World Development Indicators

Population, total: Ireland

Most recent
5,484,367 (2025)
Earliest
2,828,600 (1960)
Highest
5,484,367 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Ireland at the United Nations
05,000,00010,000,0001960: 2,828,6001961: 2,824,4001962: 2,836,0501963: 2,852,6501964: 2,866,5501965: 2,877,3001966: 2,888,8001967: 2,902,4501968: 2,915,5501969: 2,932,6501970: 2,957,2501971: 2,992,0501972: 3,036,8501973: 3,085,9501974: 3,137,5001975: 3,189,5501976: 3,238,0501977: 3,282,2001978: 3,329,1001979: 3,373,7501980: 3,412,8001981: 3,453,0001982: 3,485,8001983: 3,510,6001984: 3,532,4231985: 3,538,0821986: 3,539,6901987: 3,540,0571988: 3,524,9491989: 3,511,0091990: 3,513,9741991: 3,534,2351992: 3,558,4301993: 3,576,2611994: 3,590,3861995: 3,608,8411996: 3,637,5101997: 3,674,1711998: 3,712,6961999: 3,754,7862000: 3,805,1742001: 3,866,2432002: 3,931,9472003: 3,996,5212004: 4,070,2622005: 4,159,9142006: 4,273,5912007: 4,398,9422008: 4,489,5442009: 4,535,3752010: 4,560,1552011: 4,580,0842012: 4,599,5332013: 4,623,8162014: 4,657,7402015: 4,701,9572016: 4,762,7222017: 4,827,4452018: 4,898,0222019: 4,976,4562020: 5,039,7472021: 5,110,5852022: 5,212,8362023: 5,311,5382024: 5,395,7902025: 5,484,36719602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20255,484,367
20245,395,790
20235,311,538
20225,212,836
20215,110,585
20205,039,747
20194,976,456
20184,898,022
20174,827,445
20164,762,722
20154,701,957
20144,657,740
20134,623,816
20124,599,533
20114,580,084
20104,560,155
20094,535,375
20084,489,544
20074,398,942
20064,273,591
20054,159,914
20044,070,262
20033,996,521
20023,931,947
20013,866,243
20003,805,174
19993,754,786
19983,712,696
19973,674,171
19963,637,510
19953,608,841
19943,590,386
19933,576,261
19923,558,430
19913,534,235
19903,513,974
19893,511,009
19883,524,949
19873,540,057
19863,539,690
19853,538,082
19843,532,423
19833,510,600
19823,485,800
19813,453,000
19803,412,800
19793,373,750
19783,329,100
19773,282,200
19763,238,050
19753,189,550
19743,137,500
19733,085,950
19723,036,850
19712,992,050
19702,957,250
19692,932,650
19682,915,550
19672,902,450
19662,888,800
19652,877,300
19642,866,550
19632,852,650
19622,836,050
19612,824,400
19602,828,600

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