# Population
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This year
2024
FACTCHECK
Debunked: No evidence to support claim that Ireland's population will drop by 72.4% by 2025
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Jan 4th 2024, 2:43 PM
Last year
2023
Population
World population due to top eight billion people by 1 January, US Census Bureau says
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10.4k
Dec 29th 2023, 8:33 AM
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Conspiracy site Infowars used fake claims about Ireland as evidence of 'white genocide'
29.2k
Sep 9th 2023, 8:00 PM
census 2022
Census 2022: Number who identify as Catholic falls by 10 percentage points to 69%
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46.2k
May 30th 2023, 12:35 PM
All time
Population
Ireland's population grows at highest rate since 2008 in last 12 months - CSO
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30.9k
Aug 24th 2022, 1:27 PM
census 2022
Census 2022 at a glance: A rundown of Ireland's big count
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40.0k
Jun 23rd 2022, 7:00 PM
Population boom
Census 2022: Initial results show population of Ireland at highest figure since 1841
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Jun 23rd 2022, 12:31 PM
CSO
Ireland’s population has topped five million, reaching highest level since 1851
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51.2k
Aug 31st 2021, 12:13 PM
rise and fall
Global population forecast to peak by 2064 before shrinking at end of century
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15.8k
Jul 15th 2020, 10:54 AM
Nearly 5 million
Ireland's population has risen this year, but more Irish people are leaving than returning
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74.5k
Aug 27th 2019, 4:22 PM
Taking Stock
The native Irish population was in centuries of decline before the Vikings came along
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28.2k
Aug 22nd 2019, 8:46 AM
Population Control
China's two-child policy has led to 5.4 million extra births, fewer than the government hoped
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21.9k
Aug 22nd 2019, 6:15 AM
Emigration
More people are returning to Ireland than leaving for the first time since 2009
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15.6k
Aug 28th 2018, 2:23 PM
Relocation
Kildare has 40% fewer gardaí than any other part of the country
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10.8k
Apr 1st 2018, 6:30 AM
Labour Force
China relaxed its one-child policy - now there's a baby boom
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20.2k
Oct 31st 2017, 10:11 AM
we're gettin' old
Demand for every kind of health service in Ireland is set to go through the roof in the next 13 years
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9.6k
Oct 26th 2017, 6:20 AM
worrying
About a fifth of us aged 35 today will be physically disabled in 30 years
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39.0k
Oct 24th 2017, 6:20 AM
ireland 2040
Ireland will need 550,000 more homes and 660,000 more jobs for extra 1 million people by 2040
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16.7k
Sep 27th 2017, 9:08 AM
So many people
The world population will reach nearly 10 billion by 2050
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13.0k
Jun 22nd 2017, 7:50 AM
births and deaths
More males are born in Ireland, but women are living longer
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18.2k
Apr 8th 2017, 6:00 AM
Census 2016
One in 10 Irish people say they have no religion, the second largest group behind Roman Catholics
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55.4k
Apr 6th 2017, 11:18 AM
PICTURE OF IRELAND
Why do we have a census? Here's what the statistics are used for
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20.2k
Apr 6th 2017, 12:10 AM
TDs or not TDs
Believe it or not, Ireland doesn't have enough politicians
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14.3k
Jul 14th 2016, 1:01 PM
Population
Turkish president says a woman's life is "incomplete" if she doesn't have children
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17.3k
Jun 6th 2016, 6:30 AM
getting auld
'The change in the global population over the next few years is unprecedented'
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Dec 13th 2015, 8:45 AM
Population
What happens if you have a 2nd child in China? 'You'd become everyone’s punching bag'
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208k
Oct 31st 2015, 9:45 AM
China in their hands
China is allowing people have more than one child
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19.0k
Oct 29th 2015, 11:34 AM
not what you'd think
Incredible pictures give unexpected perspective into how the most wealthy live
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58.4k
Aug 9th 2015, 6:00 PM
gotta have faith
Christians are leaving the faith in droves and the trend isn't slowing down
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17.7k
May 5th 2015, 5:55 AM
Vital Statistics
Ireland's fertility rate is below what's needed to sustain our population
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17.8k
Nov 29th 2014, 2:47 PM
One Child Policy
A lot of Chinese couples don't want a second child after all
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17.9k
Oct 30th 2014, 9:15 PM
About 17 Million of them
There could be 11 BILLION people on earth by 2100
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12.5k
Sep 18th 2014, 9:16 PM
State of the Nation
Only 16% of emigrants were unemployed before they left Ireland
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12.9k
Aug 26th 2014, 2:55 PM
stay in school
Low life expectancy for males who drop-out after the Junior Cert
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9.2k
Apr 10th 2014, 4:29 PM
breathe in
If Irish people had never emigrated to the US, Ireland would be pretty packed
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32.3k
Mar 19th 2014, 7:27 PM