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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Zambia	Ireland	Zambia
1960	2,828,600	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,824,400	3,254,086	-0.15%	3.18%
1962	2,836,050	3,358,099	0.41%	3.2%
1963	2,852,650	3,465,907	0.59%	3.21%
1964	2,866,550	3,577,017	0.49%	3.21%
1965	2,877,300	3,692,086	0.38%	3.22%
1966	2,888,800	3,812,003	0.4%	3.25%
1967	2,902,450	3,936,343	0.47%	3.26%
1968	2,915,550	4,065,593	0.45%	3.28%
1969	2,932,650	4,197,116	0.59%	3.24%
1970	2,957,250	4,321,718	0.84%	2.97%
1971	2,992,050	4,442,525	1.18%	2.8%
1972	3,036,850	4,569,309	1.5%	2.85%
1973	3,085,950	4,702,693	1.62%	2.92%
1974	3,137,500	4,842,746	1.67%	2.98%
1975	3,189,550	4,990,086	1.66%	3.04%
1976	3,238,050	5,143,842	1.52%	3.08%
1977	3,282,200	5,302,480	1.36%	3.08%
1978	3,329,100	5,465,374	1.43%	3.07%
1979	3,373,750	5,631,728	1.34%	3.04%
1980	3,412,800	5,802,833	1.16%	3.04%
1981	3,453,000	5,983,289	1.18%	3.11%
1982	3,485,800	6,178,637	0.95%	3.26%
1983	3,510,600	6,381,038	0.71%	3.28%
1984	3,532,423	6,580,490	0.62%	3.13%
1985	3,538,082	6,780,953	0.16%	3.05%
1986	3,539,690	6,986,471	0.05%	3.03%
1987	3,540,057	7,191,282	0.01%	2.93%
1988	3,524,949	7,391,440	-0.43%	2.78%
1989	3,511,009	7,589,216	-0.4%	2.68%
1990	3,513,974	7,786,169	0.08%	2.6%
1991	3,534,235	7,981,650	0.58%	2.51%
1992	3,558,430	8,176,680	0.68%	2.44%
1993	3,576,261	8,373,921	0.5%	2.41%
1994	3,590,386	8,576,269	0.39%	2.42%
1995	3,608,841	8,785,763	0.51%	2.44%
1996	3,637,510	9,004,053	0.79%	2.48%
1997	3,674,171	9,237,063	1.01%	2.59%
1998	3,712,696	9,482,408	1.05%	2.66%
1999	3,754,786	9,740,005	1.13%	2.72%
2000	3,805,174	10,017,631	1.34%	2.85%
2001	3,866,243	10,325,185	1.6%	3.07%
2002	3,931,947	10,647,949	1.7%	3.13%
2003	3,996,521	10,983,595	1.64%	3.15%
2004	4,070,262	11,338,198	1.85%	3.23%
2005	4,159,914	11,718,819	2.2%	3.36%
2006	4,273,591	12,129,553	2.73%	3.5%
2007	4,398,942	12,565,085	2.93%	3.59%
2008	4,489,544	13,021,324	2.06%	3.63%
2009	4,535,375	13,490,389	1.02%	3.6%
2010	4,560,155	13,965,594	0.55%	3.52%
2011	4,580,084	14,437,796	0.44%	3.38%
2012	4,599,533	14,913,629	0.42%	3.3%
2013	4,623,816	15,398,997	0.53%	3.25%
2014	4,657,740	15,895,315	0.73%	3.22%
2015	4,701,957	16,399,089	0.95%	3.17%
2016	4,762,722	16,914,423	1.29%	3.14%
2017	4,827,445	17,441,320	1.36%	3.12%
2018	4,898,022	17,973,569	1.46%	3.05%
2019	4,976,456	18,513,839	1.6%	3.01%
2020	5,039,747	19,059,395	1.27%	2.95%
2021	5,110,585	19,603,607	1.41%	2.86%
2022	5,212,836	20,152,938	2%	2.8%
2023	5,307,600	20,723,965	1.82%	2.83%
2024	5,380,257	21,314,956	1.37%	2.85%
2025	5,434,538	21,913,869	1.01%	2.81%
2026	5,484,615	22,521,905	0.92%	2.77%
2027	5,531,657	23,138,716	0.86%	2.74%
2028	5,576,425	23,761,368	0.81%	2.69%
2029	5,618,258	24,389,681	0.75%	2.64%
2030	5,656,768	25,024,887	0.69%	2.6%
2031	5,693,185	25,666,496	0.64%	2.56%
2032	5,728,435	26,311,946	0.62%	2.51%
2033	5,761,833	26,960,073	0.58%	2.46%
2034	5,793,145	27,611,621	0.54%	2.42%
2035	5,822,398	28,266,887	0.5%	2.37%
2036	5,850,388	28,925,103	0.48%	2.33%
2037	5,878,309	29,583,482	0.48%	2.28%
2038	5,905,728	30,240,549	0.47%	2.22%
2039	5,931,438	30,895,586	0.44%	2.17%
2040	5,956,212	31,550,394	0.42%	2.12%
2041	5,980,704	32,204,340	0.41%	2.07%
2042	6,002,968	32,856,596	0.37%	2.03%
2043	6,022,662	33,510,500	0.33%	1.99%
2044	6,041,053	34,165,920	0.31%	1.96%
2045	6,057,952	34,821,101	0.28%	1.92%
2046	6,072,174	35,475,795	0.23%	1.88%
2047	6,084,484	36,129,270	0.2%	1.84%
2048	6,096,077	36,782,260	0.19%	1.81%
2049	6,105,740	37,434,667	0.16%	1.77%
2050	6,112,322	38,083,369	0.11%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.