Population of Ireland

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Ireland is 5,066,658 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Ireland is projected at 4,982,907 or 4.983 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Ireland is projected at 4,937,786 or 4.938 million people for the year 2020. Ireland ranks number 124th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Ireland is ranked 26th among 48 countries in Europe.

Ireland's population peak will be 2071 with 5.73 mn people after Ireland's population will be decreased year by year. The Irelandn population is projected to reach 5.24 million in 2030 and increase further to 5.67 million in 2050 and 5.68 million by 2100. Ireland accounts for 0.063 percent of the world population. However, its global share declined by 0.111% in 1952 and is projected to decline at 0.052% by 2100.

Ireland was at 91st position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 127th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Ireland population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,912,680	-	-	0.115
1951	2,912,608	-72	0.00	0.113
1952	2,909,051	-3,557	-0.12	0.111
1953	2,901,318	-7,733	-0.27	0.108
1954	2,889,280	-12,038	-0.41	0.106
1955	2,873,415	-15,865	-0.55	0.104
1956	2,854,777	-18,638	-0.65	0.101
1957	2,835,057	-19,720	-0.69	0.099
1958	2,816,351	-18,706	-0.66	0.096
1959	2,801,091	-15,260	-0.54	0.094
1960	2,791,397	-9,694	-0.35	0.092
1961	2,788,531	-2,866	-0.10	0.090
1962	2,792,374	3,843	0.14	0.089
1963	2,801,184	8,810	0.32	0.087
1964	2,812,224	11,040	0.39	0.086
1965	2,823,650	11,426	0.41	0.085
1966	2,834,682	11,032	0.39	0.083
1967	2,846,347	11,665	0.41	0.082
1968	2,860,727	14,380	0.51	0.081
1969	2,880,764	20,037	0.70	0.079
1970	2,908,421	27,657	0.96	0.079
1971	2,944,088	35,667	1.23	0.078
1972	2,986,566	42,478	1.44	0.078
1973	3,034,319	47,753	1.60	0.077
1974	3,085,156	50,837	1.68	0.077
1975	3,137,176	52,020	1.69	0.077
1976	3,189,865	52,689	1.68	0.077
1977	3,242,768	52,903	1.66	0.077
1978	3,294,161	51,393	1.58	0.077
1979	3,342,005	47,844	1.45	0.076
1980	3,384,756	42,751	1.28	0.076
1981	3,422,018	37,262	1.10	0.075
1982	3,453,786	31,768	0.93	0.075
1983	3,479,458	25,672	0.74	0.074
1984	3,498,530	19,072	0.55	0.073
1985	3,510,979	12,449	0.36	0.072
1986	3,516,422	5,443	0.16	0.071
1987	3,515,828	-594	-0.02	0.070
1988	3,512,185	-3,643	-0.10	0.068
1989	3,509,519	-2,666	-0.08	0.067
1990	3,510,885	1,366	0.04	0.066
1991	3,517,710	6,825	0.19	0.065
1992	3,529,853	12,143	0.35	0.064
1993	3,546,931	17,078	0.48	0.064
1994	3,567,912	20,981	0.59	0.063
1995	3,592,186	24,274	0.68	0.063
1996	3,619,641	27,455	0.76	0.062
1997	3,651,096	31,455	0.87	0.062
1998	3,687,819	36,723	1.01	0.062
1999	3,731,468	43,649	1.18	0.062
2000	3,783,103	51,635	1.38	0.062
2001	3,842,245	59,142	1.56	0.062
2002	3,907,998	65,753	1.71	0.062
2003	3,980,076	72,078	1.84	0.062
2004	4,058,130	78,054	1.96	0.063
2005	4,141,223	83,093	2.05	0.063
2006	4,230,623	89,400	2.16	0.064
2007	4,324,641	94,018	2.22	0.064
2008	4,415,872	91,231	2.11	0.065
2009	4,494,576	78,704	1.78	0.065
2010	4,554,321	59,745	1.33	0.065
2011	4,591,105	36,784	0.81	0.065
2012	4,608,198	17,093	0.37	0.065
2013	4,615,422	7,224	0.16	0.064
2014	4,626,844	11,422	0.25	0.063
2015	4,652,425	25,581	0.55	0.063
2016	4,695,779	43,354	0.93	0.063
2017	4,753,279	57,500	1.22	0.063
2018	4,818,690	65,411	1.38	0.063
2019	4,882,495	63,805	1.32	0.063

Ireland population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	4,937,786	55,291	1.13	0.063
2021	4,982,907	45,121	0.91	0.063
2022	5,020,199	37,292	0.75	0.063
2023	5,051,620	31,421	0.63	0.063
2024	5,080,499	28,879	0.57	0.063
2025	5,109,284	28,785	0.57	0.062
2026	5,138,310	29,026	0.57	0.062
2027	5,166,749	28,439	0.55	0.062
2028	5,194,622	27,873	0.54	0.062
2029	5,221,748	27,126	0.52	0.062
2030	5,248,041	26,293	0.50	0.061
2031	5,273,639	25,598	0.49	0.061
2032	5,298,768	25,129	0.48	0.061
2033	5,323,526	24,758	0.47	0.061
2034	5,347,967	24,441	0.46	0.061
2035	5,372,137	24,170	0.45	0.060
2036	5,396,065	23,928	0.45	0.060
2037	5,419,757	23,692	0.44	0.060
2038	5,443,183	23,426	0.43	0.060
2039	5,466,317	23,134	0.43	0.060
2040	5,489,088	22,771	0.42	0.060
2041	5,511,478	22,390	0.41	0.060
2042	5,533,414	21,936	0.40	0.059
2043	5,554,778	21,364	0.39	0.059
2044	5,575,408	20,630	0.37	0.059
2045	5,595,132	19,724	0.35	0.059
2046	5,613,920	18,788	0.34	0.059
2047	5,631,699	17,779	0.32	0.059
2048	5,648,334	16,635	0.30	0.059
2049	5,663,676	15,342	0.27	0.058
2050	5,677,615	13,939	0.25	0.058
2051	5,690,092	12,477	0.22	0.058
2052	5,701,111	11,019	0.19	0.058
2053	5,710,656	9,545	0.17	0.058
2054	5,718,737	8,081	0.14	0.058
2055	5,725,376	6,639	0.12	0.057
2056	5,730,592	5,216	0.09	0.057
2057	5,734,433	3,841	0.07	0.057
2058	5,736,994	2,561	0.04	0.057
2059	5,738,387	1,393	0.02	0.057
2060	5,738,736	349	0.01	0.057
2061	5,738,108	-628	-0.01	0.056
2062	5,736,614	-1,494	-0.03	0.056
2063	5,734,381	-2,233	-0.04	0.056
2064	5,731,587	-2,794	-0.05	0.056
2065	5,728,362	-3,225	-0.06	0.056
2066	5,724,821	-3,541	-0.06	0.055
2067	5,721,071	-3,750	-0.07	0.055
2068	5,717,225	-3,846	-0.07	0.055
2069	5,713,447	-3,778	-0.07	0.055
2070	5,709,843	-3,604	-0.06	0.055
2071	5,706,500	-3,343	-0.06	0.054
2072	5,703,483	-3,017	-0.05	0.054
2073	5,700,866	-2,617	-0.05	0.054
2074	5,698,746	-2,120	-0.04	0.054
2075	5,697,179	-1,567	-0.03	0.054
2076	5,696,184	-995	-0.02	0.054
2077	5,695,762	-422	-0.01	0.054
2078	5,695,905	143	0.00	0.054
2079	5,696,592	687	0.01	0.053
2080	5,697,784	1,192	0.02	0.053
2081	5,699,444	1,660	0.03	0.053
2082	5,701,514	2,070	0.04	0.053
2083	5,703,868	2,354	0.04	0.053
2084	5,706,349	2,481	0.04	0.053
2085	5,708,811	2,462	0.04	0.053
2086	5,711,190	2,379	0.04	0.053
2087	5,713,418	2,228	0.04	0.053
2088	5,715,326	1,908	0.03	0.053
2089	5,716,715	1,389	0.02	0.053
2090	5,717,431	716	0.01	0.053
2091	5,717,415	-16	0.00	0.053
2092	5,716,626	-789	-0.01	0.053
2093	5,715,076	-1,550	-0.03	0.053
2094	5,712,814	-2,262	-0.04	0.053
2095	5,709,857	-2,957	-0.05	0.053
2096	5,706,233	-3,624	-0.06	0.053
2097	5,701,950	-4,283	-0.08	0.052
2098	5,696,992	-4,958	-0.09	0.052
2099	5,691,341	-5,651	-0.10	0.052
2100	5,684,963	-6,378	-0.11	0.052