Population — national citizens

In 2008, Ireland's population increased by 1.5% compared to 2007, reaching 3,898,744.

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 7.3% (from 3,634,448 in 2003).

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