Population — national citizens

In 2007, Ireland's population increased by 1.7% compared to 2006, reaching 3,841,412.

Ireland ranks 17th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.9% (from 3,627,059 in 2002).

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