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Leinster

Province in Ireland

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Name	Status	Population Census 1981-04-05	Population Census 1986-04-13	Population Census 1991-04-21	Population Census 1996-04-28	Population Census 2002-04-28	Population Census 2006-04-23	Population Census 2011-04-10	Population Census 2016-04-24	Population Census 2022-04-03
Leinster	Province	1,790,521	1,852,649	1,860,949	1,924,702	2,105,579	2,295,123	2,504,814	2,634,403	2,870,354
Carlow	County	39,820	40,988	40,942	41,616	46,014	50,349	54,612	56,932	61,968	→
Dublin City	City	525,882	502,749	478,389	481,854	495,781	506,211	527,612	554,554	592,713	→
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	County	...	180,675	185,410	189,999	191,792	194,038	206,261	218,018	233,860	→
Fingal	County	...	138,479	152,766	167,683	196,413	239,992	273,991	296,020	330,506	→
Kildare	County	104,122	116,247	122,656	134,992	163,944	186,335	210,312	222,504	247,774	→
Kilkenny	County	70,806	73,186	73,635	75,336	80,339	87,558	95,419	99,232	104,160	→
Laois (Laoighis)	County	51,171	53,284	52,314	52,945	58,774	67,059	80,559	84,697	91,877	→
Longford	County	31,140	31,496	30,296	30,166	31,068	34,391	39,000	40,873	46,751	→
Louth	County	88,514	91,810	90,724	92,166	101,821	111,267	122,897	128,884	139,703	→
Meath	County	95,419	103,881	105,370	109,732	134,005	162,831	184,135	195,044	220,826	→
Offaly	County	58,312	59,835	58,494	59,117	63,663	70,868	76,687	77,961	83,150	→
South Dublin	County	...	199,546	208,739	218,728	238,835	246,935	265,205	278,767	301,075	→
Westmeath	County	61,523	63,379	61,880	63,314	71,858	79,346	86,164	88,770	96,221	→
Wexford	County	99,081	102,552	102,069	104,371	116,596	131,749	145,320	149,722	163,919	→
Wicklow	County	87,449	94,542	97,265	102,683	114,676	126,194	136,640	142,425	155,851	→
Ireland (Éire)	Republic	3,443,405	3,540,643	3,525,719	3,626,087	3,917,203	4,239,848	4,588,252	4,761,865	5,149,139

Source: Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender	Persons
Males	1,414,887
Females	1,455,467

Gender (C 2022)
Males	1,414,887
Females	1,455,467

Age Groups	Persons
0-17 years	679,855
18-64 years	1,794,097
65+ years	396,402

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-17 years	679,855
18-64 years	1,794,097
65+ years	396,402

Age Distribution	Males	Females
90+ years	4449	9956
80-89 years	33342	44905
70-79 years	86567	95197
60-69 years	129050	135578
50-59 years	173702	177210
40-49 years	218884	226350
30-39 years	204380	219424
20-29 years	178975	178628
10-19 years	202121	193718
0-9 years	183417	174501

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	14,405
80-89 years	78,247
70-79 years	181,764
60-69 years	264,628
50-59 years	350,912
40-49 years	445,234
30-39 years	423,804
20-29 years	357,603
10-19 years	395,839
0-9 years	357,918