Home → Ireland → Population → Death Rate

Ireland – Death Rate

Name: Ireland Death Rate
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Crude death rate per 1,000 people. Number of deaths occurring during the year per 1,000 midyear population. · World Bank

6.6 −0.1 from 2022 Global rank: 81st · all-time high: 12.3 (1961)

Ireland's death rate was 6.6 in 2023, a decrease of +0.1 from 6.7 in 2022. This ranked 81st globally. The all-time high was 12.3 in 1961.

APA

Ireland Death Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 12, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/ireland/death-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_ireland_death-rate,
  title = {Ireland Death Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/ireland/death-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Ireland Death Rate – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	7.1	–	–
2025* trend	7.0	–	–
2023	6.6	−0.1	81st
2022	6.7	+0.0	80th
2021	6.7	+0.3	57th
2020	6.4	+0.2	56th
2019	6.2	−0.2	65th
2018	6.4	+0.1	73rd
2017	6.3	−0.1	70th
2016	6.4	+0.0	71st
2015	6.4	+0.1	72nd
2014	6.3	−0.1	69th
2013	6.4	+0.1	74th
2012	6.3	+0.1	70th
2011	6.2	+0.1	67th
2010	6.1	−0.2	66th
2009	6.3	+0.0	67th
2008	6.3	−0.1	67th
2007	6.4	−0.3	68th
2006	6.7	−0.1	78th
2005	6.8	−0.2	82nd
2004	7.0	−0.3	88th
2003	7.3	−0.2	93rd
2002	7.5	−0.3	98th
2001	7.8	−0.4	106th
2000	8.2	−0.5	112th
1999	8.7	+0.2	115th
1998	8.5	−0.1	112th
1997	8.6	−0.1	111th
1996	8.7	−0.2	109th
1995	8.9	+0.3	114th
1994	8.6	−0.4	111th
1993	9.0	+0.3	116th
1992	8.7	−0.2	115th
1991	8.9	+0.0	116th
1990	8.9	−0.2	115th
1989	9.1	+0.1	116th
1988	9.0	+0.1	114th
1987	8.9	−0.6	111th
1986	9.5	+0.1	116th
1985	9.4	+0.3	112th
1984	9.1	−0.3	103rd
1983	9.4	+0.1	102nd
1982	9.3	−0.2	101st
1981	9.5	−0.3	102nd
1980	9.8	−0.2	104th
1979	10.0	−0.2	112th
1978	10.2	+0.0	116th
1977	10.2	−0.3	116th
1976	10.5	+0.1	118th
1975	10.4	−0.7	112th
1974	11.1	+0.0	122nd
1973	11.1	−0.2	119th
1972	11.3	+0.6	119th
1971	10.7	−0.7	110th
1970	11.4	−0.1	116th
1969	11.5	+0.1	115th
1968	11.4	+0.6	111th
1967	10.8	−1.4	101st
1966	12.2	+0.7	118th
1965	11.5	+0.1	103rd
1964	11.4	−0.4	96th
1963	11.8	−0.1	98th
1962	11.9	−0.4	96th
1961	12.3	+0.8	98th
1960	11.5	–	90th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +77.5% GDP growth 16.3% C/A balance 12.3%

This pattern occurred 682 times in history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Ireland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2021. Historically, 67% of countries showing this pattern (460 out of 682) saw death rate improve within 24 months. View full analysis →