Population (total, 1 January)

In 2025, Ireland's population (total, 1 january) increased by 1.7% compared to 2024, reaching 5,440,278.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 450,646,971.

Ireland ranks 18th 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 8.5% (from 5,012,600 in 2020).

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