Population in Ireland 578 indicators covering population for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population on 1 January by age, sex and broad group of citizenship 5.44 million Number 2025 up 16.3% 24th Population on 1 January by age group, sex and citizenship 5.44 million Number 2025 up 16.3% 25th Bovine population 6,905 Thousand heads (animals) 2025 down 0.8% 6th Pupils from age 4 to the starting age of compulsory education at 97.2% 2024 down 2.5% 16th Child and youth population on 1 January by sex and age 5.44 million Number 2025 up 16.3% 32nd Population on 1 January by age group, sex and country of birth 5.44 million Number 2025 up 16.3% 25th Population on 1 January by age, sex and group of country of birth 5.44 million Number 2025 up 16.3% 25th Immigration by age group, sex and citizenship 127,664 Number 2024 up 73.6% 17th Immigration by age, sex and group of citizenship 127,664 Number 2024 up 73.6% 17th Households - level of internet access 95.5% 2025 up 12.6% 20th Emigration by age group, sex and citizenship 58,077 Number 2024 down 18.3% 22nd Estimated average age of young persons leaving the parental household 26.9 Average 2025 up 1.9% 21st Immigration by age group, sex and country of previous residence 127,664 Number 2024 up 73.6% 17th Standardised inflows of temporary migrants — Migration flows by 1,425 Persons 2024 — 9th Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population 5.4% 2025 up 42.1% 41st Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by age, sex and 66.0% 2025 down 6.4% 2nd Population in private households by educational attainment level and 17.9% 2025 down 32.7% 30th Population in private households by educational attainment level 15.9% 2025 down 32.3% 36th Population in private households by educational attainment level 15.9% 2025 down 32.3% 36th Emigration by age group, sex and country of next usual residence 58,077 Number 2024 down 18.3% 22nd Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 63.3% 2025 up 36.7% 21st Population in private households by educational attainment level 4,081 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.8% 28th Population in private households by educational attainment level and 17.9% 2025 down 32.7% 30th Population in private households by educational attainment level and 17.9% 2025 down 32.7% 30th At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 26.4% 2025 down 33.0% 21st Early leavers from education and training by country of birth 3.6% 2025 down 47.1% 40th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 37.2% 2025 down 19.7% 39th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 26.8% 2025 down 26.4% 11th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 12.9% 2025 up 20.6% 16th Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 6.3% 2025 up 320.0% 37th Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without 5.4% 2025 up 35.0% 43rd Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by tenure status 66.8% 2025 down 5.4% 2nd Persons living in households with very low work intensity by age and 30.3 Thousand 2025 down 58.4% 19th Persons living in households with very low work intensity by most 6.2% 2025 down 69.9% 29th Persons living in households with very low work intensity by 6.4% 2025 down 68.2% 27th Distribution of households with children by number of children 44.2% 2025 up 4.5% 38th Distribution of population by sex and age 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of population aged 18 and over by educational attainment 11.5% 2025 down 44.7% 33rd Distribution of population aged 65 and over by type of household 45.2% 2025 down 11.9% 21st Distribution of population over 18 years by most frequent activity 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Average household size 2.7 Average 2025 unchanged 9th Distribution of households by household size 21.9% 2025 down 3.9% 42nd Share of children (aged less than 18) living with their parents by 74.6% 2025 up 4.3% 15th Distribution of households by household type from 2003 onwards 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of population by housing cost burden and sex 14.2% 2025 down 4.1% 32nd Live births by mother's age and newborn's sex 53,158 Number 2024 down 21.0% 31st Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type 25.3% 2025 down 23.6% 43rd Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population 9.1% 2025 up 93.6% 39th Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by degree of 56.2% 2025 down 7.1% 3rd Distribution of population aged 18 and over by health status, age 42.7% 2025 down 8.2% 6th Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population 1.3% 2025 down 13.3% 45th At-risk-of poverty rate for children by country of birth of their 24.7% 2025 up 16.0% 31st Persons living in households with very low work intensity by tenure 8.9% 2025 down 52.4% 14th At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, work intensity of the 1.2% 2025 up 500.0% 34th Live births (total) by other typologies 15,065 Number 2024 down 25.7% 20th Distribution of population by housing cost burden and degree of 18.9% 2025 up 11.8% 25th At-risk-of poverty rate for children by educational attainment level 24.4% 2021 down 38.5% 46th Distribution of population by housing cost burden and tenure status 3.4% 2025 down 66.7% 45th Children living in households with very low work intensity by 58.7% 2021 down 8.9% 4th Other types of childcare by age group and duration - % over the 73.4% 2025 up 7.2% 22nd ← Previous Page 7 of 10 Next →