Population — national citizens

In 2012, Ireland's population increased by 0.7% compared to 2011, reaching 4,037,973.

Ireland ranks 19th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.1% (from 3,841,412 in 2007).

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