Median age of the population in Ireland
The median age in Ireland was 39.6 years on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Ireland, 2025
39.6
Change from 2024
+0.5%
European Union, 2025
44.9 yearsep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
43.8 years
Position in 2025
36th of 40
Median age of the population in Ireland over time
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Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.6 years | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 39.4 years | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 39.1 years | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 38.8 years | 44.4 years |
| 2021 | 38.4 years | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 38.0 years | 43.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2019 | 37.7 years | 43.7 years |
| 2018 | 37.3 years | 43.5 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 36.9 years | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 36.5 years | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 36.2 years | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 35.8 years | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 35.4 years | – |
| 2012 | 35.0 years | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 34.5 years | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 34.0 years | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 33.6 years | 41.0 years |
| 2008 | 33.4 years | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 33.3 years | 40.3 years |
| 2006 | 33.5 years | 40.0 years |
| 2005 | 33.5 years | 39.6 years |
| 2004 | 33.3 years | 39.3 years |
| 2003 | 33.0 years | 39.0 years |
| 2002 | 32.8 years | 38.7 years |
| 2001 | 32.6 years | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5% from 39.4 years in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 36.2 years, the figure has changed by +9.4%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Ireland has the 36th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 44.9 years.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
Population aged 65 and over
15.7%
2025 · Eurostat
Old-age dependency ratio
23.8 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
5,440,278 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
5,440,278 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
6.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat