Ireland · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Ireland (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Ireland? Answer: Current population of Ireland is: 4 943 469*[1], area 70280 km², population density 70.34 p/km². Capital of Ireland is Dublin. Continent: Europe.

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Ireland · Population 1950-2100

Ireland · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Ireland as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Ireland population at your birthday?*

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Current Ireland population

4 943 469

Today This year
Population growth Today
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Changes every 1238.734 sec.
Population growth This year
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Births Today
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Changes every 555.319 sec.
Births This year
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Deaths Today
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Changes every 1006.553 sec.
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Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Ireland population map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)
• Population Growth rate: 70 / day = 2.91 / hour = 0.048 / minute = 0.0008 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 156 / day = 6.48 / hour = 0.11 / minute = 0.002 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 86 / day = 3.58 / hour = 0.06 / minute = 0.001 / seconds.

Current Ireland population by age and sex for 2025-07-04*

  Male % Female
0-4 136 868 ⇐+4.6% 130 903
5-9 203 256 ⇐+8.4% 187 557
10-14 208 963 ⇐+7.3% 194 764
15-19 174 001 ⇐+4.4% 166 653
20-24 126 859 ⇐+9.4% 115 976
25-29 93 412 ⇐+17.9% 79 247
30-34 121 981 +2%⇒ 124 445
35-39 175 998 +7.3%⇒ 188 923
40-44 213 472 +1.7%⇒ 217 044
45-49 192 479 ⇐+1.3% 190 034
50-54 160 023 ⇐+1.6% 157 431
55-59 156 677 +0.5%⇒ 157 473
60-64 122 863 +4.3%⇒ 128 086
65-69 130 930 +4.4%⇒ 136 748
70-74 109 378 +5.6%⇒ 115 511
75-79 66 390 +13.1%⇒ 75 102
80-84 44 340 +19.2%⇒ 52 836
85-89 24 203 +15.1%⇒ 27 868
90-94 8 772 +83.3%⇒ 16 079
95-99 2 389 +174.3%⇒ 6 552
100+ 190 +318.4%⇒ 795

Sources: [1]

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First letter of the City


Filter by starting letters of the city (52 cities):
A (3) | B (5) | C (7) | D (6) | E (1) | G (3) | K (1) | L (5) | M (4) | N (4) | P (1) | R (1) | S (2) | T (5) | W (3) | Y (1) |

Population for cities or regions in Ireland (52)

This is not full list. Only 50 largest cities in alphabetical order. You can click on start letter of the city ↑ :
Arklow Wicklow
Athlone Westmeath
Athy Kildare
Balbriggan Fingal
Ballina Mayo
Ballinasloe Galway
Bray Wicklow
Carlow Carlow
CarrickxonxSuir Carrick-on-Suir Tipperary
Castlebar Mayo
Cavan Cavan
Cluain Meala Clonmel Tipperary
Cobh Queenstown Cork
Cork Cork
Drogheda Louth
Droichead Nua Kildare
Dublin Dublin
Dún Laoghaire Dún LaoghairexRathdown
Dundalk Waterford
Dungarvan Waterford
Ennis Clare
Gaillimh Galway Galway
Gorey Leinster
Greystones Wicklow
Kilkenny Kilkenny
Leixlip Kildare
Letterkenny Donegal
Longford Longford
Loughrea Galway
Luimneach Limerick Limerick
Mallow Cork
Midleton Cork
Monaghan Monaghan
Monkstown Cork
Naas Kildare
Navan Meath
Nenagh Tipperary
New Ross Wexford
Portlaoise Laois
Sligo Sligo
Swords Fingal
Tallaght South Dublin
Thurles Tipperary
Trá Mhór Tramore Waterford
Tralee Kerry
Tullamore Offaly
Waterford Waterford
Westport Mayo
Wicklow Wicklow
Youghal Cork

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).