Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2007, Ireland's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 3.3% compared to 2006, reaching 2,172,790.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 213,039,461.

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 12.1% (from 1,937,905 in 2002).

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