Ireland - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Ireland was 4,475,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,475,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 2,824,400 in 1961.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2,828,600
1961 2,824,400
1962 2,836,050
1963 2,852,650
1964 2,866,550
1965 2,877,300
1966 2,888,800
1967 2,902,450
1968 2,915,550
1969 2,932,650
1970 2,957,250
1971 2,992,050
1972 3,036,850
1973 3,085,950
1974 3,137,500
1975 3,189,550
1976 3,238,050
1977 3,282,200
1978 3,329,100
1979 3,373,750
1980 3,412,800
1981 3,453,000
1982 3,485,800
1983 3,510,600
1984 3,532,423
1985 3,538,082
1986 3,539,690
1987 3,540,057
1988 3,524,949
1989 3,511,009
1990 3,513,974
1991 3,534,235
1992 3,558,430
1993 3,576,261
1994 3,590,386
1995 3,608,841
1996 3,637,510
1997 3,674,171
1998 3,712,696
1999 3,754,786
2000 3,805,174
2001 3,866,243
2002 3,931,947
2003 3,996,521
2004 4,070,262
2005 4,159,914
2006 4,260,341
2007 4,356,931
2008 4,425,683
2009 4,458,942
2010 4,475,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Ireland was 49.97 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 50.36 in 1996, while its lowest value was 49.70 in 1960.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 49.70
1961 49.73
1962 49.75
1963 49.76
1964 49.76
1965 49.77
1966 49.77
1967 49.78
1968 49.79
1969 49.79
1970 49.79
1971 49.79
1972 49.79
1973 49.78
1974 49.78
1975 49.77
1976 49.76
1977 49.76
1978 49.76
1979 49.76
1980 49.78
1981 49.81
1982 49.85
1983 49.89
1984 49.94
1985 50.00
1986 50.05
1987 50.10
1988 50.15
1989 50.20
1990 50.24
1991 50.28
1992 50.31
1993 50.33
1994 50.34
1995 50.35
1996 50.36
1997 50.36
1998 50.35
1999 50.33
2000 50.30
2001 50.27
2002 50.22
2003 50.17
2004 50.13
2005 50.09
2006 50.05
2007 50.03
2008 50.00
2009 49.99
2010 49.97

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population