Ireland
Population 2026
5,356,945
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.92%
- Density
- 78 per km²
- Land area
- 68,890 km²
- Capital
- Dublin
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Official languages
- EN-IE, GA-IE
- Urban population
- 64.6%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 52,6262026
- Deaths
- 37,6892026
- Birth rate
- 10.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.5per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.47
- Life expectancy
- 83.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 39.2
- Net migration
- 35,417
Age distribution
- 0–1418.1%
- 15–6465.7%
- 65+16.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $722B
- GDP per capita
- $132K
- GDP growth
- +12.3%
- Inflation
- 2.2%
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
- Exports
- $1.0T
- Imports
- $721B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.7%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.1%
- Industry37.8%
- Manufacturing33.9%
- Services56.7%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture3.9%
- Industry18.2%
- Services77.9%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DublinLeinster | 1,024,0272022 |
| 2 | CorkMunster | 224,0042026 |
| 3 | LimerickMunster | 102,2872026 |
| 4 | GalwayConnacht | 85,9102026 |
| 5 | TallaghtLeinster | 81,0222026 |
| 6 | WaterfordMunster | 60,0792026 |
| 7 | DroghedaLeinster | 44,1352026 |
| 8 | DundalkLeinster | 43,1122026 |
| 9 | SwordsLeinster | 40,7762026 |
| 10 | NavanLeinster | 33,8862026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,356,945 | 52.6K | 37.7K |
| 2020 | 4,982,602 | 56.5K | 32.1K |
| 2010 | 4,559,084 | 75.7K | 27.6K |
| 2000 | 3,802,589 | 54.4K | 31.2K |
| 1990 | 3,514,015 | 53.1K | 31.0K |
| 1980 | 3,415,240 | 74.1K | 33.0K |
| 1970 | 2,961,402 | 64.5K | 33.4K |
| 1960 | 2,827,691 | 61.8K | 32.5K |
| 1950 | 2,912,656 | 66.9K | 37.8K |