Population (total, 1 January)

In 2023, Ireland's population (total, 1 january) increased by 2.3% compared to 2022, reaching 5,271,395.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 447,695,350.

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 8.6% (from 4,855,733 in 2018).

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