Ireland — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2030 · 231 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 5.41M people in 2025. The previous reading was 5.36M people in 2024; the period change was +1.04%.

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  • Annual data, 1800–2030
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20305.66M people
20295.62M people
20285.58M people
20275.52M people
20265.46M people
15 earlier values
20255.41M people
20245.36M 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
20114.58M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.