Population — national citizens

In 2011, Ireland's population increased by 0.8% compared to 2010, reaching 4,010,403.

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 6.1% (from 3,778,875 in 2006).

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