Ireland - Population Growth 1988
-0.43%
−0.44pp from 1987
Ireland's population growth was -0.43% in 1988, decreased +0.44pp from 0.01% in 1987. This was the 8th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | South Sudan | -2.33% | -380.0% |
| 2nd | Curaçao | -1.46% | -84.7% |
| 3rd | Gibraltar | -0.92% | -11.7% |
| 4th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.69% | -6.6% |
| 5th | Dominica | -0.59% | -9.0% |
| 6th | Guyana | -0.58% | -12.7% |
| 7th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.51% | 1.6% |
| 8th | Ireland | -0.43% | -4,225.2% |
| 9th | Mozambique | -0.17% | -142.3% |
| 10th | Hungary | -0.15% | 8.7% |
| 11th | Montenegro | -0.12% | -268.9% |
| 12th | Portugal | -0.10% | -285.8% |
| 13th | Italy | 0.05% | 373.5% |
| 14th | Denmark | 0.05% | -61.6% |
| 15th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.05% | -13.6% |
| 16th | Czechia | 0.08% | 56.2% |
| 17th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.10% | -97.3% |
| 18th | Bulgaria | 0.11% | -23.6% |
| 19th | Austria | 0.14% | 123.7% |
| 20th | Barbados | 0.19% | -26.9% |
| 21st | Serbia | 0.21% | 13.8% |
| 22nd | Spain | 0.21% | -18.2% |
| 23rd | United Kingdom | 0.22% | 4.4% |
| 24th | Slovenia | 0.27% | -77.4% |
| 25th | New Zealand | 0.27% | -68.2% |
| 26th | Belarus | 0.29% | -57.6% |
| 27th | Aruba | 0.29% | 122.4% |
| 28th | Finland | 0.29% | 2.5% |
| 29th | Belgium | 0.32% | 272.9% |
| 30th | European Union | 0.33% | 11.8% |
| 31st | Croatia | 0.33% | -15.8% |
| 32nd | Greece | 0.36% | 8.6% |
| 33rd | Seychelles | 0.37% | -91.2% |
| 34th | Germany | 0.39% | 154.3% |
| 35th | Ukraine | 0.41% | 5.7% |
| 36th | Samoa | 0.41% | 13.7% |
| 37th | Poland | 0.41% | -26.5% |
| 38th | Japan | 0.42% | -13.7% |
| 39th | Sweden | 0.46% | 37.7% |
| 40th | Romania | 0.47% | -4.3% |
| 41st | North Macedonia | 0.52% | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Slovak Republic | 0.53% | -4.8% |
| 43rd | Norway | 0.54% | 14.9% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.55% | -14.6% |
| 45th | France | 0.58% | 6.4% |
| 46th | Uruguay | 0.59% | 5.3% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.60% | -9.3% |
| 48th | Tonga | 0.60% | 61.2% |
| 49th | Estonia | 0.62% | -20.1% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 0.65% | 1.8% |
| 51st | Russian Federation | 0.65% | -7.0% |
| 52nd | Jamaica | 0.68% | -10.4% |
| 53rd | Mauritius | 0.69% | -8.0% |
| 54th | San Marino | 0.69% | 212.6% |
| 55th | Luxembourg | 0.73% | 12.0% |
| 56th | Switzerland | 0.73% | 17.0% |
| 57th | Bermuda | 0.77% | 14.6% |
| 58th | Armenia | 0.80% | -21.7% |
| 59th | Grenada | 0.80% | 5.4% |
| 60th | Malta | 0.82% | 19.2% |
| 61st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.84% | -16.5% |
| 62nd | United States | 0.91% | 1.6% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.93% | -1.7% |
| 64th | Cuba | 0.94% | 5.8% |
| 65th | Channel Islands | 0.97% | 0.2% |
| 66th | Korea | 0.98% | -0.6% |
| 67th | Georgia | 0.99% | 19.9% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 1.01% | -13.5% |
| 69th | Latvia | 1.02% | -0.4% |
| 70th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.04% | -11.8% |
| 71st | Lithuania | 1.06% | 2.2% |
| 72nd | Fiji | 1.08% | -28.3% |
| 73rd | Moldova | 1.11% | -3.1% |
| 74th | Monaco | 1.13% | -6.2% |
| 75th | Afghanistan | 1.18% | 518.1% |
| 76th | Greenland | 1.29% | 15.3% |
| 77th | Canada | 1.30% | -1.6% |
| 78th | St. Lucia | 1.32% | -12.1% |
| 79th | Suriname | 1.33% | 14.6% |
| 80th | Faroe Islands | 1.39% | 13.2% |
| 81st | Cabo Verde | 1.40% | -0.7% |
| 82nd | Liechtenstein | 1.41% | 21.0% |
| 83rd | Azerbaijan | 1.43% | -6.9% |
| 84th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.46% | -0.4% |
| 85th | Cyprus | 1.51% | -3.5% |
| 86th | Kazakhstan | 1.52% | -5.9% |
| 87th | Argentina | 1.55% | 0.3% |
| 88th | Iceland | 1.57% | 43.0% |
| 89th | China | 1.61% | 0.4% |
| 90th | Chile | 1.62% | 2.3% |
| 91st | Guinea-Bissau | 1.63% | 1.5% |
| 92nd | Australia | 1.64% | 7.6% |
| 93rd | Isle of Man | 1.64% | 18.3% |
| 94th | Myanmar | 1.64% | -5.8% |
| 95th | Israel | 1.66% | 2.6% |
| 96th | Central African Republic | 1.66% | 26.5% |
| 97th | Timor-Leste | 1.69% | 6.9% |
| 98th | Thailand | 1.71% | -1.8% |
| 99th | New Caledonia | 1.71% | 1.9% |
| 100th | Bahamas, The | 1.71% | 0.9% |
| 101st | Tuvalu | 1.74% | -6.2% |
| 102nd | Mali | 1.75% | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.76% | -7.2% |
| 104th | Albania | 1.89% | -5.5% |
| 105th | Indonesia | 1.91% | -1.7% |
| 106th | Brazil | 1.91% | -3.6% |
| 107th | Morocco | 1.92% | -3.5% |
| 108th | Kosovo | 1.96% | -16.3% |
| 109th | Mexico | 1.98% | -1.5% |
| 110th | Türkiye | 2.00% | -2.0% |
| 111th | El Salvador | 2.01% | 1.7% |
| 112th | Lebanon | 2.02% | -20.7% |
| 113th | Viet Nam | 2.02% | -0.3% |
| 114th | Haiti | 2.04% | 1.0% |
| 115th | Colombia | 2.05% | -0.3% |
| 116th | Sudan | 2.07% | 1.9% |
| 117th | Nepal | 2.10% | -0.6% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 2.11% | -0.8% |
| 119th | Lesotho | 2.12% | -4.2% |
| 120th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.12% | 0.5% |
| 121st | Bangladesh | 2.13% | -5.0% |
| 122nd | Palau | 2.15% | -1.8% |
| 123rd | Papua New Guinea | 2.16% | -0.1% |
| 124th | Panama | 2.19% | -1.7% |
| 125th | Burundi | 2.22% | -2.9% |
| 126th | Belize | 2.22% | -0.7% |
| 127th | Guam | 2.24% | -0.6% |
| 128th | India | 2.25% | -1.3% |
| 129th | Peru | 2.27% | -0.7% |
| 130th | Nicaragua | 2.30% | 0.1% |
| 131st | Iraq | 2.32% | -15.4% |
| 132nd | Ecuador | 2.34% | -3.1% |
| 133rd | Tunisia | 2.34% | -5.1% |
| 134th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.35% | -14.8% |
| 135th | Kiribati | 2.40% | -1.2% |
| 136th | Ghana | 2.40% | 4.8% |
| 137th | Nauru | 2.42% | 4.8% |
| 138th | French Polynesia | 2.46% | -3.2% |
| 139th | Singapore | 2.54% | 68.8% |
| 140th | Vanuatu | 2.57% | 0.3% |
| 141st | Costa Rica | 2.57% | -2.7% |
| 142nd | Libya | 2.58% | -6.4% |
| 143rd | Eritrea | 2.59% | 11.2% |
| 144th | Mongolia | 2.61% | 0.6% |
| 145th | Guinea | 2.62% | 1.9% |
| 146th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.62% | 6.3% |
| 147th | Nigeria | 2.67% | 0.4% |
| 148th | Philippines | 2.68% | 1.8% |
| 149th | Burkina Faso | 2.69% | -1.8% |
| 150th | Sierra Leone | 2.70% | 0.7% |
| 151st | Comoros | 2.70% | -1.6% |
| 152nd | Zambia | 2.75% | -5.0% |
| 153rd | Uzbekistan | 2.76% | -3.5% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.78% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Gabon | 2.78% | 0.3% |
| 156th | Guatemala | 2.80% | 1.5% |
| 157th | Algeria | 2.80% | -7.4% |
| 158th | Paraguay | 2.80% | -0.7% |
| 159th | Honduras | 2.82% | -0.7% |
| 160th | Lao PDR | 2.86% | 0.8% |
| 161st | Madagascar | 2.87% | 0.9% |
| 162nd | Mauritania | 2.89% | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Liberia | 2.89% | -1.5% |
| 164th | Senegal | 2.90% | -0.6% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | 2.90% | -0.8% |
| 166th | Macao SAR, China | 2.94% | -18.0% |
| 167th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.97% | -7.1% |
| 168th | Botswana | 2.98% | -8.6% |
| 169th | Cameroon | 2.98% | -1.8% |
| 170th | Bhutan | 2.99% | -1.8% |
| 171st | Togo | 3.02% | -0.6% |
| 172nd | Niger | 3.03% | 0.1% |
| 173rd | Tanzania | 3.03% | -7.1% |
| 174th | Turkmenistan | 3.04% | -1.4% |
| 175th | Benin | 3.04% | 0.9% |
| 176th | South Africa | 3.05% | -2.3% |
| 177th | Malaysia | 3.14% | -2.5% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 3.16% | -4.3% |
| 179th | Uganda | 3.18% | 2.8% |
| 180th | Rwanda | 3.19% | -2.8% |
| 181st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.20% | 1.6% |
| 182nd | Solomon Islands | 3.22% | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.23% | -9.9% |
| 184th | Maldives | 3.35% | -4.3% |
| 185th | Pakistan | 3.36% | -1.4% |
| 186th | British Virgin Islands | 3.37% | 0.4% |
| 187th | Chad | 3.39% | -3.4% |
| 188th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.40% | -1.5% |
| 189th | Angola | 3.40% | -2.0% |
| 190th | Tajikistan | 3.50% | 1.8% |
| 191st | Namibia | 3.52% | 9.8% |
| 192nd | Kenya | 3.53% | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Qatar | 3.53% | -5.7% |
| 194th | Marshall Islands | 3.59% | -6.7% |
| 195th | American Samoa | 3.60% | -0.9% |
| 196th | Bahrain | 3.62% | -0.6% |
| 197th | Andorra | 3.63% | -11.6% |
| 198th | Cayman Islands | 3.73% | -3.5% |
| 199th | Cambodia | 3.80% | -10.4% |
| 200th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.83% | -0.7% |
| 201st | Yemen, Republic of | 3.88% | 0.5% |
| 202nd | Kuwait | 3.90% | -2.4% |
| 203rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.92% | -5.3% |
| 204th | Equatorial Guinea | 3.97% | -7.6% |
| 205th | Gambia, The | 4.11% | 1.2% |
| 206th | Eswatini | 4.60% | 18.6% |
| 207th | Jordan | 4.66% | 0.8% |
| 208th | Saudi Arabia | 5.32% | -5.8% |
| 209th | Malawi | 5.40% | 13.1% |
| 210th | Oman | 5.67% | -5.7% |
| 211th | Djibouti | 6.42% | 0.7% |
| 212th | United Arab Emirates | 6.61% | -6.0% |
| 213th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.41% | -4.4% |
| 214th | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.50% | -6.6% |
| 215th | St. Martin (French part) | 11.79% | -8.4% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's population growth in 1988?▾
Ireland's population growth in 1988 was -0.43%. This ranked 8th globally.
How did Ireland's population growth change in 1988?▾
Ireland's population growth decreased by 4,225.2% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest population growth in 1988?▾
St. Martin (French part) had the highest population growth in 1988 at 11.79%.
What is the population growth of Ireland in 1988?▾
The population growth of Ireland in 1988 was -0.43%. This ranked 8th globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Ireland's population growth?▾
Ireland's population growth went from 0.01% in 1987 to -0.43% in 1988, a 4,225.2% decrease.
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