Ireland - Population 2024 | countryeconomy.com

POPULATION Ireland 2024

Population of Ireland goes up

Ireland ended 2024 with a population of 5,439,898 people, which represents an increasea of 88,217 people compared to 2023.

Ireland ranks No. 120 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.

The female population is greater, with 2,708,306 women, representing 50.61% of the total, compared to 2,643,375 or 49.39% men.

Ireland shows a moderate population density, with 77 people per square km and it was in position 89th in our ranking of density population in 2024.

In this page we show you the progression of the population in Ireland. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about Ireland in Irish economy.

Ireland - Population

Date	Density	Male	Female	Population
2024	77			5,439,898
2023	76	2,643,375	2,708,306	5,351,681
2022	75	2,604,547	2,666,848	5,271,395
2021	73	2,550,232	2,604,045	5,154,277
2020	72	2,509,184	2,557,709	5,066,893
2019	71	2,481,712	2,530,888	5,012,600
2018	70	2,446,814	2,493,497	4,940,311
2017	69	2,404,390	2,451,343	4,855,733
2016	68	2,374,956	2,424,201	4,799,157
2015	67	2,339,141	2,387,145	4,726,286
2014	67	2,313,342	2,364,285	4,677,627
2013	66	2,295,850	2,342,002	4,637,852
2012	66	2,283,462	2,326,317	4,609,779
2011	65	2,273,999	2,315,288	4,589,287
2010	65	2,269,426	2,301,455	4,570,881
2009	65	2,260,974	2,288,454	4,549,428
2008	64	2,252,658	2,268,664	4,521,322
2007	63	2,226,754	2,231,011	4,457,765
2006	62	2,172,790	2,167,328	4,340,118
2005	60	2,103,449	2,104,707	4,208,156
2004	59	2,049,350	2,062,322	4,111,672
2003	57	2,003,162	2,025,689	4,028,851
2002	56	1,969,227	1,994,964	3,964,191
2001	55	1,937,905	1,961,797	3,899,702
2000	55	1,905,582	1,927,201	3,832,783
1999	54	1,876,864	1,900,701	3,777,565
1998	53	1,853,675	1,878,331	3,732,006
1997	53	1,833,991	1,859,395	3,693,386
1996	52	1,814,701	1,840,254	3,654,955
1995	52	1,797,356	1,822,709	3,620,065
1994	51	1,787,212	1,810,405	3,597,617
1993	51	1,782,109	1,801,045	3,583,154
1992	51	1,775,651	1,793,716	3,569,367
1991	50	1,764,716	1,782,776	3,547,492
1990	50	1,750,875	1,770,102	3,520,977
1989	50	1,743,208	1,763,762	3,506,970
1988	50	1,747,873	1,767,175	3,515,048
1987	50	1,761,765	1,773,085	3,534,850
1986	50	1,770,250	1,775,013	3,545,263
1985	50	1,770,900	1,763,217	3,534,117
1984	50	1,774,746	1,767,300	3,542,046
1983	50	1,766,100	1,756,700	3,522,800
1982	50	1,754,500	1,743,900	3,498,400
1981	49	1,744,500	1,728,700	3,473,200
1980	49	1,724,100	1,708,700	3,432,800
1979	48	1,705,100	1,687,700	3,392,800
1978	48	1,686,500	1,668,200	3,354,700
1977	47	1,660,800	1,642,700	3,303,500
1976	46	1,639,500	1,621,400	3,260,900
1975	46	1,616,400	1,598,800	3,215,200
1974	45	1,590,100	1,573,800	3,163,900
1973	44	1,563,000	1,548,100	3,111,100
1972	44	1,537,500	1,523,300	3,060,800
1971	43	1,513,300	1,499,600	3,012,900
1970	42	1,492,300	1,478,900	2,971,200
1969	42	1,478,900	1,464,400	2,943,300
1968	42	1,468,400	1,453,600	2,922,000
1967	41	1,461,900	1,447,200	2,909,100
1966	41	1,455,000	1,440,800	2,895,800
1965	41	1,448,000	1,433,800	2,881,800
1964	41	1,444,300	1,428,500	2,872,800
1963	41	1,438,000	1,422,300	2,860,300
1962	40	1,430,200	1,414,800	2,845,000
1961	40	1,421,200	1,405,900	2,827,100
1960	40	1,419,100	1,402,600	2,821,700
1959	40	1,429,000	1,406,500	2,835,500

Ireland - Population