Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 1999, Ireland's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 1.0% compared to 1998, reaching 1,878,331.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 219,652,905.

Ireland ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.3% (from 1,801,045 in 1994).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_pjan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.