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Population and Migration Estimates, April 2021

Main Results

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Ireland's population estimated to be just over five million in April 2021

Ireland's population was estimated to be 5.01 million in April 2021, which is the first time the population has risen above five million since the 1851 census, when the comparable population was 5.11 million. See table 1.1 and figure 1.1. The total population on the island of Ireland in 1851 was 6.6 million.

Table 1.1: Population and Migration Estimates
Components of population change	Year ending April 2020	Year ending April 2021
Immigration	85,400	65,200
Emigration	56,500	54,000
Net migration¹	28,900	11,200
(of which Irish nationals)	(500)	(7,300)

Births	58,300	55,500
Deaths	31,200	32,700
Natural increase	27,100	22,800

Population change	55,900	34,000

Population	4,977,400	5,011,500
¹ Net migration = Immigration less Emigration

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	Million persons
1841	6.528799
1851	5.111557
1861	4.402111
1871	4.053187
1881	3.87002
1891	3.468694
1901	3.221823
1911	3.139688
1926	2.971992
1936	2.96842
1946	2.955107
1951	2.960593
1956	2.898264
1961	2.818341
1966	2.884002
1971	2.978248
1979	3.368217
1981	3.443405
1986	3.540643
1991	3.525719
1996	3.626087
2002	3.917203
2006	4.239848
2011	4.574888
2016	4.739597
2021	5.011460

Population growth of 34,000 (+0.7%) in the year to April 2021, the smallest population increase since 2014

The combination of natural increase and positive net migration gave population growth of 34,000 (+0.7%) in the year to April 2021. This was smaller than the rise of 55,900 (1.1%) in the year to April 2020. This is the smallest population gain since 2014 when the population increased by 30,800. See figure 1.2 and table 1.2.

There were 55,500 births and 32,700 deaths in the year to April, giving a natural increase (births less deaths) in the population of 22,800. This is the lowest level of natural increase recorded since the 2000 population estimates. See figure 1.2 and table 1.2.

The number of immigrants to the State in the year to April 2021 is estimated to have decreased by 23.7% to 65,200 from 85,400 in the year to April 2020. The number of emigrants also decreased over the same period to 54,000 from 56,500. These combined flows gave positive net migration, (i.e., more people arrived than left), of 11,200 in the year to April 2021, compared with 28,900 in the previous year, a decline of 61.2%. See figure 1.3 and table 1.2.

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	Natural Increase	Net Migration	Population Change
1987	29	-23	5.9
1988	26.2	-41.9	-15.8
1989	22.6	-43.9	-21.2
1990	19.1	-22.9	-3.7
1991	22	-2	19.9
1992	21.4	7.4	28.8
1993	20	-0.4	19.6
1994	16.6	-4.7	11.8
1995	17.2	-1.9	15.4
1996	16.7	8	24.8
1997	19	19.2	38.2
1998	21.5	17.4	38.8
1999	21.2	17.3	38.5
2000	21.8	26	47.9
2001	24.8	32.8	57.7
2002	28.8	41.3	70
2003	31.9	30.7	62.6
2004	33.3	32	65.3
2005	33.5	55.1	88.6
2006	34.2	71.8	106
2007	38.2	104.8	142.9
2008	44.9	64.3	109.2
2009	46.7	1.6	48.3
2010	48.8	-27.5	21.4
2011	47.5	-27.4	20.1
2012	44.5	-25.7	18.8
2013	39.6	-18.7	21
2014	39.2	-8.5	30.8
2015	36.5	5.9	42.3
2016	35.6	16.2	51.8
2017	33.1	19.8	52.9
2018	30.5	34	64.5
2019	30.8	33.7	64.5
2020	27.1	28.9	55.9
2021	22.8	11.2	34

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X-axis label	Immigration	Emigration	Net migration
2009	73.7	-72	1.6
2010	41.8	-69.2	-27.5
2011	53.3	-80.6	-27.4
2012	57.3	-83	-25.7
2013	62.7	-81.3	-18.7
2014	66.5	-75	-8.5
2015	75.9	-70	5.9
2016	82.3	-66.2	16.2
2017	84.6	-64.8	19.8
2018	90.3	-56.3	34
2019	88.6	-54.9	33.7
2020	85.4	-56.5	28.9
2021	65.2	-54	11.2

Table 1.2 Components of the annual population change, 1987 - 2021

Table 1.2 Components of the annual population change, 1987 - 2021
Year ending April	Components of Population change
	Births	Deaths	Natural increase	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net migration	Population change	Population
	Births	Deaths	Natural increase	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net migration	Population change	Population
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1987	61.2	32.2	29.0	17.2	40.2	-23.0	5.9	3,546.5
1988	57.8	31.6	26.2	19.2	61.1	-41.9	-15.8	3,530.7
1989	53.6	31.0	22.6	26.7	70.6	-43.9	-21.2	3,509.5
1990	51.9	32.8	19.1	33.3	56.3	-22.9	-3.7	3,505.8
1991	53.1	31.1	22.0	33.3	35.3	-2.0	19.9	3,525.7
1992	52.8	31.4	21.4	40.7	33.4	7.4	28.8	3,554.5
1993	50.4	30.4	20.0	34.7	35.1	-0.4	19.6	3,574.1
1994	49.1	32.6	16.6	30.1	34.8	-4.7	11.8	3,585.9
1995	48.4	31.2	17.2	31.2	33.1	-1.9	15.4	3,601.3
1996	48.8	32.0	16.7	39.2	31.2	8.0	24.8	3,626.1
1997	50.7	31.7	19.0	44.5	25.3	19.2	38.2	3,664.3
1998	52.7	31.2	21.5	46.0	28.6	17.4	38.8	3,703.1
1999	53.7	32.4	21.2	48.9	31.5	17.3	38.5	3,741.6
2000	54.0	32.1	21.8	52.6	26.6	26.0	47.9	3,789.5
2001	55.1	30.2	24.8	59.0	26.2	32.8	57.7	3,847.2
2002	58.1	29.3	28.8	66.9	25.6	41.3	70.0	3,917.2
2003	60.8	28.9	31.9	60.0	29.3	30.7	62.6	3,979.9
2004	62.0	28.6	33.3	58.5	26.5	32.0	65.3	4,045.2
2005	61.4	27.9	33.5	84.6	29.4	55.1	88.6	4,133.8
2006 ¹	61.2	27.0	34.2	107.8	36.0	71.8	106.0	4,239.8
2007	66.6	28.4	38.2	151.1	46.3	104.8	142.9	4,375.8
2008	73.0	28.0	44.9	113.5	49.2	64.3	109.2	4,485.1
2009	75.3	28.6	46.7	73.7	72.0	1.6	48.3	4,533.4
2010	77.2	28.4	48.8	41.8	69.2	-27.5	21.4	4,554.8
2011	75.1	27.7	47.5	53.3	80.6	-27.4	20.1	4,574.9
2012	73.2	28.7	44.5	57.3	83.0	-25.7	18.8	4,593.7
2013	69.4	29.8	39.6	62.7	81.3	-18.7	21.0	4,614.7
2014	68.4	29.2	39.2	66.5	75.0	-8.5	30.8	4,645.4
2015	66.4	29.9	36.5	75.9	70.0	5.9	42.3	4,687.8
2016²	65.4	29.8	35.6	82.3	66.2	16.2	51.8	4,739.6
2017³	63.9	30.8	33.1	84.6	64.8	19.8	52.9	4,792.5
2018³	61.2	30.7	30.5	90.3	56.3	34.0	64.5	4,857.0
2019³	61.2	30.4	30.8	88.6	54.9	33.7	64.5	4,921.5
2020³	58.3	31.2	27.1	85.4	56.5	28.9	55.9	4,977.4
2021³	55.5	32.7	22.8	65.2	54.0	11.2	34.0	5,011.5
¹Up to and including 2005, the annual population estimates are on a de facto basis. From 2006 onwards the concept of usual residence is used.
² Census of Population 2016.
³Preliminary.

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More Irish nationals returning to live in Ireland

There were 30,200 immigrants and 22,800 emigrants who were Irish nationals in the year to April 2021. Therefore, the number of Irish nationals who arrived here to live was just over 7,300 higher than the number who left to live abroad. In contrast, inflows of non-EU nationals (rest of world) declined to 14,100 in the year to April 2021, from 30,400 the previous year, a decrease of 16,300 (-53.6%). See figure 1.4 and table 1.3.

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	Ireland	UK	Rest of EU15	EU13	Rest of world
2015	26.6	5	10.2	12.2	21.9
2016	28.4	5.9	11.4	13.2	23.6
2017	27.4	6.1	10.8	10.9	29.4
2018	28.4	7.3	11.6	12.2	30.9
2019	26.9	7.4	12.6	11.1	30.6
2020	28.9	5.5	9.2	11.4	30.4
2021	30.2	4.3	7.6	9	14.1

Table 1.3 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Nationality, 2015 - 2021

Table 1.3 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Nationality, 2015 - 2021
Year ending April / Nationality	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Nationality	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²
	'000
Persons
Irish	26.6	28.4	27.4	28.4	26.9	28.9	30.2	42.5	37.1	30.8	28.3	29.0	28.3	22.8	-16.0	-8.8	-3.4	0.1	-2.1	0.5	7.3
UK³	5.0	5.9	6.1	7.3	7.4	5.5	4.3	5.6	5.2	4.0	4.1	3.2	2.5	3.0	-0.5	0.7	2.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	10.2	11.4	10.8	11.6	12.6	9.2	7.6	6.0	5.7	6.7	6.8	4.5	5.2	7.6	4.2	5.6	4.1	4.8	8.0	4.1	0.0
EU15 to EU27⁵	12.2	13.2	10.9	12.2	11.1	11.4	9.0	7.1	6.8	9.6	7.1	7.0	9.2	5.1	5.1	6.4	1.3	5.0	4.1	2.2	3.9
Rest of world	21.9	23.6	29.4	30.9	30.6	30.4	14.1	8.8	11.4	13.7	10.0	11.2	11.4	15.4	13.1	12.3	15.7	20.8	19.4	19.0	-1.3
Total persons	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	85.4	65.2	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	56.5	54.0	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7	28.9	11.2

Males
Irish	11.9	14.4	14.1	14.1	13.8	14.1	14.4	21.8	17.4	16.3	13.7	15.2	14.2	10.7	-9.9	-3.0	-2.2	0.4	-1.4	-0.1	3.7
UK³	2.5	3.3	3.3	3.8	3.9	3.1	2.2	2.6	2.2	2.1	1.7	1.2	1.9	1.8	-0.1	1.1	1.2	2.1	2.7	1.2	0.3
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	4.6	5.2	5.2	5.4	6.1	4.1	3.5	2.8	2.4	3.5	3.1	2.1	2.0	3.0	1.8	2.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	2.1	0.6
EU15 to EU27⁵	5.5	6.8	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.3	4.1	3.5	3.0	5.1	3.8	3.6	4.5	2.9	2.0	3.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	0.8	1.1
Rest of world	11.2	11.5	14.5	15.7	15.9	15.2	6.7	5.2	6.0	7.3	4.0	6.0	5.3	8.4	6.0	5.5	7.2	11.7	9.9	9.9	-1.7
Total persons	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.9	30.9	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	27.9	26.8	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9	14.0	4.1

Females
Irish	14.7	13.9	13.3	14.3	13.2	14.8	15.8	20.7	19.7	14.6	14.6	13.8	14.1	12.2	-6.1	-5.8	-1.3	-0.3	-0.7	0.6	3.6
UK³	2.5	2.6	2.8	3.5	3.6	2.4	2.2	2.9	3.0	1.9	2.4	2.0	0.6	1.2	-0.5	-0.4	0.9	1.1	1.6	1.8	1.0
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	5.6	6.2	5.6	6.2	6.5	5.1	4.0	3.2	3.3	3.1	3.7	2.4	3.1	4.7	2.4	2.8	2.4	2.5	4.1	2.0	-0.6
EU15 to EU27⁵	6.7	6.4	5.3	6.7	5.7	6.0	5.0	3.6	3.8	4.5	3.3	3.4	4.7	2.2	3.1	2.6	0.8	3.4	2.3	1.4	2.8
Rest of world	10.7	12.1	14.9	15.1	14.7	15.3	7.4	3.6	5.4	6.5	6.0	5.2	6.1	7.0	7.1	6.8	8.5	9.1	9.5	9.2	0.4
Total persons	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	43.5	34.3	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	28.7	27.2	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8	14.9	7.1
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.
³In light of the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union with effect from 1 February 2020, the EU labeling has been updated, the groupings are comparable with those published in estimates releases pre-2020.
⁴Rest of EU14 excl. IRL: countries before enlargement on 1 May 2004, (i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Portugal).
⁵EU15 to 27: defined as 10 countries that joined the EU on 1 May 2004 (i.e. Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia), along with Bulgaria and Romania who joined on 1 January 2007 and Croatia who joined on the 1 July 2013.

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Strong migration flows to and from the UK, in the year to April 2021

In the year to April 2021, The UK experienced strong migration flows. 18,200 persons left Ireland to live in the UK, up from 10,000 last year, 19,100 persons moved to Ireland from the UK, up from 15,300 in 2020. See figure 1.5 and table 1.4.

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	Immigrants from the UK	Emigrants to the UK
2015	16.4	16.6
2016	18.2	14.4
2017	18.7	12.1
2018	20.1	11.4
2019	19.7	11.6
2020	15.3	10
2021	19.1	18.2

Table 1.4 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Country of Origin/Destination, 2015 - 2021

Table 1.4 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Country of Origin/Destination, 2015 - 2021
Year ending April / Origin/Destination	Immigrants								Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Origin/Destination	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²
	'000
Persons
UK³	16.4	18.2	18.7	20.1	19.7	15.3	19.1	16.6	14.4	12.1	11.4	11.6	10.0	18.2	-0.2	3.8	6.6	8.6	8.1	5.3	0.9
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	11.9	14.7	15.1	14.9	14.0	13.8	6.9	13.3	13.9	12.9	12.3	10.4	12.2	11.5	-1.4	0.9	2.2	2.6	3.6	1.6	-4.6
EU15 to EU27⁵	11.9	11.9	12.2	11.0	9.1	8.7	7.7	5.9	9.3	9.7	6.5	3.8	9.1	4.5	6.0	2.7	2.5	4.5	5.3	-0.4	3.2
Australia	5.8	6.9	7.1	7.2	5.8	6.4	5.1	6.5	5.3	5.3	4.5	6.5	6.1	2.6	-0.7	1.6	1.8	2.7	-0.7	0.2	2.5
Canada	2.7	3.1	3.2	2.5	2.4	2.9	5.2	6.6	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.9	3.1	1.7	-3.9	-0.3	-0.5	-1.4	-2.6	-0.1	3.5
USA	4.4	5.3	5.4	7.3	6.2	5.5	4.9	5.1	5.7	6.5	5.8	5.2	6.0	2.5	-0.7	-0.4	-1.1	1.5	1.0	-0.5	2.3
Rest of world	22.8	22.2	22.8	27.4	31.4	32.8	16.3	15.9	14.2	14.6	11.9	12.5	10.1	13.0	6.9	8.0	8.2	15.5	19.0	22.7	3.3
Total persons	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	85.4	65.2	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	56.5	54.0	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7	28.9	11.2

Males
UK³	8.1	9.5	9.8	10.2	9.4	7.9	9.9	7.6	7.6	6.5	5.0	6.0	5.6	8.7	0.5	1.8	3.3	5.2	3.4	2.2	1.2
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	4.9	6.8	7.1	7.6	6.6	6.8	3.2	4.7	5.7	5.9	4.7	5.7	5.6	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.9	0.9	1.1	-2.1
EU15 to EU27⁵	6.0	6.3	6.5	5.0	3.5	3.8	3.7	3.7	4.3	5.2	3.0	2.0	4.1	2.5	2.3	2.0	1.3	2.1	1.5	-0.3	1.2
Australia	3.1	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.7	2.1	3.2	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.9	3.2	1.0	-0.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.1
Canada	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.1	1.4	1.3	3.1	4.7	1.7	2.1	2.1	2.3	1.8	0.6	-3.3	0.0	-0.4	-1.0	-1.0	-0.6	2.4
USA	1.7	2.4	2.5	3.4	3.2	2.6	2.0	2.3	2.8	4.3	3.0	3.3	2.8	1.3	-0.6	-0.4	-1.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.7
Rest of world	10.4	11.0	11.4	13.5	17.5	15.9	6.9	9.5	6.4	7.4	6.0	5.9	4.6	7.4	0.9	4.6	4.0	7.4	11.7	11.3	-0.4
Total males	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.9	30.9	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	27.9	26.8	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9	14.0	4.1

Females
UK³	8.3	8.7	8.9	9.9	10.3	7.4	9.2	9.0	6.8	5.6	6.5	5.6	4.3	9.5	-0.7	1.9	3.3	3.4	4.7	3.1	-0.3
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	7.0	7.9	8.1	7.3	7.5	7.0	3.8	8.7	8.2	7.0	7.6	4.7	6.6	6.2	-1.6	-0.3	1.1	-0.3	2.7	0.4	-2.5
EU15 to EU27⁵	5.9	5.6	5.8	5.9	5.6	4.9	4.0	2.2	5.0	4.5	3.6	1.8	4.9	2.0	3.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.0	2.0
Australia	2.7	3.3	3.4	3.4	2.3	2.7	3.0	3.3	2.8	2.5	1.9	3.6	2.9	1.6	-0.6	0.5	0.9	1.6	-1.3	-0.2	1.4
Canada	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.0	1.6	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.8	2.6	1.2	1.1	-0.6	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-1.6	0.4	1.1
USA	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.2	2.8	1.9	3.1	1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.1	-0.2	1.6
Rest of world	12.4	11.2	11.4	13.9	13.9	17.0	9.4	6.4	7.8	7.3	5.8	6.6	5.5	5.6	6.0	3.4	4.2	8.1	7.3	11.4	3.8
Total females	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	43.5	34.3	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	28.7	27.2	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8	14.9	7.1
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.
³In light of the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union with effect from 1 February 2020, the EU labeling has been updated, the groupings are comparable with those published in estimates releases pre-2020.
⁴Rest of EU14 excl. IRL: countries before enlargement on 1 May 2004, (i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Portugal).
⁵EU15 to 27: defined as 10 countries that joined the EU on 1 May 2004 (i.e. Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia), along with Bulgaria and Romania who joined on 1 January 2007 and Croatia who joined on the 1 July 2013.

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The majority of migrants were aged between 25-44 and had a 3rd level qualification

In the year to April 2021, most migrants were aged between 25-44, 37,400 immigrants, about 3 in 5 (57.3%) of the total and 27,000 emigrants, half of the total, were within this age group. See figure 1.6 and table 1.5.

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X-axis label	Immigrants	Emigrants
0 - 14	5	3
15 - 24	14.5	17.9
25 - 44	37.4	27
45 - 64	6.9	5.1
65 and over	1.4	0.9

In the year to April 2021, 42,600 (70.8%) immigrants aged 15+ had a 3rd level qualification, 32,500 (63.7%) emigrants had a 3rd level qualification. See figure 1.7 and table 1.6.

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X-axis label	Immigrants	Emigrants
Higher secondary and below	9.9	11.5
Post leaving cert	5.6	2.7
Third level	42.6	32.5
Not stated	2.2	4.3

Table 1.5 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Age Group, 2015 - 2021

Table 1.5 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Age Group, 2015 - 2021
Year ending April / Age	Immigrants								Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Age	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²
	'000
Persons
0 - 14	9.8	9.9	8.8	10.6	9.4	8.3	5.0	11.4	10.2	8.2	6.3	5.7	7.1	3.0	-1.6	-0.3	0.6	4.2	3.7	1.2	2.0
15 - 24	18.3	18.2	18.6	24.1	21.4	20.8	14.5	17.3	18.3	16.2	12.5	17.6	15.7	17.9	1.1	-0.1	2.4	11.6	3.8	5.1	-3.4
25 - 44	40.0	44.7	47.1	44.2	46.8	48.3	37.4	35.5	31.3	34.5	28.3	26.8	29.8	27.0	4.5	13.5	12.5	15.9	20.0	18.5	10.4
45 - 64	4.1	7.1	7.8	8.3	8.4	6.8	6.9	4.3	4.6	4.4	7.8	3.6	3.5	5.1	-0.2	2.5	3.4	0.5	4.8	3.3	1.8
65 and over	3.6	2.4	2.3	3.3	2.6	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.9	2.1	0.7	0.9	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.5
Total persons	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	85.4	65.2	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	56.5	54.0	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7	28.9	11.2

Males
0 - 14	5.1	5.0	4.1	5.4	5.4	4.3	2.0	6.0	4.7	4.2	2.8	2.7	3.3	1.7	-0.8	0.3	-0.2	2.6	2.7	1.0	0.3
15 - 24	7.4	8.0	8.6	11.4	9.3	9.2	6.7	6.5	9.5	7.9	5.5	8.7	7.1	7.6	0.8	-1.5	0.7	5.9	0.5	2.1	-0.9
25 - 44	19.4	23.1	24.1	21.8	24.8	24.6	17.7	19.6	13.9	18.2	13.7	14.4	15.0	14.3	-0.3	9.2	5.9	8.1	10.4	9.6	3.4
45 - 64	2.2	4.0	4.7	4.2	4.5	2.9	3.9	2.9	2.2	3.0	3.7	1.8	2.3	2.8	-0.7	1.8	1.7	0.5	2.7	0.6	1.2
65 and over	1.7	1.1	1.1	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	0.6	0.7	0.1
Total males	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.9	30.9	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	27.9	26.8	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9	14.0	4.1

Females
0 - 14	4.7	4.9	4.7	5.1	4.0	4.0	3.0	5.5	5.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	3.8	1.3	-0.8	-0.6	0.8	1.6	1.0	0.2	1.7
15 - 24	11.0	10.2	10.0	12.7	12.1	11.6	7.8	10.7	8.8	8.3	6.9	8.9	8.6	10.4	0.3	1.4	1.7	5.7	3.2	3.0	-2.5
25 - 44	20.6	21.6	23.0	22.4	22.0	23.7	19.7	15.8	17.4	16.4	14.6	12.4	14.7	12.7	4.8	4.3	6.6	7.8	9.6	8.9	7.0
45 - 64	2.0	3.1	3.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.0	1.4	2.4	1.4	4.0	1.8	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.7	1.7	0.0	2.1	2.7	0.6
65 and over	1.9	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.5	0.4	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.1	0.3
Total females	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	43.5	34.3	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	28.7	27.2	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8	14.9	7.1
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.

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Table 1.6 Estimated Migration (aged 15 and over) classified by Sex and Education Attainment, 2016 - 2021

Table 1.6 Estimated Migration (aged 15 and over) classified by Sex and Education Attainment, 2015 - 2021
Year ending April / Education Attainment	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Education Attainment	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²
	'000
Persons
Higher secondary and below	17.7	18.0	16.8	18.4	16.9	14.3	9.9	20.1	20.0	20.2	12.8	14.6	16.9	11.5	-2.4	-2.0	-3.4	5.6	2.3	-2.6	-1.6
Post leaving cert³	2.7	8.7	3.7	8.8	4.6	3.6	5.6	3.3	3.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	3.6	2.7	-0.6	5.1	1.3	4.8	2.1	0.0	2.8
Third level⁴	37.2	42.4	48.6	49.2	53.0	56.9	42.6	31.0	25.5	27.9	26.5	28.3	26.3	32.5	6.2	16.8	20.7	22.7	24.7	30.5	10.0
Not stated	8.6	3.4	6.8	3.4	4.7	2.3	2.2	4.2	6.8	6.1	6.6	3.8	2.6	4.3	4.4	-3.4	0.7	-3.3	0.9	-0.3	-2.1
Total persons	66.1	72.4	75.8	79.8	79.2	77.1	60.2	58.6	55.9	56.6	50.0	49.2	49.4	51.0	7.5	16.5	19.2	29.8	30.0	27.7	9.2

Males
Higher secondary and below	9.0	9.7	9.2	11.3	7.6	7.1	5.5	10.7	10.7	11.2	6.5	8.6	10.6	5.4	-1.8	-1.1	-2.0	4.8	-1.0	-3.5	0.1
Post leaving cert³	0.9	5.2	2.7	5.7	2.7	3.2	3.9	2.4	1.9	1.7	2.1	1.5	1.3	1.7	-1.5	3.3	1.0	3.6	1.1	1.9	2.2
Third level⁴	16.8	19.6	23.8	20.2	27.7	26.3	18.5	14.4	11.2	13.9	11.0	13.3	10.9	15.5	2.4	8.4	9.9	9.2	14.4	15.3	3.0
Not stated	3.9	1.7	2.9	1.9	1.7	1.0	1.0	2.3	2.5	3.1	4.0	2.0	1.7	2.5	1.6	-0.8	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	-0.7	-1.5
Total males	30.6	36.2	38.6	39.1	39.6	37.6	28.9	29.9	26.3	30.0	23.6	25.4	24.6	25.1	0.7	9.9	8.7	15.6	14.2	13.0	3.8

Females
Higher secondary and below	8.7	8.4	7.6	7.1	9.4	7.3	4.4	9.4	9.3	9.0	6.4	6.0	6.3	6.1	-0.6	-1.0	-1.4	0.8	3.3	1.0	-1.7
Post leaving cert³	1.7	3.4	1.1	3.1	1.9	0.4	1.6	0.8	1.7	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.3	1.0	0.9	1.8	0.3	1.1	1.0	-1.9	0.6
Third level⁴	20.4	22.8	24.7	29.0	25.3	30.6	24.1	16.6	14.4	13.9	15.5	15.0	15.4	17.1	3.8	8.4	10.8	13.5	10.3	15.2	7.0
Not stated	4.7	1.7	3.8	1.5	3.0	1.3	1.2	1.9	4.3	3.0	2.6	1.8	0.9	1.7	2.8	-2.6	0.9	-1.1	1.2	0.4	-0.6
Total females	35.5	36.3	37.2	40.7	39.5	39.5	31.3	28.7	29.6	26.6	26.4	23.8	24.8	25.9	6.8	6.6	10.6	14.2	15.8	14.7	5.4
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.
³ Technical or Vocational, Advanced Certificate or Diploma.
⁴Third level degree or above.

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In April 2021, more than 1 in 7 people living in Ireland were aged 65 or older

There were 742,300 people living in Ireland aged 65 and over in April 2021. Those aged 65 and over are the only group to gain population share between 2016 and 2021, increasing from 13.3% to 14.8% of the total, this equates to a volume increase of 112,500. The traditional working age population i.e. those aged 15-64 have grown by around 170,000 persons since 2016, but have seen their population share decline slightly from 65.5% to 65.3%. The population aged 0-14 has seen its population share decline by 1.3 percentage points (10,000 persons) since 2016. See figure 1.8 and PXStat table of the population classified by single year of age, PEA11.

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X-axis label	2016	2021
0-14	1005.484	995.556
15-64	3104.266	3273.631
65 and over	629.847	742.273

Table 1.7 Estimated Migration (aged 15 and over) classified by Sex and Principal Economic Status, 2015 - 2021

Table 1.7 Estimated Migration (aged 15 and over) classified by Sex and Principal Economic Status¹, 2015 - 2021
Year ending April / Principal Economic Status	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Principal Economic Status	2015	2016 ²	2017 ³	2018 ³	2019 ³	2020 ³	2021 ³	2015	2016 ²	2017 ³	2018 ³	2019 ³	2020 ³	2021 ³	2015	2016 ²	2017 ³	2018 ³	2019 ³	2020 ³	2021 ³
	'000
Persons
At work	32.0	41.1	42.1	48.7	48.0	46.7	34.3	28.1	23.5	26.6	27.9	29.7	28.6	29.9	3.9	17.6	15.5	20.8	18.3	18.1	4.4
Unemployed	6.8	10.1	5.7	9.0	6.4	11.3	9.0	8.0	5.8	5.7	6.5	3.2	3.0	5.2	-1.1	4.3	0.0	2.5	3.2	8.3	3.8
Student	17.3	13.1	15.4	9.3	11.7	10.4	7.1	17.5	19.9	18.6	9.4	12.3	13.8	11.0	-0.2	-6.8	-3.2	-0.1	-0.6	-3.4	-3.9
Other	9.9	8.2	12.5	12.8	13.2	8.7	9.9	5.0	6.8	5.6	6.2	4.0	4.0	4.9	4.9	1.5	6.9	6.6	9.2	4.7	4.9
Total persons	66.1	72.4	75.8	79.8	79.2	77.1	60.2	58.6	55.9	56.6	50.0	49.2	49.4	51.0	7.5	16.5	19.2	29.8	30.0	27.7	9.2

Males
At work	16.1	22.8	23.8	28.3	29.1	24.8	16.9	16.0	12.3	15.6	13.3	16.6	15.7	16.5	0.0	10.5	8.3	15.0	12.4	9.1	0.4
Unemployed	4.2	5.1	4.0	4.9	2.5	4.6	3.7	5.0	3.3	4.1	4.2	2.0	1.8	2.2	-0.8	1.8	-0.1	0.6	0.5	2.8	1.5
Student	8.4	5.8	8.6	2.4	5.9	5.2	2.9	7.8	9.5	7.6	3.6	5.5	5.9	4.7	0.6	-3.6	1.0	-1.2	0.4	-0.8	-1.8
Other	1.9	2.5	2.1	3.5	2.2	3.1	5.4	1.0	1.3	2.6	2.4	1.3	1.2	1.7	0.9	1.2	-0.5	1.1	0.9	1.8	3.7
Total males	30.6	36.2	38.6	39.1	39.6	37.6	28.9	29.9	26.3	30.0	23.6	25.4	24.6	25.1	0.7	9.9	8.7	15.6	14.2	13.0	3.8

Females
At work	16.0	18.3	18.3	20.4	18.9	21.9	17.4	12.1	11.2	11.1	14.6	13.0	12.9	13.5	3.9	7.1	7.2	5.7	5.9	9.0	3.9
Unemployed	2.6	5.0	1.7	4.2	3.9	6.7	5.3	2.9	2.5	1.6	2.3	1.3	1.2	3.0	-0.3	2.5	0.1	1.9	2.6	5.4	2.3
Student	8.9	7.2	6.8	6.9	5.8	5.3	4.2	9.7	10.4	11.0	5.8	6.8	7.9	6.3	-0.8	-3.2	-4.2	1.1	-1.0	-2.6	-2.1
Other	8.0	5.7	10.4	9.2	10.9	5.6	4.4	4.0	5.5	3.0	3.7	2.7	2.8	3.2	4.0	0.2	7.4	5.5	8.2	2.8	1.3
Total females	35.5	36.3	37.2	40.7	39.6	39.5	31.3	28.7	29.6	26.6	26.4	23.8	24.8	25.9	6.8	6.6	10.6	14.2	15.8	14.7	5.4
¹As a person's principal economic status can change over the course of the year, for immigrants this refers to their current status, while for emigrants it is their status in the period prior to departure.
²Census of Population 2016.
³Preliminary.

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Table 1.8 Estimated Population classified by Sex and Age Group, 2015 - 2021

Table 1.8 Estimated Population classified by Sex and Age Group, 2015 - 2021
Sex and Age Group	Persons in April of each year
Sex and Age Group	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2021 ²
	'000
Persons
0 - 4 years	337.9	331.4	324.6	319.3	315.2	309.5	302.6
5 - 9 "	349.3	355.3	359.1	356.9	352.3	344.1	335.0
10 - 14 "	314.4	318.9	323.3	332.6	341.4	350.0	358.0
15 - 19 "	296.1	301.2	308.5	316.2	319.9	323.9	325.3
20 - 24 "	275.5	273.5	276.3	289.3	298.1	307.2	310.3
25 - 29 "	298.7	296.7	292.4	291.1	289.2	292.2	291.6
30 - 34 "	369.2	360.3	347.9	335.8	330.8	324.0	317.2
35 - 39 "	379.8	388.1	394.6	398.3	397.0	386.5	375.7
40 - 44 "	353.0	356.5	363.1	369.9	379.9	393.7	402.1
45 - 49 "	317.0	324.9	333.1	341.2	351.1	358.5	364.4
50 - 54 "	295.2	298.4	303.3	306.7	310.5	316.0	324.0
55 - 59 "	260.6	268.2	274.0	279.9	285.9	292.7	297.2
60 - 64 "	230.8	236.5	242.3	246.5	253.8	258.9	265.9
65 - 69 "	203.6	208.0	211.3	215.8	219.3	224.2	229.2
70 - 74 "	150.8	159.9	169.2	177.7	184.8	190.8	194.3
75 - 79 "	112.2	114.2	116.8	121.9	127.5	134.1	142.8
80 - 84 "	78.8	80.5	82.9	85.1	87.4	89.8	91.4
85 years and over	64.9	67.3	69.7	73.0	77.3	81.2	84.6
Total persons	4,687.8	4,739.6	4,792.5	4,857.0	4,921.5	4,977.4	5011.5

Males
0 - 4 years	172.4	169.7	166.1	163.3	161.1	158.2	154.4
5 - 9 "	178.5	181.4	183.1	182.1	180.2	176.3	171.6
10 - 14 "	160.9	163.1	165.5	170.5	175.2	179.4	183.0
15 - 19 "	152.0	154.4	157.6	161.2	162.3	164.7	166.0
20 - 24 "	139.9	138.4	140.4	147.3	151.5	156.0	158.1
25 - 29 "	143.7	145.2	144.3	145.2	145.3	147.4	146.9
30 - 34 "	177.0	172.5	166.3	161.1	159.8	157.5	155.4
35 - 39 "	186.9	190.6	192.7	193.1	192.0	186.4	180.0
40 - 44 "	175.0	177.2	180.1	183.2	187.4	193.8	196.7
45 - 49 "	158.4	162.5	166.2	170.2	174.7	177.7	180.4
50 - 54 "	146.1	147.7	150.1	152.0	154.5	157.4	161.6
55 - 59 "	129.3	133.1	135.9	138.6	141.1	144.1	146.4
60 - 64 "	115.0	117.7	120.5	122.4	126.0	128.0	131.2
65 - 69 "	101.2	103.4	104.8	106.8	108.4	111.0	113.1
70 - 74 "	73.6	78.4	82.9	87.4	90.8	93.5	95.1
75 - 79 "	52.4	53.5	55.1	57.6	60.6	64.0	68.3
80 - 84 "	34.1	34.9	36.2	37.5	38.7	40.1	41.0
85 years and over	21.4	23.0	24.3	26.2	28.3	30.2	31.9
Total males	2,317.7	2,346.5	2,372.1	2,405.8	2,438.0	2,465.6	2481.1

Females
0 - 4 years	165.6	161.7	158.5	156.0	154.2	151.3	148.1
5 - 9 "	170.8	173.9	176.0	174.7	172.0	167.8	163.4
10 - 14 "	153.6	155.7	157.8	162.1	166.2	170.6	175.0
15 - 19 "	144.1	146.9	151.0	155.0	157.6	159.3	159.3
20 - 24 "	135.6	135.1	135.9	142.0	146.6	151.2	152.2
25 - 29 "	155.0	151.5	148.2	145.9	143.9	144.8	144.7
30 - 34 "	192.2	187.8	181.6	174.8	171.0	166.5	161.8
35 - 39 "	192.9	197.5	201.9	205.2	205.1	200.1	195.6
40 - 44 "	178.0	179.3	183.0	186.7	192.5	199.9	205.5
45 - 49 "	158.6	162.4	166.9	171.0	176.4	180.8	184.0
50 - 54 "	149.1	150.8	153.2	154.6	156.0	158.7	162.4
55 - 59 "	131.3	135.1	138.2	141.3	144.8	148.6	150.7
60 - 64 "	115.9	118.7	121.8	124.1	127.8	130.9	134.7
65 - 69 "	102.3	104.5	106.4	108.9	110.9	113.3	116.1
70 - 74 "	77.2	81.6	86.3	90.2	94.1	97.4	99.1
75 - 79 "	59.7	60.7	61.7	64.2	66.9	70.1	74.5
80 - 84 "	44.7	45.5	46.6	47.6	48.7	49.6	50.5
85 years and over	43.5	44.4	45.3	46.8	49.0	51.0	52.7
Total females	2,370.1	2,393.1	2,420.4	2,451.3	2,483.5	2511.9	2530.3
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.

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Table 1.9 Estimated Population classified by Sex, Age Group and Region, April 2021

Table 1.9 Estimated Population classified by Sex, Age Group and Region, April 2021¹
Sex and Age Group	State	Border	Dublin	Mid-East	Midland	Mid-West	South-East	South-West	West
	'000
Persons
0 - 4 years	302.6	25.0	85.2	47.0	20.8	28.2	26.2	42.2	27.9
5 - 9 "	335.0	28.5	87.3	54.7	22.6	32.3	30.2	47.8	31.5
10 - 14 "	358.0	31.4	88.7	60.0	24.5	35.1	33.3	51.6	33.5
15 - 19 "	325.3	27.8	87.1	50.9	20.9	32.5	30.3	45.2	30.6
20 - 24 "	310.3	25.4	93.8	43.9	18.3	30.6	27.4	42.9	28.0
25 - 29 "	291.6	20.7	102.7	37.8	16.0	26.0	22.5	40.4	25.5
30 - 34 "	317.2	22.4	115.3	42.0	17.5	26.7	24.1	42.5	26.6
35 - 39 "	375.7	27.4	123.3	54.6	22.2	33.2	29.4	52.5	33.1
40 - 44 "	402.1	30.5	122.8	61.1	24.3	36.6	33.2	57.4	36.3
45 - 49 "	364.4	28.7	102.2	58.0	21.8	35.5	32.2	52.5	33.5
50 - 54 "	324.0	27.3	84.9	50.7	20.1	32.9	29.9	47.4	30.8
55 - 59 "	297.2	25.5	76.6	44.4	18.3	30.9	28.2	44.7	28.7
60 - 64 "	265.9	23.5	68.4	37.2	16.3	28.4	25.1	39.9	27.1
65 - 69 "	229.2	20.9	57.1	31.2	14.1	25.1	21.9	34.7	24.2
70 - 74 "	194.3	18.2	47.9	25.9	11.6	21.6	18.7	29.9	20.4
75 - 79 "	142.8	13.2	35.8	18.4	8.3	16.0	14.0	22.0	15.0
80 - 84 "	91.4	8.4	24.3	10.9	5.2	10.0	8.8	14.0	9.7
85 years and over	84.6	7.9	22.9	9.7	4.3	9.4	7.9	12.7	9.9
Total persons	5,011.5	412.6	1,426.0	738.7	307.2	491.1	443.4	720.2	472.3

Males
0 - 4 years	154.4	12.7	43.3	24.1	10.8	14.5	13.3	21.4	14.3
5 - 9 "	171.6	14.6	44.7	28.0	11.6	16.5	15.5	24.3	16.4
10 - 14 "	183.0	16.1	45.3	30.6	12.6	18.0	16.9	26.2	17.3
15 - 19 "	166.0	14.5	43.9	26.1	10.8	16.7	15.4	23.2	15.4
20 - 24 "	158.1	13.3	47.2	22.6	9.3	15.7	13.9	22.2	13.9
25 - 29 "	146.9	10.6	51.7	19.0	8.0	13.2	11.3	20.1	12.9
30 - 34 "	155.4	11.2	57.0	20.0	8.4	13.4	11.8	20.5	13.2
35 - 39 "	180.0	13.2	60.1	25.6	10.5	16.2	14.0	24.6	15.8
40 - 44 "	196.7	15.1	60.6	29.2	11.9	18.2	16.2	27.6	17.8
45 - 49 "	180.4	14.1	50.4	28.7	11.0	17.8	16.0	26.1	16.4
50 - 54 "	161.6	13.6	41.6	25.5	10.2	16.6	14.9	23.7	15.4
55 - 59 "	146.4	12.5	36.8	22.3	9.2	15.4	13.7	22.3	14.3
60 - 64 "	131.2	11.5	32.8	18.6	8.3	14.4	12.5	19.8	13.4
65 - 69 "	113.1	10.5	26.9	15.5	7.2	12.7	11.0	17.1	12.2
70 - 74 "	95.1	9.1	22.4	12.8	5.8	10.6	9.4	14.7	10.3
75 - 79 "	68.3	6.6	16.2	9.0	4.1	7.8	6.7	10.4	7.4
80 - 84 "	41.0	4.0	10.3	5.0	2.4	4.6	4.0	6.2	4.5
85 years and over	31.9	3.1	8.3	3.6	1.8	3.6	3.1	4.6	3.8
Total males	2,481.1	206.5	699.4	366.2	153.8	245.8	219.7	355.2	234.6

Females
0 - 4 years	148.1	12.2	41.9	22.9	10.0	13.8	12.9	20.8	13.7
5 - 9 "	163.4	13.9	42.6	26.7	11.0	15.8	14.7	23.5	15.1
10 - 14 "	175.0	15.2	43.4	29.5	11.9	17.1	16.4	25.3	16.2
15 - 19 "	159.3	13.3	43.2	24.9	10.1	15.8	14.9	22.0	15.2
20 - 24 "	152.2	12.1	46.5	21.4	8.9	14.9	13.4	20.7	14.1
25 - 29 "	144.7	10.1	51.0	18.8	8.0	12.8	11.2	20.3	12.5
30 - 34 "	161.8	11.2	58.3	22.1	9.1	13.3	12.3	22.0	13.4
35 - 39 "	195.6	14.2	63.1	29.0	11.7	17.0	15.4	27.9	17.3
40 - 44 "	205.5	15.4	62.2	31.8	12.3	18.4	17.0	29.9	18.5
45 - 49 "	184.0	14.6	51.9	29.3	10.8	17.7	16.3	26.4	17.1
50 - 54 "	162.4	13.7	43.3	25.2	9.9	16.3	15.0	23.6	15.4
55 - 59 "	150.7	13.0	39.8	22.1	9.1	15.5	14.4	22.4	14.4
60 - 64 "	134.7	12.0	35.6	18.7	8.0	14.0	12.6	20.1	13.7
65 - 69 "	116.1	10.4	30.2	15.6	6.9	12.4	10.9	17.6	12.1
70 - 74 "	99.1	9.1	25.5	13.1	5.8	11.0	9.3	15.3	10.1
75 - 79 "	74.5	6.6	19.5	9.4	4.3	8.3	7.3	11.6	7.5
80 - 84 "	50.5	4.4	14.1	5.9	2.8	5.5	4.8	7.8	5.2
85 years and over	52.7	4.8	14.6	6.1	2.5	5.7	4.8	8.1	6.1
Total females	2,530.3	206.1	726.6	372.5	153.4	245.3	223.7	365.0	237.7
¹Preliminary.
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Ireland's population estimated to be just over five million in April 2021

Population growth of 34,000 (+0.7%) in the year to April 2021, the smallest population increase since 2014

More Irish nationals returning to live in Ireland

Strong migration flows to and from the UK, in the year to April 2021

The majority of migrants were aged between 25-44 and had a 3rd level qualification

In April 2021, more than 1 in 7 people living in Ireland were aged 65 or older

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