Population — national citizens

In 2014, Ireland's population increased by 0.9% compared to 2013, reaching 4,108,797.

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 4.2% (from 3,941,552 in 2009).

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