Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Ireland
Ireland: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 5,197 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Ireland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 5,197 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Ireland peaked at 5,197 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,559 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Ireland 122nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Ireland, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,559 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 4,580 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 4,600 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 4,625 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 4,658 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 4,702 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 4,754 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 4,810 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 4,873 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 4,933 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 4,983 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 5,028 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 5,110 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 5,197 1000 No | +1.7% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 5,197 1000 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,357 1000 No, 97% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 5,197 1000 No is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,364 1000 No, 71% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,709 1000 No | 4,559 1000 No | 4,933 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,079 1000 No | 4,983 1000 No | 5,197 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Ireland?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Ireland was 5,197 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 5,197 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,559 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Ireland ranks 122nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.