Population — national citizens

In 2023, Ireland's population increased by 0.4% compared to 2022, reaching 4,512,304.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 407,021,139.

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 5.6% (from 4,272,314 in 2018).

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