Population on 1 January in Ireland
Ireland had 5,440,278 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Ireland, 2025
5,440,278
Change from 2024
+1.7%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
23rd of 40
Population on 1 January 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,440,278 people | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 5,351,681 people | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 5,271,395 people | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 5,154,277 people | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 5,066,893 people | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 5,012,600 people | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 4,940,311 people | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 4,855,733 people | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 4,799,157 people | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 4,726,286 people | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 4,677,627 people | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 4,637,852 people | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 4,609,779 people | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 4,589,287 people | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 4,570,881 people | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 4,549,428 people | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 4,521,322 people | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 4,457,765 people | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 4,340,118 people | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 4,208,156 people | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 4,111,672 people | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 4,028,851 people | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 3,964,191 people | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 3,899,702 people | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 3,832,783 people | 429,240,746 peopleb (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 +1.7% from 5,351,681 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4,677,627 people, the figure has changed by +16.3%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Ireland has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
Population
5,484,367 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
39.6 years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
127,664 immigrants
2024 · 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