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	5,311,538	20,723,965	1.89%	2.83%
2024	5,395,790	21,314,956	1.59%	2.85%
2025	5,450,228	21,913,869	1.01%	2.81%
2026	5,500,449	22,521,905	0.92%	2.77%
2027	5,547,627	23,138,716	0.86%	2.74%
2028	5,592,524	23,761,368	0.81%	2.69%
2029	5,634,478	24,389,681	0.75%	2.64%
2030	5,673,099	25,024,887	0.69%	2.6%
2031	5,709,621	25,666,496	0.64%	2.56%
2032	5,744,973	26,311,946	0.62%	2.51%
2033	5,778,467	26,960,073	0.58%	2.46%
2034	5,809,870	27,611,621	0.54%	2.42%
2035	5,839,208	28,266,887	0.5%	2.37%
2036	5,867,278	28,925,103	0.48%	2.33%
2037	5,895,280	29,583,482	0.48%	2.28%
2038	5,922,778	30,240,549	0.47%	2.22%
2039	5,948,562	30,895,586	0.44%	2.17%
2040	5,973,408	31,550,394	0.42%	2.12%
2041	5,997,971	32,204,340	0.41%	2.07%
2042	6,020,298	32,856,596	0.37%	2.03%
2043	6,040,050	33,510,500	0.33%	1.99%
2044	6,058,494	34,165,920	0.31%	1.96%
2045	6,075,441	34,821,101	0.28%	1.92%
2046	6,089,704	35,475,795	0.23%	1.88%
2047	6,102,050	36,129,270	0.2%	1.84%
2048	6,113,677	36,782,260	0.19%	1.81%
2049	6,123,367	37,434,667	0.16%	1.77%
2050	6,129,969	38,083,369	0.11%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.