Ireland - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Ireland was 1,241,953 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,241,953 in 2021 and a minimum value of 661,202 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 661,202
1961 666,474
1962 680,212
1963 694,233
1964 708,563
1965 723,149
1966 736,692
1967 745,143
1968 753,703
1969 762,337
1970 771,083
1971 780,692
1972 793,483
1973 806,447
1974 819,642
1975 833,053
1976 846,702
1977 860,537
1978 874,616
1979 888,927
1980 903,491
1981 915,361
1982 916,528
1983 917,696
1984 918,868
1985 920,037
1986 920,721
1987 919,635
1988 918,550
1989 917,468
1990 916,386
1991 916,929
1992 924,237
1993 931,582
1994 938,997
1995 946,470
1996 954,167
1997 962,634
1998 971,189
1999 979,819
2000 988,539
2001 997,311
2002 1,006,390
2003 1,016,577
2004 1,026,882
2005 1,037,262
2006 1,048,168
2007 1,060,950
2008 1,073,906
2009 1,086,983
2010 1,100,238
2011 1,113,343
2012 1,125,529
2013 1,137,814
2014 1,150,251
2015 1,162,823
2016 1,175,551
2017 1,188,418
2018 1,201,426
2019 1,214,666
2020 1,228,179
2021 1,241,953

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Ireland was 38.67 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 54.68 in 1966, while its lowest value was 38.67 in 2021.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 51.73
1961 51.98
1962 52.59
1963 53.12
1964 53.71
1965 54.36
1966 54.68
1967 53.71
1968 52.80
1969 51.87
1970 50.85
1971 49.92
1972 49.66
1973 49.35
1974 49.02
1975 48.70
1976 48.45
1977 48.27
1978 48.07
1979 47.91
1980 47.84
1981 47.65
1982 47.13
1983 46.72
1984 46.36
1985 46.21
1986 46.10
1987 45.94
1988 45.98
1989 46.00
1990 45.81
1991 45.46
1992 45.33
1993 45.29
1994 45.30
1995 45.26
1996 45.09
1997 44.85
1998 44.59
1999 44.30
2000 43.92
2001 43.43
2002 42.91
2003 42.45
2004 41.91
2005 41.23
2006 40.38
2007 39.58
2008 39.12
2009 39.07
2010 39.20
2011 39.37
2012 39.51
2013 39.60
2014 39.61
2015 39.54
2016 39.40
2017 39.27
2018 39.07
2019 38.82
2020 38.70
2021 38.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization