Population — national citizens

In 2025, Ireland's population increased by 0.7% compared to 2024, reaching 4,565,956.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 405,729,577.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 26 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 4,371,064 in 2020).

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