Population — national citizens

In 2006, Ireland's population increased by 1.4% compared to 2005, reaching 3,778,875.

Ireland ranks 16th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.5% (from 3,685,186 in 2001).

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