Population (total, 1 January)

In 2010, Ireland's population (total, 1 january) increased by 0.6% compared to 2009, reaching 4,549,428.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.6% (from 4,111,672 in 2005).

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