Ireland - Population Density 2015
68.3
+0.6 from 2014
Ireland's population density was 68.3 in 2015, increased +0.6 from 67.6 in 2014. This was the 84th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | -0.3% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.9 | 2.2% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.9 | 2.7% |
| 4th | Australia | 3.1 | 1.4% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.3 | 1.0% |
| 6th | Suriname | 3.6 | 1.1% |
| 7th | Libya | 3.7 | 1.6% |
| 8th | Mauritania | 3.8 | 3.1% |
| 9th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.6% |
| 10th | Botswana | 3.9 | 1.4% |
| 11th | Canada | 4.0 | 0.8% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 6.7 | 1.5% |
| 13th | Central African Republic | 7.4 | 0.1% |
| 14th | Gabon | 7.9 | 3.2% |
| 15th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.2 | 1.5% |
| 17th | Chad | 11.6 | 3.2% |
| 18th | Turkmenistan | 13.2 | 2.3% |
| 19th | Oman | 13.5 | 4.6% |
| 20th | Saudi Arabia | 13.9 | 5.3% |
| 21st | Norway | 14.2 | 1.0% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 14.9 | 2.4% |
| 23rd | Mali | 15.2 | 3.2% |
| 24th | New Caledonia | 15.5 | 0.7% |
| 25th | Paraguay | 15.5 | 1.5% |
| 26th | Belize | 15.6 | 2.1% |
| 27th | Niger | 15.7 | 3.8% |
| 28th | Argentina | 15.9 | 1.1% |
| 29th | Algeria | 16.8 | 2.1% |
| 30th | New Zealand | 17.5 | 2.1% |
| 31st | South Sudan | 17.6 | -1.1% |
| 32nd | Finland | 18.0 | 0.3% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 19.2 | 0.3% |
| 34th | Papua New Guinea | 19.3 | 2.6% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 19.4 | 1.0% |
| 36th | Sudan | 21.4 | 3.1% |
| 37th | Vanuatu | 21.8 | 2.3% |
| 38th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 22.0 | 3.5% |
| 39th | Zambia | 22.1 | 3.2% |
| 40th | Angola | 22.6 | 3.7% |
| 41st | Solomon Islands | 22.8 | 3.6% |
| 42nd | Peru | 23.8 | 1.1% |
| 43rd | Sweden | 24.1 | 1.1% |
| 44th | Brazil | 24.1 | 0.8% |
| 45th | Chile | 24.3 | 1.0% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 25.6 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Lao PDR | 29.5 | 1.5% |
| 48th | Estonia | 30.3 | 0.1% |
| 49th | Kyrgyz Republic | 31.5 | 2.3% |
| 50th | Latvia | 31.8 | -0.8% |
| 51st | Mozambique | 33.8 | 2.9% |
| 52nd | Faroe Islands | 35.0 | 1.0% |
| 53rd | United States | 35.2 | 0.8% |
| 54th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 35.7 | 3.4% |
| 55th | Zimbabwe | 37.2 | 1.3% |
| 56th | Bahamas, The | 38.5 | 0.8% |
| 57th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 38.5 | 4.4% |
| 58th | Palau | 38.6 | 0.3% |
| 59th | Colombia | 42.3 | 0.9% |
| 60th | Madagascar | 43.7 | 2.7% |
| 61st | Djibouti | 44.0 | 1.8% |
| 62nd | Montenegro | 46.4 | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Lithuania | 46.5 | -0.9% |
| 64th | Belarus | 46.6 | 0.1% |
| 65th | South Africa | 46.8 | 2.0% |
| 66th | Guinea | 47.9 | 2.6% |
| 67th | Cameroon | 48.2 | 3.2% |
| 68th | Liberia | 48.4 | 2.1% |
| 69th | Fiji | 50.3 | 0.1% |
| 70th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 50.7 | 1.4% |
| 71st | Nicaragua | 51.1 | 1.4% |
| 72nd | Equatorial Guinea | 51.8 | 3.9% |
| 73rd | Afghanistan | 51.9 | 3.2% |
| 74th | Panama | 53.4 | 1.7% |
| 75th | Tanzania | 58.7 | 3.3% |
| 76th | Yemen, Republic of | 59.0 | 3.1% |
| 77th | Tajikistan | 62.3 | 2.6% |
| 78th | Mexico | 62.3 | 1.1% |
| 79th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.5 | 2.6% |
| 80th | Bulgaria | 64.3 | -1.3% |
| 81st | Georgia | 65.2 | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Ecuador | 65.5 | 1.4% |
| 83rd | Eswatini | 66.4 | 0.6% |
| 84th | Ireland | 68.3 | 0.9% |
| 85th | Burkina Faso | 68.6 | 3.0% |
| 86th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 68.7 | -1.3% |
| 87th | Lesotho | 69.3 | 1.2% |
| 88th | Uzbekistan | 69.8 | 0.6% |
| 89th | Samoa | 71.3 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Tunisia | 73.4 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Croatia | 74.2 | -1.2% |
| 92nd | Senegal | 75.8 | 3.1% |
| 93rd | North Macedonia | 75.8 | -0.3% |
| 94th | Morocco | 77.5 | 1.2% |
| 95th | Myanmar | 78.2 | 0.8% |
| 96th | Ukraine | 79.0 | -0.4% |
| 97th | Côte d'Ivoire | 79.4 | 2.9% |
| 98th | French Polynesia | 80.1 | 0.5% |
| 99th | Brunei Darussalam | 80.1 | 1.3% |
| 100th | Timor-Leste | 81.0 | 2.0% |
| 101st | Serbia | 81.1 | -0.5% |
| 102nd | Kenya | 82.5 | 1.9% |
| 103rd | Honduras | 82.6 | 1.9% |
| 104th | Greece | 83.9 | -0.7% |
| 105th | Romania | 86.1 | -0.5% |
| 106th | Iraq | 86.5 | 2.8% |
| 107th | Cambodia | 88.5 | 1.5% |
| 108th | Spain | 92.9 | 0.0% |
| 109th | Dominica | 93.9 | 0.1% |
| 110th | Costa Rica | 94.4 | 1.1% |
| 111th | Malaysia | 95.1 | 1.7% |
| 112th | Sierra Leone | 97.5 | 2.3% |
| 113th | Moldova | 98.8 | -0.8% |
| 114th | Albania | 99.7 | -1.5% |
| 115th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 100.1 | 2.1% |
| 116th | Benin | 100.8 | 3.0% |
| 117th | Türkiye | 101.6 | 1.3% |
| 118th | Slovenia | 102.4 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Austria | 104.7 | 1.1% |
| 120th | Armenia | 105.5 | -0.3% |
| 121st | Syrian Arab Republic | 105.8 | -4.2% |
| 122nd | Hungary | 107.4 | -0.4% |
| 123rd | Jordan | 107.5 | 8.6% |
| 124th | Cuba | 108.3 | -0.2% |
| 125th | European Union | 111.0 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Northern Mariana Islands | 112.0 | -1.3% |
| 127th | Slovak Republic | 112.8 | 0.1% |
| 128th | Portugal | 113.1 | -0.4% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | 116.7 | 1.2% |
| 130th | United Arab Emirates | 119.8 | 5.5% |
| 131st | France | 123.5 | 0.4% |
| 132nd | Poland | 124.1 | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Ghana | 126.1 | 2.3% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 127.1 | 0.0% |
| 135th | Cyprus | 132.0 | 1.5% |
| 136th | Czechia | 136.6 | 0.2% |
| 137th | Thailand | 138.1 | 0.5% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 139.4 | 1.1% |
| 139th | Togo | 140.9 | 2.6% |
| 140th | Denmark | 142.1 | 0.7% |
| 141st | Kiribati | 144.2 | 1.3% |
| 142nd | Isle of Man | 146.7 | -0.4% |
| 143rd | China | 147.0 | 0.6% |
| 144th | Tonga | 147.4 | -0.5% |
| 145th | Guatemala | 149.0 | 1.8% |
| 146th | Andorra | 153.6 | -2.1% |
| 147th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 155.3 | 0.3% |
| 148th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 181.1 | 0.0% |
| 149th | Malawi | 181.2 | 2.8% |
| 150th | Uganda | 187.2 | 3.1% |
| 151st | Nepal | 194.1 | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Seychelles | 203.1 | 2.3% |
| 153rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 203.2 | 0.7% |
| 154th | Italy | 203.7 | -0.2% |
| 155th | Qatar | 204.1 | 9.0% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | 208.6 | 1.8% |
| 157th | Nigeria | 209.4 | 2.6% |
| 158th | Switzerland | 209.6 | 1.1% |
| 159th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 212.4 | 0.5% |
| 160th | Kuwait | 215.2 | 4.6% |
| 161st | Dominican Republic | 216.0 | 1.2% |
| 162nd | Gambia, The | 219.8 | 2.8% |
| 163rd | Luxembourg | 221.3 | 2.4% |
| 164th | British Virgin Islands | 230.0 | 4.7% |
| 165th | Germany | 234.2 | 0.9% |
| 166th | Liechtenstein | 234.3 | 0.7% |
| 167th | Cayman Islands | 256.8 | 2.5% |
| 168th | Jamaica | 258.8 | 0.3% |
| 169th | Trinidad and Tobago | 263.1 | 0.3% |
| 170th | American Samoa | 264.4 | -1.1% |
| 171st | United Kingdom | 269.0 | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | 271.1 | -2.0% |
| 173rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 274.3 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 281.9 | 1.4% |
| 175th | St. Lucia | 286.7 | 0.4% |
| 176th | Viet Nam | 296.2 | 1.2% |
| 177th | El Salvador | 298.4 | 0.3% |
| 178th | Guam | 305.4 | -0.4% |
| 179th | Virgin Islands (US) | 307.7 | -0.2% |
| 180th | Grenada | 337.3 | 0.5% |
| 181st | Sri Lanka | 338.8 | 2.3% |
| 182nd | Japan | 348.8 | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Philippines | 353.2 | 1.5% |
| 184th | Curaçao | 355.8 | 1.3% |
| 185th | Tuvalu | 365.4 | -0.2% |
| 186th | Belgium | 371.7 | 0.6% |
| 187th | Haiti | 381.8 | 1.4% |
| 188th | Israel | 387.3 | 2.0% |
| 189th | Comoros | 390.5 | 2.1% |
| 190th | Puerto Rico (US) | 398.6 | -1.4% |
| 191st | Burundi | 430.2 | 2.3% |
| 192nd | India | 446.7 | 1.2% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | 471.8 | 2.4% |
| 194th | Netherlands | 503.1 | 0.5% |
| 195th | Korea | 523.5 | 0.5% |
| 196th | Nauru | 547.7 | 2.0% |
| 197th | San Marino | 548.3 | 0.7% |
| 198th | Aruba | 599.5 | 1.0% |
| 199th | Mauritius | 632.4 | 0.1% |
| 200th | Lebanon | 632.7 | 2.0% |
| 201st | Barbados | 648.8 | 0.2% |
| 202nd | West Bank and Gaza | 709.3 | 2.3% |
| 203rd | St. Martin (French part) | 747.4 | -0.2% |
| 204th | Channel Islands | 825.5 | 0.4% |
| 205th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,102.1 | 2.2% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 1,175.3 | -0.1% |
| 207th | Bangladesh | 1,224.4 | 0.9% |
| 208th | Malta | 1,388.2 | 2.5% |
| 209th | Maldives | 1,427.2 | 3.5% |
| 210th | Bahrain | 1,761.3 | 3.3% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 3,319.3 | 1.2% |
| 212th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,944.1 | 0.9% |
| 213th | Singapore | 7,806.8 | 1.2% |
| 214th | Monaco | 18,133.7 | 1.7% |
| 215th | Macao SAR, China | 21,148.0 | 3.1% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's population density in 2015?▾
Ireland's population density in 2015 was 68.3. This ranked 84th globally.
How did Ireland's population density change in 2015?▾
Ireland's population density increased by 0.9% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest population density in 2015?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2015 at 21,148.0.
What is the population density of Ireland in 2015?▾
The population density of Ireland in 2015 was 68.3. This ranked 84th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Ireland's population density?▾
Ireland's population density went from 67.6 in 2014 to 68.3 in 2015, a 0.9% increase.
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Ireland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2015. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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