Population in Ireland

578 indicators covering population for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Fertility indicators 32.7 2024 up 2.8% 1st
Fertility rates by age 1.47 Number 2024 down 22.1% 20th
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water 95.99 2022 up 1.0% 38th
Population on 1st January by age, sex and type of projection 6.61 million Person 2100 up 0.2% 19th
Demographic balances and indicators by type of projection 72,662 2100 up 3.3% 19th
Share of population below and above $30 per day 607,311 people 2023 down 62.9% 109th
Population on 1st January by age, sex and type of projection 5.87 million Person 2100 down 2.0% 20th
Demographic balances and indicators by type of projection 73,814 2100 up 5.8% 19th
Population on 1st January by age, sex and type of projection 6.23 million Person 2100 down 2.2% 19th
Demographic balances and indicators by type of projection 81,179 2100 down 0.7% 18th
Assumptions for fertility rates by age and type of projection 1.81 Number 2100 up 0.1% 2nd
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 90.0% 109th
Assumptions for fertility rates by age and type of projection 1.61 Number 2100 up 0.4% 9th
Assumptions for net migration by age, sex and type of projection 17,562 Person 2100 down 7.2% 19th
Assumptions for fertility rates by age and type of projection 1.72 Number 2100 up 0.6% 9th
Assumptions for net migration by age, sex and type of projection 9,602 Person 2100 up 7.2% 26th
Demographic indicators by urban-rural typology — Deaths 5.6 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 13.5% 36th
Demographic indicators by access to city typology — Deaths 6.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 5.3% 33rd
Population on 1st January by age, sex, type of projection and other 1.86 million Person 2100 down 0.2% 17th
Assumptions for net migration by age, sex, type of projection and 2,012 Person 2100 down 8.7% 29th
Demographic balances and indicators by type of projection and other 20,293 Number 2100 down 0.2% 18th
Population by age 5.44 million 2025 up 16.3% 48th
Population by age groups 5.44 million 2025 up 16.3% 48th
Live births by mother's age and birth order 53,158 Number 2024 down 21.0% 29th
Live births by mother's year of birth (age reached) and birth order 53,158 Number 2024 down 21.0% 29th
Total fertility rate 1.47 2024 down 22.1% 40th
Annual birth rate and peak birth month 10.57 births per 1,000 people 2022 down 32.3% 11th
Birth seasonality 27.42 births per million people 2022 down 31.0% 10th
Peak birth month 1 2022 down 85.7% 37th
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month 30.85 births per million people 2022 down 30.2% 12th
Replacement-level fertility rate 2.08 2010 down 1.0% 148th
Total population in thousands 5,308 2025 up 12.9% 49th
Total fertility rate 1.6 2025 down 14.1% 34th
Household final consumption expenditure by durability - quarterly data 132.02 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 2026 up 23.3% 6th
Number of live births 54,483 births 2022 down 24.0% 27th
Total fertility rate: births per woman 1.53 births per woman 2022 down 22.6% 11th
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate 1.53 births per woman 2022 down 22.6% 11th
Total number of births by birth order 21,943 births 2022 down 20.9% 27th
Household indicators dashboard – country view — Consumer confidence 98.8 Index 2025 down 3.9% 15th
Literate and illiterate world population 1.5% 1950 — 105th
Household final consumption expenditure by durability - annual data 130.17 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 2025 up 36.8% 10th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 4,081 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.8% 28th
Population in private households by participation in education and 4,081 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.8% 28th
Share of children who were born outside of marriage 38.4% 2019 up 15.0% 25th
Household final consumption expenditure by purpose 123.72 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 2023 up 37.9% 8th
Household final consumption expenditure by purpose 130.17 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 2025 up 36.8% 6th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 4,131 Thousand persons 2026 up 18.1% 26th
Population in private households by participation in education and 4,131 Thousand persons 2026 up 18.1% 26th
Short-term population projections 60,202 2050 up 18.2% 24th
Short-term population projections 60,070 2050 up 18.3% 24th
Over-qualification rates by country of birth 27.1% 2025 down 7.2% 5th
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - crude death rate 604.5 Rate 2010 down 26.7% 42nd
Immigration by age and sex 127,664 Number 2024 up 73.6% 17th
Emigration by age and sex 58,077 Number 2024 down 18.3% 22nd
Population aged 15-34 in private households 239.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 35.8% 21st
Population in private households by educational attainment level 17.9% 2025 down 32.7% 30th
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - crude death rate, 3 year average 600.5 Rate 2010 down 25.7% 41st
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - crude death rate, 3 year average 639.5 Rate 2010 down 28.0% 41st
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - crude death rate, 3 year average 619.9 Rate 2010 down 26.9% 42nd
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - standardised death rate, 3 year 1,052 Rate 2010 down 29.4% 23rd