Population — national citizens

In 2018, Ireland's population increased by 0.9% compared to 2017, reaching 4,272,314.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 411,593,089.

Ireland ranks 19th 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 4.9% (from 4,072,596 in 2013).

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