Population — national citizens

In 2009, Ireland's population increased by 1.1% compared to 2008, reaching 3,941,552.

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 7.1% (from 3,680,054 in 2004).

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