Demographics of Ireland

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	15 Apr 2024

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There are 2.52 million males and 2.57 million females in Ireland. The percentage of the male population is 49.58%, compared to 50.42% of the female population. Ireland has 43k more females than males. The sex ratio in Ireland in 2024 will be 98.318 males per 100 females. Ireland is in the 112th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Ireland population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,906,599	0.54
1955	2,886,368	-0.62
1960	2,811,067	-0.37
1965	2,852,401	0.54
1970	2,937,637	0.75
1975	3,157,919	1.52
1980	3,391,387	1.12
1985	3,505,769	0.37
1990	3,485,374	0.37
1995	3,579,482	0.73
2000	3,768,950	1.43
2005	4,121,216	2.34
2010	4,524,585	0.45
2015	4,665,760	1.04
2020	4,946,119	0.85
2021	4,986,526	0.78
2022	5,023,109	0.69
2023	5,056,935	0.66
2024	5,089,478	0.63

Population
Growth

Ireland death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	37,791	66,089	12.973	22.687
1955	36,973	62,368	12.714	21.447
1960	32,676	61,307	11.542	21.656
1965	32,982	62,146	11.537	21.739
1970	33,550	64,134	11.402	21.797
1975	33,103	66,859	10.509	21.225
1980	33,260	73,548	9.803	21.677
1985	33,010	61,708	9.396	17.565
1990	31,140	52,276	8.924	14.980
1995	31,992	48,041	8.950	13.440
2000	31,096	53,905	8.284	14.361
2005	27,991	60,341	6.846	14.757
2010	27,707	75,316	6.105	16.595
2015	29,845	65,037	6.406	13.958
2020	32,911	59,670	6.664	12.082
2021	35,151	58,563	7.061	11.764
2022	33,121	57,561	6.601	11.472
2023	33,510	56,728	6.634	11.230
2024	33,989	55,854	6.685	10.986

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Ireland
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	1,167,804	1,745,289	40.088
1955	1,267,440	1,632,344	43.708
1960	1,275,146	1,546,964	45.184
1965	1,322,242	1,537,713	46.233
1970	1,512,629	1,437,369	51.276
1975	1,707,788	1,476,338	53.634
1980	1,900,678	1,534,275	55.333
1985	2,006,170	1,558,789	56.275
1990	2,031,946	1,537,311	56.929
1995	2,116,050	1,535,495	57.949
2000	2,276,738	1,572,038	59.155
2005	2,547,885	1,665,092	60.477
2010	2,847,514	1,779,414	61.542
2015	2,939,375	1,760,732	62.538
2020	3,111,336	1,776,656	63.653
2021	3,148,202	1,777,637	63.912
2022	3,184,815	1,777,259	64.183
2023	3,221,262	1,775,586	64.466
2024	3,257,857	1,772,803	64.760

Population
Urbanization

Ireland population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	149,638	141,978	291,616	5.73	105.395
05-09	160,647	153,551	314,197	6.17	104.621
10-14	178,873	170,581	349,453	6.87	104.861
15-19	177,001	168,458	345,459	6.79	105.071
20-24	166,364	162,214	328,578	6.46	102.558
25-29	156,655	152,472	309,127	6.07	102.743
30-34	149,804	148,386	298,189	5.86	100.956
35-39	161,248	172,058	333,305	6.55	93.717
40-44	191,013	204,429	395,442	7.77	93.437
45-49	189,383	195,151	384,534	7.56	97.044
50-54	173,565	176,375	349,941	6.88	98.407
55-59	151,266	153,886	305,151	6.00	98.297
60-64	136,415	141,612	278,027	5.46	96.330
65-69	119,538	123,742	243,280	4.78	96.603
70-74	99,192	103,828	203,020	3.99	95.535
75-79	81,680	88,987	170,667	3.35	91.789
80-84	46,596	55,344	101,941	2.00	84.193
85-89	23,927	34,010	57,937	1.14	70.353
90-94	8,267	14,194	22,461	0.44	58.243
95-99	1,818	4,316	6,135	0.12	42.122
100+	266	750	1,016	0.02	35.467
Total	2,523,156	2,566,322	5,089,476		98.318

Population pyramid
Gender ratio