The CSO estimates there are over 5 million people living here.
Ireland's population has passed the 5 million mark for the first time since the Famine.
Ireland's population was estimated to be just over five million in April 2021https://t.co/pbbSpBVBqF #CSOIreland #Ireland #Population #PopulationEstimates #Migration #MigrationEstimates pic.twitter.com/QsMjFqygBV
— Central Statistics Office Ireland (@CSOIreland) August 31, 2021
It increased by 34 thousand in the year to April, to bring the total to 5.01 million, according to new CSO figures.
The number of Irish nationals returning over the last year is the highest since 2007.
While the number of over 65s living here has risen by almost 20 per cent in the last five years.


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