4%	2.41%
1967	2,902,450	38,895,080	0.47%	2.29%
1968	2,915,550	39,734,609	0.45%	2.16%
1969	2,932,650	40,582,096	0.59%	2.13%
1970	2,957,250	41,475,230	0.84%	2.2%
1971	2,992,050	42,449,276	1.18%	2.35%
1972	3,036,850	43,429,168	1.5%	2.31%
1973	3,085,950	44,409,861	1.62%	2.26%
1974	3,137,500	45,413,537	1.67%	2.26%
1975	3,189,550	46,482,903	1.66%	2.35%
1976	3,238,050	47,684,931	1.52%	2.59%
1977	3,282,200	48,954,872	1.36%	2.66%
1978	3,329,100	50,249,552	1.43%	2.64%
1979	3,373,750	51,378,211	1.34%	2.25%
1980	3,412,800	52,490,101	1.16%	2.16%
1981	3,453,000	53,738,141	1.18%	2.38%
1982	3,485,800	55,011,289	0.95%	2.37%
1983	3,510,600	56,337,921	0.71%	2.41%
1984	3,532,423	57,706,067	0.62%	2.43%
1985	3,538,082	59,060,622	0.16%	2.35%
1986	3,539,690	60,347,048	0.05%	2.18%
1987	3,540,057	61,584,651	0.01%	2.05%
1988	3,524,949	62,843,228	-0.43%	2.04%
1989	3,511,009	64,147,348	-0.4%	2.08%
1990	3,513,974	65,504,552	0.08%	2.12%
1991	3,534,235	66,891,775	0.58%	2.12%
1992	3,558,430	68,260,337	0.68%	2.05%
1993	3,576,261	69,586,384	0.5%	1.94%
1994	3,590,386	70,854,391	0.39%	1.82%
1995	3,608,841	72,049,940	0.51%	1.69%
1996	3,637,510	73,156,447	0.79%	1.54%
1997	3,674,171	74,226,889	1.01%	1.46%
1998	3,712,696	75,299,660	1.05%	1.45%
1999	3,754,786	76,287,452	1.13%	1.31%
2000	3,805,174	77,154,011	1.34%	1.14%
2001	3,866,243	77,969,361	1.6%	1.06%
2002	3,931,947	78,772,224	1.7%	1.03%
2003	3,996,521	79,563,777	1.64%	1%
2004	4,070,262	80,338,971	1.85%	0.97%
2005	4,159,914	81,088,313	2.2%	0.93%
2006	4,273,591	82,167,897	2.73%	1.33%
2007	4,398,942	83,633,375	2.93%	1.78%
2008	4,489,544	85,175,788	2.06%	1.84%
2009	4,535,375	86,460,018	1.02%	1.51%
2010	4,560,155	87,455,152	0.55%	1.15%
2011	4,580,084	88,468,314	0.44%	1.16%
2012	4,599,533	89,510,356	0.42%	1.18%
2013	4,623,816	90,573,104	0.53%	1.19%
2014	4,657,740	91,679,578	0.73%	1.22%
2015	4,701,957	92,823,254	0.95%	1.25%
2016	4,762,722	94,000,117	1.29%	1.27%
2017	4,827,445	95,176,977	1.36%	1.25%
2018	4,898,022	96,237,319	1.46%	1.11%
2019	4,976,456	97,173,776	1.6%	0.97%
2020	5,039,747	98,079,191	1.27%	0.93%
2021	5,110,585	98,935,098	1.41%	0.87%
2022	5,212,836	99,680,655	2%	0.75%
2023	5,307,600	100,352,192	1.82%	0.67%
2024	5,380,257	100,987,686	1.37%	0.63%
2025	5,434,538	101,598,531	1.01%	0.6%
2026	5,484,615	102,177,434	0.92%	0.57%
2027	5,531,657	102,727,392	0.86%	0.54%
2028	5,576,425	103,255,746	0.81%	0.51%
2029	5,618,258	103,761,151	0.75%	0.49%
2030	5,656,768	104,254,900	0.69%	0.48%
2031	5,693,185	104,737,913	0.64%	0.46%
2032	5,728,435	105,204,401	0.62%	0.45%
2033	5,761,833	105,656,307	0.58%	0.43%
2034	5,793,145	106,097,515	0.54%	0.42%
2035	5,822,398	106,530,671	0.5%	0.41%
2036	5,850,388	106,945,842	0.48%	0.39%
2037	5,878,309	107,346,046	0.48%	0.37%
2038	5,905,728	107,732,019	0.47%	0.36%
2039	5,931,438	108,097,653	0.44%	0.34%
2040	5,956,212	108,437,634	0.42%	0.31%
2041	5,980,704	108,752,199	0.41%	0.29%
2042	6,002,968	109,040,314	0.37%	0.26%
2043	6,022,662	109,292,559	0.33%	0.23%
2044	6,041,053	109,506,274	0.31%	0.2%
2045	6,057,952	109,685,396	0.28%	0.16%
2046	6,072,174	109,827,664	0.23%	0.13%
2047	6,084,484	109,930,243	0.2%	0.09%
2048	6,096,077	109,994,024	0.19%	0.06%
2049	6,105,740	110,018,017	0.16%	0.02%
2050	6,112,322	110,008,910	0.11%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.