IE · 2017 · tps00001

Population on 1 January

Ireland, 2017

Population on 1 January
4,799,157
Ireland, 2017
▲ 1.5% vs 2016 (4,726,286)
Analysis

In 2017, Ireland's population on 1 january increased by 1.5% compared to 2016, reaching 4,799,157.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 444,609,939.

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 · 2017
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
1.1%
EU-27: 444,609,939
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