Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2010, Ireland's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 0.6% compared to 2009, reaching 4,549,428.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 440,660,421.

Ireland ranks 19th 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 10.6% (from 4,111,672 in 2005).

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