Michael BoltonFigures published from the Central Statistics Office from last year’s Census shows Ireland’s population has reached over five million people. It is the first time in 171 years that Ireland’s population exceeded the five million threshold. There were 5,149,139 people in the State on Sunday April 3rd 2022, an eight per cent increase since April 2016. All counties showed population growth from five per cent in Donegal, Kilkenny, and Tipperary, to 14 per cent in Longford. The number of people with dual Irish citizenship was 170,597, which represents a 63 per cent increase from 2016.

Source: The Herald May 30, 2023 11:28 UTC