Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Europe · Northern Europe
Ireland is recorded at 5.26m people in 2024, with total annual change of +55,185 under the WPP medium variant.
Ireland observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 52,767 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -36,649 |
| Natural change | +16,118 |
| Net migration | +39,059 |
| Total change | +55,185 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +55,185 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -722,039 since 2053 |
| Projected 2100 | 5.29m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Ireland 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 988.2k, ages 15-64 3.40m, ages 65+ 807.6k.
Ireland 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 934.1k, ages 15-64 3.48m, ages 65+ 1.56m.
Ireland 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 670.3k, ages 15-64 2.86m, ages 65+ 1.76m.
Stage since 1989.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2036.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.26m | 55,185 | 52.8k | 36.6k | 1.60 |
| 2030 | 5.53m | 36,089 | 54.6k | 40.4k | 1.60 |
| 2050 | 5.97m | 4,978 | 58.3k | 56.9k | 1.60 |
| 2080 | 5.63m | -11,951 | 50.6k | 64.3k | 1.61 |
| 2100 | 5.29m | -24,058 | 43.4k | 67.4k | 1.61 |