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Ireland — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2031 · 232 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

The latest population reading for Ireland was 5.47M people in 2025. The previous reading was 5.38M people in 2024; the period change was +1.57%.

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  • Annual data, 1800–2031
  • Quarterly data, 1995–2025
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Latest observations

2000–2031

PeriodValue
20315.78M people
20305.73M people
20295.69M people
20285.65M people
20275.60M people
15 earlier values
20265.54M people
20255.47M people
20245.38M people
20235.30M people
20225.20M people
20215.09M people
20205.03M people
20194.97M people
20184.89M people
20174.82M people
20164.75M people
20154.70M people
20144.65M people
20134.62M people
20124.60M people

Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.