Population — national citizens

In 2013, Ireland's population increased by 0.9% compared to 2012, reaching 4,072,596.

Ireland ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.5% (from 3,898,744 in 2008).

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