Ireland's population rose from 3.64M in 1996 to 5.48M in 2025.
Ireland · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Ireland's population growth rose from 0.8 % in 1996 to 1.6 % in 2025.
Ireland's population density rose from 52.1 in 1994 to 77.1 in 2023.
Ireland's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.3 % in 1996 to 50.5 % in 2025.
Ireland's urbanisation rose from 58.2 % in 1996 to 64.6 % in 2025.
Ireland's urban population rose from 2.12M in 1996 to 3.54M in 2025.
Ireland's rural population rose from 1.52M in 1996 to 1.94M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.0 %158th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.9 %156th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.5 %140th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.5 %26th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs57th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts138th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts84th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts61st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.3 pts134th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts61st of 217
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- Net migrationdown −9.3 %26th of 217
- Migrant stockup +4.0 pts40th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +9.5 %45th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs23rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs29th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs14th of 217