Population — national citizens

In 2010, Ireland's population increased by 1.0% compared to 2009, reaching 3,979,238.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.8% (from 3,725,284 in 2005).

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