IE · 2016 · tps00001

Population on 1 January

Ireland, 2016

Population on 1 January
4,726,286
Ireland, 2016
▲ 1.0% vs 2015 (4,677,627)
Analysis

In 2016, Ireland's population on 1 january increased by 1.0% compared to 2015, reaching 4,726,286.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 443,954,935.

Ireland ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
1.1%
EU-27: 443,954,935
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