Number of judges rose 0% to 161 persons in Ireland in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of judges in Ireland reached an all time high of 161 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 98.0 persons in 1995.
Ireland has been ranked 54th within the group of 67 countries we follow in terms of number of judges, 54 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Judges | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Australia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,036 | 10,590 | 1,082 | 1,074 | 1,075 | ... | ||||||||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,460 | 2,442 | 2,452 | 2,425 | 2,486 | ... | |
| Canada | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Denmark | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 877 | 817 | 831 | 789 | 777 | ||||||||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,932 | 5,863 | 5,858 | 5,807 | 5,669 | ... | ||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,411 | ... | 20,382 | ... | 20,301 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Iceland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.0 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Ireland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 146 | 139 | 144 | 148 | 161 | ... | ||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,226 | 8,695 | 11,260 | 11,257 | 11,144 | ... | ||||||||
| Mexico | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,827 | 4,856 | 5,163 | 5,143 | 5,457 | ... | |
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 751 | 750 | 750 | 729 | 738 | ... | |||||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,689 | 4,890 | 5,036 | 5,219 | 5,352 | ... | |||||||||
| Sweden | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,138 | 1,192 | 1,172 | 785 | 815 | ||||||||||
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32,518 | 30,937 | 28,971 | 27,131 | 24,876 | ... | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,635 | 5,570 | 5,896 | 5,640 |
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