Population (total, 1 January)

In 2007, Ireland's population (total, 1 january) increased by 3.1% compared to 2006, reaching 4,340,118.

Ireland ranks 17th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.3% (from 3,899,702 in 2002).

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