Ireland’s population has hit 5 million for the first time in 170 years — a time when the great Potato Famine ravaged the country. The republic’s population was estimated at 5.01 million in ...

“Ireland's population was estimated to be 5.01 million in April 2021, which is the first time the population has risen above five million since the 1851 census, when the comparable population ...

But statistics also showed there was an increase among the population aged over 65 during the time period. The population in this age cohort grew by 22,000 or 3.1 per cent up to April 2021.

Aug. 31 (UPI) --For the first time since during the Great Famine in Ireland 170 years ago, the country has a population of more than 5 million people, government figures showed Tuesday. The ...

Ireland’s population increased by 8% (387,274 people) between April 2016 and April 2022, Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Tuesday, May 30. There were 5,149,139 people in the ...

Dublin, 8 February 1915 - The population of Ireland grew by 5,000 during 1914, the first time the country has seen an increase over a full year since the Famine of the 1840s.

Ireland’s population could exceed seven million people in just over 30 years’ time, with the number of people aged 65 and over set to reach more than one million by 2030.

Ireland's population has gone above 5 million people for the first time since the Great Famine, census figures show. After decades of continuous decline in the Irish population since 1841, it is ...

“However, if the Republic of Ireland population were to continue growing at say 1.2 per cent per annum compound – at 0.6 per cent for natural growth and a similar growth rate for net in ...