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Ireland: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
5.45 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.6%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.5%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20315.74Forecast
20305.69Forecast
20295.65Forecast
20285.61Forecast
20275.56Forecast
20265.50Forecast
20255.45
20245.36
20235.30
20225.20
20215.09
20205.03
20194.97
20184.89
20174.82
20164.75

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1921–2020
  • Maddison Project Database1921–2022
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1922–1938
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Ireland documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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