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Ireland: Administrative Division

Contents: Provinces and Counties

The population of all provinces and counties of the Republic of Ireland by census years.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, citizenship, country of birth, ethnic group, religion, irish language (a3+)).

NameStatusPopulation
Census
1981-04-05		Population
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1986-04-13		Population
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1991-04-21		Population
Census
1996-04-28		Population
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2002-04-28		Population
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2006-04-23		Population
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2011-04-10		Population
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2016-04-24		Population
Census
2022-04-03
ConnachtProvince424,410431,409423,031433,231464,296504,121542,547550,688588,583
GalwayCounty...131,448129,511131,613143,245159,256175,124179,390192,995
Galway CityCity...47,10450,85357,24165,83272,41475,52978,66883,456
LeitrimCounty27,60927,03525,30125,05725,79928,95031,79832,04435,087
MayoCounty114,766115,184110,713111,524117,446123,839130,638130,507137,231
RoscommonCounty54,54354,59251,89751,97553,77458,76864,06564,54469,995
SligoCounty55,47456,04654,75655,82158,20060,89465,39365,53569,819
LeinsterProvince1,790,5211,852,6491,860,9491,924,7022,105,5792,295,1232,504,8142,634,4032,858,501
CarlowCounty39,82040,98840,94241,61646,01450,34954,61256,93261,931
Dublin CityCity525,882502,749478,389481,854495,781506,211527,612554,554588,233
Dún Laoghaire-RathdownCounty...180,675185,410189,999191,792194,038206,261218,018233,457
FingalCounty...138,479152,766167,683196,413239,992273,991296,020329,218
KildareCounty104,122116,247122,656134,992163,944186,335210,312222,504246,977
KilkennyCounty70,80673,18673,63575,33680,33987,55895,41999,232103,685
Laois (Laoighis)County51,17153,28452,31452,94558,77467,05980,55984,69791,657
LongfordCounty31,14031,49630,29630,16631,06834,39139,00040,87346,634
LouthCounty88,51491,81090,72492,166101,821111,267122,897128,884139,100
MeathCounty95,419103,881105,370109,732134,005162,831184,135195,044220,296
OffalyCounty58,31259,83558,49459,11763,66370,86876,68777,96182,668
South DublinCounty...199,546208,739218,728238,835246,935265,205278,767299,793
WestmeathCounty61,52363,37961,88063,31471,85879,34686,16488,77095,840
WexfordCounty99,081102,552102,069104,371116,596131,749145,320149,722163,527
WicklowCounty87,44994,54297,265102,683114,676126,194136,640142,425155,485
MunsterProvince998,3151,020,5771,009,5331,033,9031,100,6141,173,3401,246,0881,280,0201,364,098
ClareCounty87,56791,34490,91894,006103,277110,950117,196118,817127,419
CorkCounty..................319,494333,213358,898
Cork CityCity..................199,538209,655222,333
KerryCounty122,770124,159121,894126,130132,527139,835145,502147,707155,258
LimerickCity and County161,661164,569161,956165,042175,304184,055191,809194,899205,444
TipperaryCounty135,261136,619132,772133,535140,131149,244158,754159,553167,661
WaterfordCity and County88,59191,15191,62494,680101,546107,961113,795116,176127,085
Ulster (part of)Province230,159236,008232,206234,251246,714267,264294,803296,754312,354
CavanCounty53,85553,96552,79652,94456,54664,00373,18376,17681,201
DonegalCounty125,112129,664128,117129,994137,575147,264161,137159,192166,321
MonaghanCounty51,19252,37951,29351,31352,59355,99760,48361,38664,832
Ireland (Éire)Republic3,443,4053,540,6433,525,7193,626,0873,917,2034,239,8484,588,2524,761,8655,123,536

Source: Central Statistics Office, Ireland (web).

Explanation: The results of the 2022 census are preliminary.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2016)
Males2,354,428
Females2,407,437
Age Groups (C 2016)
0-17 years1,190,502
18-64 years2,933,796
65+ years637,567
Age Distribution (C 2016)
0-9 years687,076
10-19 years622,292
20-29 years571,071
30-39 years751,396
40-49 years683,570
50-59 years570,037
60-69 years450,092
70-79 years277,739
80+ years148,592
Citizenship (C 2016)
Ireland4,082,513
United Kingdom103,113
Poland & Lithuania159,067
EU-28 (other)146,738
Other country126,557
Country of Birth (C 2016)
Ireland3,879,515
United Kingdom277,206
Poland & Lithuania148,505
EU-28 (other)145,282
Other country239,413
Ethnic Group (C 2016)
White4,331,940
Black64,639
Asian98,720
Other Ethnic Group70,603
Religion (C 2016)
Catholic3,729,115
Other Religion439,055
No Religion468,421
Irish Language (A3+) (C 2016)
Able to speak1,761,420
Not able to speak2,667,945