Emigration in Ireland
Ireland recorded 58,077 emigrants in 2024.
Ireland, 2024
58,077
Change from 2023
−22.6%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
17th of 33
Emigration in Ireland over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58,077 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 75,020 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 61,133 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 53,673 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 51,313 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 51,410 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 50,258 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 58,788 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 55,507 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 67,160 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 71,107 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 76,560 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 81,797 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 83,049 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2010 | 78,099 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 69,672 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 65,934 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 48,040 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 44,409 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2005 | 34,350 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 28,675 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 27,200 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 28,375 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 25,750 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 26,300 emigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −22.6% from 75,020 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 71,107 emigrants, the figure has changed by −18.3%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Ireland has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
Immigration
127,664 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
35,417 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
24,059 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
12,975 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
8.4 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division