Ireland, IE

Ireland: Independent country in northwestern Europe covering five-sixths of the island of Ireland

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Quick Facts about Ireland

Population :	4,813,608
Country :	Ireland
Different from :	Northern Ireland, Ireland
Head of government :	Taoiseach
Twitter username :	IrishEmbJapan
Plate code :	EIR, IRL
Area :	70273 km²
Official name :	Poblacht na hÉireann, l’Irlande, Republic of Ireland, Éire, Ireland
Continent :	Europe
Easternmost point :	Point(-5.997722222 52.965361111)
Northernmost point :	Point(-7.371833333 55.384194444)
Legislative body :	Oireachtas
Named for :	Ireland
Official language :	Irish, English
Capital :	Dublin
Establishment :	December 12, 1937 (86 years ago)
Time Zone :	Europe/Dublin, UTC+01:00, UTC±00:00
Local time :	12:59:00 (21st December 2024)

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Geography

Ireland is located at 53°0'0"N 8°0'0"W (53.0000000, -8.0000000). It has 2 neighbors: United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

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The largest city of Ireland is Dublin with a population of 1,173,179. Other cities include, Cork population 208,669, Waterford population 48,369, Drogheda population 33,441 and Westport population 6,200. See all Ireland cities & populated places.

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Ireland has 2 neighbours.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland country in Western Europe
Northern Ireland part of the United Kingdom

County Offaly
County Kilkenny
County Galway
County Cavan
County Sligo
County Westmeath
County Cork
County Longford
County Laois
County Leitrim
County Waterford
Ulster
County Mayo
County Kerry
County Kildare
County Monaghan
County Donegal
County Clare
County Wicklow
County Meath
County Tipperary
Munster
County Dublin
County Louth
Connacht
County Carlow
Leinster
County Wexford
County Roscommon
County Limerick

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1960	2,828,600	-	2128999
1961	2,824,400	-0.15%	estimation process
1962	2,836,050	0.41%	2128999
1963	2,852,650	0.58%	2128999
1964	2,866,550	0.48%	2128999
1965	2,877,300	0.37%	Census of Ireland 2011
1966	2,888,800	0.4%	Census of Ireland 2011
1967	2,902,450	0.47%	2128999
1968	2,915,550	0.45%	2128999
1969	2,932,650	0.58%	2128999
1970	2,957,250	0.83%	estimation process
1971	2,992,050	1.16%	2128999
1972	3,036,850	1.48%	2128999
1973	3,085,950	1.59%	2128999
1974	3,137,500	1.64%	estimation process
1975	3,189,550	1.63%	2128999
1976	3,238,050	1.5%	2128999
1977	3,282,200	1.35%	Census of Ireland 2011
1978	3,329,100	1.41%	2128999
1979	3,373,750	1.32%	2128999
1980	3,412,800	1.14%	2128999
1981	3,453,000	1.16%	2128999
1982	3,485,800	0.94%	Census of Ireland 2011
1983	3,510,600	0.71%	2128999
1984	3,532,423	0.62%	2128999
1985	3,538,082	0.16%	estimation process
1986	3,539,690	0.05%	estimation process
1987	3,540,057	0.01%	Census of Ireland 2011
1988	3,524,949	-0.43%	2128999
1989	3,511,009	-0.4%	estimation process
1990	3,513,974	0.08%	2128999
1991	3,534,235	0.57%	2128999
1992	3,558,430	0.68%	2128999
1993	3,576,261	0.5%	2128999
1994	3,590,386	0.39%	2128999
1995	3,608,841	0.51%	Census of Ireland 2011
1996	3,637,510	0.79%	2128999
1997	3,674,171	1%	2128999
1998	3,712,696	1.04%	2128999
1999	3,754,786	1.12%	2128999
2000	3,805,174	1.32%	2128999
2001	3,866,243	1.58%	2128999
2002	3,931,947	1.67%	estimation process
2003	3,996,521	1.62%	estimation process
2004	4,070,262	1.81%	2128999
2005	4,159,914	2.16%	Census of Ireland 2011
2006	4,273,591	2.66%	Census of Ireland 2011
2007	4,398,942	2.85%	Census of Ireland 2011
2008	4,489,544	2.02%	2128999
2009	4,535,375	1.01%	2128999
2010	4,560,155	0.54%	2128999
2011	4,576,794	0.36%	2128999
2012	4,586,897	0.22%	estimation process
2013	4,597,558	0.23%	2128999
2014	4,657,740	1.29%	(Worldbank)
2015	4,701,957	0.94%	(Worldbank)
2016	4,761,865	1.26%	estimation process
2017	4,813,608	1.07%	Census of Ireland 2011
2018	4,867,316	1.1%	(Worldbank)
2019	4,941,444	1.5%	(Worldbank)

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