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, country of birth, religion).

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
Connacht	Province	424,410	431,409	423,031	433,231	464,296	504,121	542,547	550,688	591,363	→
Galway	County	...	131,448	129,511	131,613	143,245	159,256	175,124	179,390	193,323	→
Galway City	City	...	47,104	50,853	57,241	65,832	72,414	75,529	78,668	84,414	→
Leitrim	County	27,609	27,035	25,301	25,057	25,799	28,950	31,798	32,044	35,199	→
Mayo	County	114,766	115,184	110,713	111,524	117,446	123,839	130,638	130,507	137,970	→
Roscommon	County	54,543	54,592	51,897	51,975	53,774	58,768	64,065	64,544	70,259	→
Sligo	County	55,474	56,046	54,756	55,821	58,200	60,894	65,393	65,535	70,198	→
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	→
Munster	Province	998,315	1,020,577	1,009,533	1,033,903	1,100,614	1,173,340	1,246,088	1,280,020	1,373,346	→
Clare	County	87,567	91,344	90,918	94,006	103,277	110,950	117,196	118,817	127,938	→
Cork	County	...	...	...	...	...	...	319,494	333,213	360,152	→
Cork City	City	...	...	...	...	...	...	199,538	209,655	224,004	→
Kerry	County	122,770	124,159	121,894	126,130	132,527	139,835	145,502	147,707	156,458	→
Limerick	City and County	161,661	164,569	161,956	165,042	175,304	184,055	191,809	194,899	209,536	→
Tipperary	County	135,261	136,619	132,772	133,535	140,131	149,244	158,754	159,553	167,895	→
Waterford	City and County	88,591	91,151	91,624	94,680	101,546	107,961	113,795	116,176	127,363	→
Ulster (part of)	Province	230,159	236,008	232,206	234,251	246,714	267,264	294,803	296,754	314,076	→
Cavan	County	53,855	53,965	52,796	52,944	56,546	64,003	73,183	76,176	81,704	→
Donegal	County	125,112	129,664	128,117	129,994	137,575	147,264	161,137	159,192	167,084	→
Monaghan	County	51,192	52,379	51,293	51,313	52,593	55,997	60,483	61,386	65,288	→
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	2,544,549
Females	2,604,590

Gender (C 2022)
Males	2,544,549
Females	2,604,590

Age Groups	Persons
0-17 years	1,218,567
18-64 years	3,154,257
65+ years	776,315

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-17 years	1,218,567
18-64 years	3,154,257
65+ years	776,315

Age Distribution	Males	Females
90+ years	8761	19376
80-89 years	66434	86456
70-79 years	173007	184137
60-69 years	251813	259001
50-59 years	321892	325276
40-49 years	385735	399293
30-39 years	343729	371363
20-29 years	302844	300107
10-19 years	363456	348374
0-9 years	326878	311207

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	28,137
80-89 years	152,890
70-79 years	357,144
60-69 years	510,814
50-59 years	647,168
40-49 years	785,028
30-39 years	715,092
20-29 years	602,951
10-19 years	711,830
0-9 years	638,085