Population of Ireland

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	20 Jun 2024

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The current population of Ireland is 5,270,026 as of October 08, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Ireland is projected at 5,089,478, or 5.09 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Ireland is projected at 5,056,935, or 5.06 million people for the year 2023.

Ireland ranks 125th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Ireland is ranked 26th among 50 countries and territories in Europe.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Ireland population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,898,772	2,906,599	15,655	0.539	0.116
1951	2,914,427	2,924,705	20,556	0.703	0.115
1952	2,934,983	2,929,379	-11,208	-0.383	0.113
1953	2,923,775	2,917,037	-13,475	-0.462	0.110
1954	2,910,300	2,902,780	-15,041	-0.518	0.108
1955	2,895,259	2,886,368	-17,782	-0.616	0.105
1956	2,877,477	2,869,649	-15,655	-0.546	0.102
1957	2,861,822	2,854,323	-14,998	-0.525	0.100
1958	2,846,824	2,838,758	-16,132	-0.568	0.097
1959	2,830,692	2,823,465	-14,453	-0.512	0.095
1960	2,816,239	2,811,067	-10,344	-0.368	0.093
1961	2,805,895	2,807,005	2,219	0.079	0.091
1962	2,808,114	2,813,067	9,906	0.352	0.090
1963	2,818,020	2,824,089	12,138	0.430	0.088
1964	2,830,158	2,837,436	14,556	0.513	0.087
1965	2,844,714	2,852,401	15,374	0.539	0.085
1966	2,860,088	2,867,003	13,831	0.482	0.084
1967	2,873,919	2,882,745	17,653	0.612	0.083
1968	2,891,572	2,899,643	16,142	0.557	0.082
1969	2,907,714	2,917,184	18,939	0.649	0.081
1970	2,926,653	2,937,637	21,969	0.748	0.079
1971	2,948,622	2,969,397	41,550	1.399	0.079
1972	2,990,172	3,013,998	47,652	1.581	0.078
1973	3,037,824	3,062,023	48,397	1.581	0.078
1974	3,086,221	3,110,099	47,755	1.536	0.078
1975	3,133,976	3,157,919	47,887	1.516	0.078
1976	3,181,863	3,205,753	47,781	1.491	0.077
1977	3,229,644	3,254,662	50,035	1.537	0.077
1978	3,279,679	3,305,571	51,784	1.567	0.077
1979	3,331,463	3,351,898	40,870	1.219	0.077
1980	3,372,333	3,391,387	38,108	1.124	0.076
1981	3,410,441	3,424,827	28,773	0.840	0.076
1982	3,439,214	3,451,212	23,996	0.695	0.075
1983	3,463,210	3,472,903	19,386	0.558	0.074
1984	3,482,596	3,490,931	16,670	0.478	0.073
1985	3,499,266	3,505,769	13,006	0.371	0.072
1986	3,512,272	3,515,669	6,795	0.193	0.071
1987	3,519,067	3,513,700	-10,734	-0.305	0.070
1988	3,508,333	3,498,030	-20,606	-0.589	0.068
1989	3,487,727	3,483,314	-8,825	-0.253	0.067
1990	3,478,902	3,485,374	12,945	0.371	0.066
1991	3,491,847	3,504,805	25,915	0.739	0.065
1992	3,517,762	3,528,367	21,210	0.601	0.064
1993	3,538,972	3,545,700	13,456	0.380	0.064
1994	3,552,428	3,559,398	13,939	0.392	0.063
1995	3,566,367	3,579,482	26,230	0.733	0.062
1996	3,592,597	3,606,728	28,262	0.784	0.062
1997	3,620,859	3,640,150	38,582	1.060	0.062
1998	3,659,441	3,678,667	38,452	1.045	0.061
1999	3,697,893	3,719,912	44,037	1.184	0.061
2000	3,741,930	3,768,950	54,041	1.434	0.061
2001	3,795,971	3,829,018	66,094	1.726	0.061
2002	3,862,065	3,894,258	64,385	1.653	0.062
2003	3,926,450	3,958,705	64,510	1.630	0.062
2004	3,990,960	4,031,954	81,989	2.034	0.062
2005	4,072,949	4,121,216	96,533	2.342	0.063
2006	4,169,482	4,234,806	130,649	3.085	0.064
2007	4,300,131	4,359,834	119,406	2.739	0.065
2008	4,419,537	4,452,392	65,711	1.476	0.065
2009	4,485,248	4,499,792	29,089	0.646	0.065
2010	4,514,337	4,524,585	20,496	0.453	0.065
2011	4,534,833	4,544,501	19,336	0.425	0.064
2012	4,554,169	4,564,550	20,762	0.455	0.064
2013	4,574,931	4,588,832	27,802	0.606	0.063
2014	4,602,733	4,622,167	38,869	0.841	0.063
2015	4,641,602	4,665,760	48,316	1.036	0.063
2016	4,689,918	4,715,788	51,739	1.097	0.063
2017	4,741,657	4,771,854	60,393	1.266	0.063
2018	4,802,050	4,834,507	64,914	1.343	0.063
2019	4,866,964	4,896,019	58,110	1.187	0.063
2020	4,925,074	4,946,119	42,090	0.851	0.063
2021	4,967,164	4,986,526	38,724	0.777	0.063

Ireland population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	5,005,888	5,023,109	34,441	0.686	0.063
2023	5,040,329	5,056,935	33,211	0.657	0.063
2024	5,073,540	5,089,478	31,876	0.626	0.063
2025	5,105,416	5,120,867	30,902	0.603	0.063
2026	5,136,318	5,151,399	30,161	0.585	0.062
2027	5,166,479	5,181,143	29,328	0.566	0.062
2028	5,195,807	5,210,188	28,761	0.552	0.062
2029	5,224,568	5,238,739	28,343	0.541	0.062
2030	5,252,911	5,266,881	27,939	0.530	0.062
2031	5,280,850	5,294,736	27,773	0.525	0.061
2032	5,308,623	5,322,355	27,465	0.516	0.061
2033	5,336,088	5,349,663	27,150	0.508	0.061
2034	5,363,238	5,376,684	26,892	0.500	0.061
2035	5,390,130	5,403,354	26,447	0.489	0.061
2036	5,416,577	5,429,691	26,229	0.483	0.061
2037	5,442,806	5,455,791	25,970	0.476	0.061
2038	5,468,776	5,481,441	25,331	0.462	0.060
2039	5,494,107	5,506,567	24,920	0.453	0.060
2040	5,519,027	5,531,181	24,309	0.439	0.060
2041	5,543,336	5,555,162	23,652	0.426	0.060
2042	5,566,988	5,578,394	22,811	0.409	0.060
2043	5,589,799	5,600,737	21,876	0.391	0.060
2044	5,611,675	5,622,145	20,941	0.372	0.060
2045	5,632,616	5,642,439	19,646	0.348	0.060
2046	5,652,262	5,661,520	18,515	0.327	0.059
2047	5,670,777	5,679,407	17,259	0.304	0.059
2048	5,688,036	5,695,971	15,870	0.279	0.059
2049	5,703,906	5,711,065	14,319	0.251	0.059
2050	5,718,225	5,724,686	12,922	0.226	0.059
2051	5,731,147	5,736,958	11,621	0.203	0.059
2052	5,742,768	5,747,775	10,014	0.174	0.059
2053	5,752,782	5,757,130	8,695	0.151	0.059
2054	5,761,477	5,765,164	7,375	0.128	0.058
2055	5,768,852	5,771,955	6,206	0.108	0.058
2056	5,775,058	5,777,630	5,144	0.089	0.058
2057	5,780,202	5,782,303	4,202	0.073	0.058
2058	5,784,404	5,785,861	2,915	0.050	0.058
2059	5,787,319	5,788,371	2,104	0.036	0.058
2060	5,789,423	5,789,972	1,098	0.019	0.058
2061	5,790,521	5,790,721	400	0.007	0.057
2062	5,790,921	5,790,807	-228	-0.004	0.057
2063	5,790,693	5,790,212	-962	-0.017	0.057
2064	5,789,731	5,789,038	-1,386	-0.024	0.057
2065	5,788,345	5,787,445	-1,800	-0.031	0.057
2066	5,786,545	5,785,419	-2,251	-0.039	0.057
2067	5,784,294	5,782,984	-2,620	-0.045	0.056
2068	5,781,674	5,780,333	-2,682	-0.046	0.056
2069	5,778,992	5,777,597	-2,790	-0.048	0.056
2070	5,776,202	5,774,754	-2,896	-0.050	0.056
2071	5,773,306	5,772,056	-2,500	-0.043	0.056
2072	5,770,806	5,769,649	-2,315	-0.040	0.056
2073	5,768,491	5,767,581	-1,820	-0.032	0.056
2074	5,766,671	5,765,837	-1,668	-0.029	0.056
2075	5,765,003	5,764,344	-1,318	-0.023	0.056
2076	5,763,685	5,763,247	-876	-0.015	0.056
2077	5,762,809	5,762,393	-832	-0.014	0.055
2078	5,761,977	5,761,846	-261	-0.005	0.055
2079	5,761,716	5,761,685	-61	-0.001	0.055
2080	5,761,655	5,761,900	490	0.009	0.055
2081	5,762,145	5,762,574	858	0.015	0.055
2082	5,763,003	5,763,480	954	0.017	0.055
2083	5,763,957	5,764,504	1,094	0.019	0.055
2084	5,765,051	5,765,562	1,022	0.018	0.055
2085	5,766,073	5,766,457	767	0.013	0.055
2086	5,766,840	5,767,142	604	0.010	0.055
2087	5,767,444	5,767,507	126	0.002	0.055
2088	5,767,570	5,767,454	-232	-0.004	0.055
2089	5,767,338	5,767,016	-644	-0.011	0.055
2090	5,766,694	5,766,020	-1,348	-0.023	0.055
2091	5,765,346	5,764,347	-1,997	-0.035	0.055
2092	5,763,349	5,762,039	-2,619	-0.045	0.055
2093	5,760,730	5,759,073	-3,314	-0.058	0.055
2094	5,757,416	5,755,453	-3,927	-0.068	0.055
2095	5,753,489	5,751,260	-4,459	-0.078	0.055
2096	5,749,030	5,746,414	-5,232	-0.091	0.055
2097	5,743,798	5,740,980	-5,636	-0.098	0.055
2098	5,738,162	5,735,154	-6,015	-0.105	0.055
2099	5,732,147	5,728,935	-6,424	-0.112	0.055
2100	5,725,723	5,722,314	-6,819	-0.119	0.055