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Ireland: Population on 1 January (total)

5.51Mpeople · 2026+16.6% since 2016

Population on 1 January by sex and age (total). Annual figures for Ireland from 1960 to 2026.

19872026

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20265,510,565
20255,440,278
20245,351,681
20235,271,395
20225,154,277
20215,066,893
20205,012,600
20194,940,311
20184,855,733
20174,799,157
20164,726,286
20154,677,627
20144,637,852
20134,609,779
20124,589,287
20114,570,881
20104,549,428
20094,521,322
20084,457,765
20074,340,118
20064,208,156
20054,111,672
20044,028,851
20033,964,191
20023,899,702
20013,832,783
20003,777,565
19993,732,006
19983,693,386
19973,654,955
19963,620,065
19953,597,617
19943,583,154
19933,569,367
19923,547,492
19913,520,977
19903,506,970
19893,515,048
19883,534,850
19873,545,263
19863,534,117
19853,542,046
19843,522,800
19833,498,400
19823,473,200
19813,432,800
19803,392,800
19793,354,700
19783,303,500
19773,260,900
19763,215,200
19753,163,900
19743,111,100
19733,060,800
19723,012,900
19712,971,200
19702,943,300
19692,922,000
19682,909,100
19672,895,800
19662,881,800
19652,872,800
19642,860,300
19632,845,000
19622,827,100
19612,821,700
19602,835,500

Source

Published by Eurostat, produced by Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Eurostat (2026). Population on 1 January (total). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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