Immigration in Ireland
Ireland recorded 127,664 immigrants in 2024.
Ireland, 2024
127,664
Change from 2023
−5.9%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
12th of 33
Immigration 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 | 127,664 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 135,617 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 157,537 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 83,770 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 81,918 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 96,321 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 105,699 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 84,743 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 93,378 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 80,792 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 73,519 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 65,539 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 61,324 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 57,292 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2010 | 52,339 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 50,604 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 82,592 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 122,415 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 139,434 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2005 | 102,000 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 78,075 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 58,875 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 61,725 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 64,925 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 57,400 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −5.9% from 135,617 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 73,519 immigrants, the figure has changed by +73.6%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Ireland has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
Emigration
58,077 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
24,059 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
35,417 people
2025 · World Bank
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