Population — national citizens

In 2024, Ireland's population increased by 0.5% compared to 2023, reaching 4,533,125.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 406,216,013.

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 4.7% (from 4,327,732 in 2019).

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