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Ireland - Population Growth 1981

Name: Ireland Population Growth 1981
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

1.17% +0.02pp from 1980 Global rank: 74th

Ireland's population growth was 1.17% in 1981, increased +0.02pp from 1.15% in 1980. This was the 74th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1981▾

Population Growth by Country - 1981
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Afghanistan	-9.82%	-170.8%
2nd	Grenada	-0.52%	48.6%
3rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.36%	16.6%
4th	Dominica	-0.13%	-178.2%
5th	Czechia	-0.03%	-130.4%
6th	Denmark	-0.03%	-123.4%
7th	Belgium	0.00%	-102.4%
8th	Hungary	0.01%	-89.6%
9th	Suriname	0.02%	103.7%
10th	United Kingdom	0.03%	-70.9%
11th	Sweden	0.12%	-40.9%
12th	Italy	0.12%	-41.7%
13th	Chad	0.12%	-45.4%
14th	Tonga	0.14%	-37.9%
15th	Germany	0.15%	-26.6%
16th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.22%	-93.8%
17th	Gibraltar	0.23%	-35.2%
18th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.24%	-36.6%
19th	Croatia	0.25%	133.9%
20th	Austria	0.26%	240,555.3%
21st	Guyana	0.27%	-51.7%
22nd	Slovenia	0.27%	-72.3%
23rd	Luxembourg	0.29%	-17.2%
24th	Barbados	0.30%	192.0%
25th	Latvia	0.31%	33.9%
26th	Bulgaria	0.33%	-17.2%
27th	Norway	0.34%	7.1%
28th	Serbia	0.35%	-83.9%
29th	Uruguay	0.38%	-6.7%
30th	New Zealand	0.38%	206.9%
31st	Curaçao	0.40%	208.7%
32nd	European Union	0.43%	-7.6%
33rd	Finland	0.43%	37.1%
34th	Cuba	0.45%	7.0%
35th	Ukraine	0.47%	-0.3%
36th	Channel Islands	0.47%	153.7%
37th	Switzerland	0.55%	37.8%
38th	Lithuania	0.58%	27.9%
39th	France	0.59%	11.2%
40th	Bermuda	0.60%	106.8%
41st	Monaco	0.63%	-26.2%
42nd	Liechtenstein	0.63%	355.1%
43rd	Romania	0.65%	24.1%
44th	El Salvador	0.66%	-50.1%
45th	Russian Federation	0.67%	-5.9%
46th	Netherlands	0.69%	-13.3%
47th	Belarus	0.69%	12.8%
48th	Estonia	0.70%	16.8%
49th	Spain	0.71%	-11.5%
50th	Slovak Republic	0.73%	-11.8%
51st	Japan	0.73%	-7.6%
52nd	Malta	0.74%	-29.9%
53rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.78%	-90.8%
54th	Isle of Man	0.81%	-38.5%
55th	Georgia	0.82%	-2.7%
56th	Samoa	0.82%	-6.6%
57th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.82%	16.1%
58th	Cyprus	0.85%	4.4%
59th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.86%	1.0%
60th	Portugal	0.87%	-19.8%
61st	Armenia	0.89%	-4.3%
62nd	Greece	0.90%	-8.7%
63rd	Poland	0.91%	-1.7%
64th	United States	0.98%	2.3%
65th	Moldova	1.00%	5.5%
66th	Palau	1.06%	298.0%
67th	New Caledonia	1.08%	-4.7%
68th	Aruba	1.09%	-10.0%
69th	Kazakhstan	1.12%	-3.5%
70th	Namibia	1.12%	-41.4%
71st	Central African Republic	1.13%	3.1%
72nd	Puerto Rico (US)	1.13%	-4.7%
73rd	Iceland	1.14%	7.7%
74th	Ireland	1.17%	1.8%
75th	San Marino	1.17%	-4.9%
76th	Trinidad and Tobago	1.19%	-6.2%
77th	Montenegro	1.19%	18.2%
78th	Seychelles	1.22%	33.2%
79th	Canada	1.23%	-4.4%
80th	Faroe Islands	1.28%	-0.7%
81st	China	1.28%	2.1%
82nd	Jamaica	1.30%	6.2%
83rd	North Macedonia	1.34%	-3.2%
84th	Cabo Verde	1.40%	17.4%
85th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	1.44%	2.9%
86th	Chile	1.47%	-0.6%
87th	Mauritius	1.48%	-12.1%
88th	Korea	1.56%	0.1%
89th	St. Lucia	1.56%	4.9%
90th	Australia	1.56%	28.1%
91st	Azerbaijan	1.57%	7.4%
92nd	Guinea-Bissau	1.57%	37.3%
93rd	Kiribati	1.58%	-1.9%
94th	Greenland	1.58%	31.5%
95th	Argentina	1.60%	0.6%
96th	Cambodia	1.61%	-25.2%
97th	Timor-Leste	1.62%	-6.3%
98th	Sri Lanka	1.68%	-7.9%
99th	Bahamas, The	1.74%	-6.5%
100th	Kyrgyz Republic	1.87%	2.7%
101st	Guinea	1.88%	6.8%
102nd	Myanmar	1.88%	-1.7%
103rd	Haiti	1.93%	0.2%
104th	Türkiye	1.99%	-0.4%
105th	Israel	1.99%	-17.1%
106th	Albania	2.00%	-2.2%
107th	Thailand	2.01%	-2.6%
108th	Sierra Leone	2.02%	1.4%
109th	Mozambique	2.03%	-26.3%
110th	Papua New Guinea	2.07%	0.0%
111th	São Tomé and Principe	2.08%	-11.6%
112th	Uganda	2.09%	0.5%
113th	Macao SAR, China	2.13%	13.4%
114th	Mali	2.13%	2.3%
115th	Tuvalu	2.15%	-14.1%
116th	Lebanon	2.16%	1.2%
117th	Congo, Republic of	2.20%	-1.4%
118th	Vanuatu	2.21%	-3.4%
119th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.22%	-1.3%
120th	Lao PDR	2.22%	12.7%
121st	Tunisia	2.28%	-0.7%
122nd	Colombia	2.31%	1.0%
123rd	Brazil	2.33%	-1.3%
124th	Mexico	2.34%	-5.9%
125th	Indonesia	2.35%	-1.8%
126th	Nepal	2.35%	-0.5%
127th	Hong Kong SAR, China	2.35%	-12.1%
128th	India	2.35%	-1.5%
129th	Viet Nam	2.35%	9.8%
130th	Panama	2.37%	-0.4%
131st	Fiji	2.39%	0.1%
132nd	Dominican Republic	2.40%	-2.4%
133rd	Mongolia	2.41%	-0.4%
134th	Nauru	2.45%	2.5%
135th	South Sudan	2.46%	-0.8%
136th	Guam	2.48%	7.6%
137th	Peru	2.49%	-0.2%
138th	St. Martin (French part)	2.50%	-9.1%
139th	Guatemala	2.51%	-0.8%
140th	Belize	2.53%	7.4%
141st	Senegal	2.56%	3.5%
142nd	Bangladesh	2.56%	7.2%
143rd	Kosovo	2.57%	-9.8%
144th	Philippines	2.61%	-0.1%
145th	Turkmenistan	2.61%	1.7%
146th	Uzbekistan	2.62%	0.0%
147th	Gabon	2.64%	2.5%
148th	Morocco	2.66%	1.5%
149th	Ecuador	2.67%	-0.8%
150th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.69%	3.0%
151st	Eritrea	2.71%	1.2%
152nd	Costa Rica	2.72%	0.1%
153rd	Paraguay	2.73%	3.6%
154th	Burkina Faso	2.73%	1.8%
155th	Tajikistan	2.81%	-1.8%
156th	Ghana	2.81%	-3.9%
157th	Maldives	2.81%	2.1%
158th	Comoros	2.82%	-5.5%
159th	Nicaragua	2.83%	3.2%
160th	Benin	2.84%	3.0%
161st	Mauritania	2.86%	0.8%
162nd	Lesotho	2.91%	0.0%
163rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.91%	-7.1%
164th	Liberia	2.94%	-1.1%
165th	Madagascar	2.99%	-1.3%
166th	Niger	2.99%	0.1%
167th	Iraq	3.00%	-4.7%
168th	Honduras	3.03%	-0.9%
169th	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.04%	-1.6%
170th	Tanzania	3.05%	-3.5%
171st	Zambia	3.06%	2.3%
172nd	Nigeria	3.07%	-1.5%
173rd	British Virgin Islands	3.09%	106.7%
174th	Brunei Darussalam	3.10%	0.0%
175th	Togo	3.11%	10.4%
176th	Malaysia	3.15%	13.6%
177th	French Polynesia	3.17%	-0.5%
178th	Rwanda	3.20%	3.0%
179th	Algeria	3.24%	4.2%
180th	Bhutan	3.28%	-1.7%
181st	Syrian Arab Republic	3.32%	-1.1%
182nd	Eswatini	3.32%	0.3%
183rd	South Africa	3.40%	11.9%
184th	Botswana	3.41%	-12.3%
185th	Gambia, The	3.47%	0.9%
186th	Solomon Islands	3.47%	-0.6%
187th	Yemen, Republic of	3.49%	2.6%
188th	Cameroon	3.51%	7.9%
189th	Kenya	3.58%	0.9%
190th	American Samoa	3.58%	44.7%
191st	Angola	3.64%	1.5%
192nd	Andorra	3.80%	-9.7%
193rd	Malawi	3.93%	1.9%
194th	Marshall Islands	3.96%	15.6%
195th	Bahrain	3.97%	-10.1%
196th	Côte d'Ivoire	4.00%	1.4%
197th	Jordan	4.01%	9.5%
198th	Burundi	4.07%	-2.9%
199th	Sudan	4.14%	-1.6%
200th	Pakistan	4.18%	2.3%
201st	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.45%	28.2%
202nd	Cayman Islands	4.72%	8.4%
203rd	Singapore	4.81%	278.8%
204th	Equatorial Guinea	4.94%	59.5%
205th	Kuwait	5.09%	-8.2%
206th	Djibouti	5.15%	-23.8%
207th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	5.25%	44.9%
208th	Oman	5.45%	1.9%
209th	Libya	5.60%	-2.2%
210th	Saudi Arabia	5.98%	2.0%
211th	Qatar	6.20%	-4.0%
212th	Zimbabwe	6.29%	9.4%
213th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6.94%	21.9%
214th	United Arab Emirates	7.96%	-26.1%
215th	Northern Mariana Islands	11.77%	76.5%

FAQ

What was Ireland's population growth in 1981?▾

Ireland's population growth in 1981 was 1.17%. This ranked 74th globally.

How did Ireland's population growth change in 1981?▾

Ireland's population growth increased by 1.8% in 1981 compared to 1980.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1981?▾

Northern Mariana Islands had the highest population growth in 1981 at 11.77%.

What is the population growth of Ireland in 1981?▾

The population growth of Ireland in 1981 was 1.17%. This ranked 74th globally.

How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Ireland's population growth?▾

Ireland's population growth went from 1.15% in 1980 to 1.17% in 1981, a 1.8% increase.

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