Population — national citizens

In 2005, Ireland's population increased by 1.2% compared to 2004, reaching 3,725,284.

Ireland ranks 14th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.9% (from 3,657,274 in 2000).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.