Since the early 1990s to last year, the East London borough has seen its population double from 166,300 to just shy of 328,600. The ONS expects another 55,000 people to be living there come 2043.

Ireland is anticipating a rapid expansion in population over the next 20 years and, according to a new government plan, the country will require an additional 500,000 homes to house the population.

The census in Northern Ireland took place on Sunday, March 21, 2021. The census in Ireland took place on Sunday, April 3, 2022, having been delayed due to the pandemic. Population of the island of ...

It added that the 5.15 million people living in Ireland in 2022 accounted for 73% of the island’s population, while the 1.91 million people in Northern Ireland accounted for 27%.

Ireland has turned a demographic corner, returning to a population last seen before the trauma of the 1840s. The opportunity is clear; so too is the responsibility to meet the moment together.