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Census 1971 Volume 1 - Population

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Tables 1 - 19 Population

01. Population of each province at each census since 1901; Marriages, births and deaths registered, natural increase and estimated net emigration in each intercensal period since 1891 (PDF 104KB)
02. Average annual number of marriages, births, deaths etc, per 1,000 of the average population in each province for each intercensal period since 1901(PDF 59KB)
03. Population of each province, county and county borough in 1966 and 1971, actual and percentage change in population, 1966 to 1971 and females per 1,000 males (PDF 69KB)
04. Births, deaths, natural increase and estimated net emigration in the intercensal period 1966-1971 for each province and county and average annual rates per 1,000 average population (PDF 136KB)
05. Population of each province and county as constituted at each of the last sixteen censuses from 1841 to 1971 (PDF 384KB)
06. Increase or decrease per cent in population of each province and county in each intercensal period from 1901 to 1971 (PDF 62KB)
07. Population in the aggregate town and aggregate rural areas of each province and county, percentage of population in aggregate town areas and females per 1,000 males (PDF 83KB)
08. Population of towns, in order of size, in each county (PDF 1413KB)
09. Population, area and valuation of rural districts and of towns with legally defined boundaries; population of environs of towns with legally defined boundaries;population of towns without legally defined boundaries having 1,500 inhabitants or over in 1971; total town population and number of persons per square mile (PDF 1069KB)
10. Population of superintendent registrars' Districts and Registrars' Districts (PDF 1120KB)
11. Population, area and valuation of each district electoral division, urban district, rural district and county (PDF 5681KB)
12. Population of towns by type of district, 1966 and 1971 (PDF 228KB)
13. Population by towns by type of district (PDF 242KB)
14. Population of each constituency, as defined in the electoral act, 1969, for elections to Dáil Éireann (PDF 62KB)
15. Population of each county electoral area and each borough electoral area (PDF 212 KB)
16A. Population, in 1901 and 1971, of civil parishes in Dublin county and county borough (PDF 225 KB)
16B. Population, in 1901 and 1971, of certain civil parishes in or adjacent to the county boroughs of Cork, Limerick and Waterford (PDF 225 KB)
17. Total population in 1961, 1966 and 1971 in district electoral divisions or parts of district electoral divisions within the gaeltacht as defined by the Gaeltacht areas orders 1956 and 1967(PDF 231 KB)
18. Population of inhabited islands off the coast (PDF 99 KB)
19. Alphabetical list of towns, with populations (PDF 473 KB)