🇮🇪Ireland

Dublin

Europe

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Population

5.5M

1.6%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.47

births/woman

Life Expectancy

83.0y

GDP / capita

$131.6K

Pop. Growth

1.63%

Net Migration

35.4K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Ireland by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇬🇧United Kingdom293.6K(28.4%)

+2%

🇺🇦Ukraine125K(12.1%)

31×

🇵🇱

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male2.7MTotal 5.5M2.8MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.7

per 100,000

Divorce rate

0.7

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

38.0%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

70.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇮🇳India70.2K(6.8%)

+330%

🇧🇷Brazil48.6K(4.7%)

+477%

🇷🇴Romania47.7K(4.6%)

+196%

🇺🇸United States36.4K(3.5%)

+28%

🇱🇹Lithuania34.6K(3.3%)

+3%

🇳🇬Nigeria22.1K(2.1%)

+14%

🇵🇭Philippines21.8K(2.1%)

+65%

🇪🇸Spain20.8K(2.0%)

+195%

🇱🇻Latvia20.8K(2.0%)

+9%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Ireland diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Ireland who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇬🇧United Kingdom360.4K(50.7%)

−24%

🇺🇸United States125.8K(17.7%)

−6%

🇦🇺Australia90.2K(12.7%)

+26%

🇵🇱Poland34.3K(4.8%)

+791%

🇨🇦Canada28.9K(4.1%)

−2%

🇪🇸Spain20K(2.8%)

+48%

🇳🇿New Zealand9K(1.3%)

+9%

🇮🇹Italy4.1K(0.6%)

+40%

🇧🇪Belgium3.8K(0.5%)

+26%

🇩🇰Denmark2.6K(0.4%)

+89%

🇿🇦South Africa2.6K(0.4%)

−29%

🇷🇴Romania2.5K(0.3%)

+720%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Christian79.0%
Unaffiliated16.0%
Other3.5%
Muslim1.5%