Demographics of Ireland

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Ireland is projected at 4.98 million, up by 0.91% compared with 4.94 million in 2020. Ireland is ranked 124th in terms of population and 117th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 58.22 thousand births in Ireland in 2021. That is 160 per day, which is ranked 131st. The crude birth rate is 11.74 per 1000 people. There are 31.31 thousand deaths in Ireland in 2021. That is 86 per day, which is ranked 128th. The crude death rate is 6.31 per 1000 people.

3.15 million people are living in urban areas, which is 63.91% of Ireland population. Ireland is ranked 117th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Ireland in 2021 is 98.66 males per 100 females. There are 2.47 million males and 2.51 million females in Ireland. The percentage of female population is 50.34% compare to 49.66% male population. Ireland has 33.58 thousand more females than males. Ireland is at 99th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Ireland population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,912,682-
19552,873,410-0.55
19602,791,390-0.35
19652,823,6440.41
19702,908,4300.96
19753,137,1811.69
19803,384,7601.28
19853,510,9780.36
19903,510,8810.04
19953,592,1800.68
20003,783,0951.38
20054,141,2182.05
20104,554,3301.33
20154,652,4200.55
20164,695,7900.93
20174,753,2811.22
20184,818,6941.38
20194,882,4981.32
20204,937,7961.13
20214,982,9040.91
  • Total
  • Crude

Ireland death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195038,68766,52013.2422.77
195535,29360,25812.3521.09
196033,53459,68611.9321.24
196533,04160,61111.7121.48
197033,09465,64711.2922.37
197533,30072,11510.6122.98
198032,63972,0519.6921.40
198531,73263,3369.0918.14
199030,92452,0998.7714.77
199530,81249,8318.5513.84
200029,94255,4647.8714.57
200527,86965,9816.7115.86
201027,98172,1136.2216.07
201528,67767,0506.1014.26
202030,57959,3256.2212.08
202131,31258,2186.3111.74
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Ireland

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19501,167,8041,745,289-40.088
19551,267,4401,632,3441.3243.708
19601,275,1461,546,9640.1445.184
19651,322,2421,537,7130.9046.233
19701,512,6291,437,3693.3251.276
19751,707,7881,476,3382.3453.634
19801,900,6781,534,2751.9055.333
19852,006,1701,558,7890.6656.275
19902,031,9461,537,3110.2856.929
19952,116,0501,535,4951.0657.949
20002,276,7381,572,0381.8259.155
20052,547,8851,665,0922.5160.477
20102,847,5141,779,4141.6261.542
20152,939,3751,760,7320.6162.538
20203,111,3361,776,6561.2463.653
20213,148,2021,777,6371.1863.912
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Ireland population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 156,302 147,190 303,492 6.09 106.191
05-09 181,879 172,119 353,998 7.10 105.670
10-14 185,301 177,446 362,747 7.28 104.427
15-19 164,260 158,186 322,446 6.47 103.840
20-24 149,812 146,098 295,910 5.94 102.542
25-29 142,138 137,241 279,379 5.61 103.568
30-34 151,043 150,333 301,376 6.05 100.472
35-39 182,598 192,325 374,923 7.52 94.942
40-44 193,630 204,827 398,457 8.00 94.533
45-49 186,025 191,041 377,066 7.57 97.374
50-54 159,949 161,572 321,521 6.45 98.995
55-59 145,648 147,990 293,638 5.89 98.417
60-64 125,674 129,655 255,329 5.12 96.930
65-69 114,217 118,736 232,953 4.68 96.194
70-74 98,616 104,250 202,866 4.07 94.596
75-79 67,491 73,728 141,219 2.83 91.541
80-84 41,294 49,852 91,146 1.83 82.833
85-89 20,303 28,078 48,381 0.97 72.309
90-94 6,852 12,883 19,735 0.40 53.186
95-99 1,497 4,140 5,637 0.11 36.159
100+ 133 552 685 0.01 24.094
Total 2,474,662 2,508,242 4,982,904 98.661