Population (total, 1 January)

In 2021, Ireland's population (total, 1 january) increased by 1.1% compared to 2020, reaching 5,066,893.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 445,891,011.

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 7.2% (from 4,726,286 in 2016).

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