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CSO statistical release, 27 August 2019, 11am

Population and Migration Estimates

April 2019

	Year ending
	April 2018	April 2019
Immigration	90,300	88,600
Emigration	56,300	54,900
Net migration	34,000	33,700
of which Irish nationals	100	-2,100
Natural increase	30,500	30,800
Population change	64,500	64,500

Population	4,857,000	4,921,500

Population growth of 64,500 in the year to April 2019

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The combined effect of positive net migration and sustained natural increase resulted in an overall increase in the population of 64,500 for the second consecutive year, bringing the population estimate to 4.92 million in April 2019. See table 1.

The number of immigrants to the State in the year to April 2019 is estimated to have decreased by 1.9% to 88,600 from 90,300 the previous year. The number of emigrants declined over the same period to 54,900 (-2.5%) from 56,300. These combined changes have resulted in net inward migration for Ireland in 2019 of 33,700. See table 1.

Irish nationals experienced a return to net outward migration, falling to -2,100 in 2019 from the positive net inflow of 100 the previous year. Net inward migration among non-Irish nationals remained strong, increasing to 35,800 in 2019 from 33,900 in 2018. See table 2.

The number of births in the period was 61,200 while the number of deaths was 30,400, resulting in a natural increase of the population of 30,800. See table 1.

Other main features of the 2019 figures are:

Of the 88,600 people who immigrated to Ireland in the year to April 2019, 26,900 (30.4%) were estimated to be Irish nationals. See table 2.
Of the 54,900 people who emigrated from Ireland in the year to April 2019, 29,000 (52.8%) are estimated to be Irish nationals. This represents an increase of 700 (2.5%) on the year to April 2018 when 28,300 Irish nationals emigrated abroad. See table 2.

Non-Irish nationals from outside the EU continued to display strong migration flows, accounting for 30,600 (34.5%) of total immigrants and 11,200 (20.4%) of total emigrants. See table 2.
In April 2019, 53,000 (66.9%) of immigrants aged 15+ had a 3^rd level qualification. See table 5.
In the year to April 2019, 19,700 immigrants arrived to live in Ireland from the UK, 11,600 emigrants left Ireland to live in the UK. See table 3.
In April 2019, there were 622,700 non-Irish nationals resident in Ireland accounting for 12.7% of the total population. See table 9.

Show Table 1 Components of the annual population change, 1987 - 2019

Table 1 Components of the annual population change, 1987 - 2019
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
	'000
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	4,232.9
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
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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Table 2 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Nationality, 2013 - 2019
Year ending April / Nationality	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Nationality	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²
	'000
Persons
Irish	21.7	22.8	26.6	28.4	27.4	28.4	26.9	48.3	45.0	42.5	37.1	30.8	28.3	29.0	-26.6	-22.2	-16.0	-8.8	-3.4	0.1	-2.1
UK	4.1	4.2	5.0	5.9	6.1	7.3	7.4	6.7	5.8	5.6	5.2	4.0	4.1	3.2	-2.5	-1.6	-0.5	0.7	2.1	3.2	4.3
Rest of EU15³	8.8	9.4	10.2	11.4	10.8	11.6	12.6	7.2	6.3	6.0	5.7	6.7	6.8	4.5	1.5	3.1	4.2	5.6	4.1	4.8	8.0
EU13⁴	8.3	11.1	12.2	13.2	10.9	12.2	11.1	8.2	7.6	7.1	6.8	9.6	7.1	7.0	0.2	3.5	5.1	6.4	1.3	5.0	4.1
Rest of world	19.8	19.0	21.9	23.6	29.4	30.9	30.6	10.9	10.2	8.8	11.4	13.7	10.0	11.2	8.8	8.8	13.1	12.3	15.7	20.8	19.4
Total persons	62.7	66.5	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	81.3	75.0	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	-18.7	-8.5	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7

Males
Irish	10.5	9.9	11.9	14.4	14.1	14.1	13.8	25.1	23.4	21.8	17.4	16.3	13.7	15.2	-14.7	-13.5	-9.9	-3.0	-2.2	0.4	-1.4
UK	2.3	2.0	2.5	3.3	3.3	3.8	3.9	3.2	2.7	2.6	2.2	2.1	1.7	1.2	-1.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.1	1.2	2.1	2.7
Rest of EU15³	4.4	4.3	4.6	5.2	5.2	5.4	6.1	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.4	3.5	3.1	2.1	1.1	1.4	1.8	2.8	1.7	2.3	4.0
EU13⁴	3.8	4.9	5.5	6.8	5.6	5.5	5.4	4.0	3.7	3.5	3.0	5.1	3.8	3.6	-0.2	1.2	2.0	3.8	0.5	1.6	1.8
Rest of world	11.3	9.7	11.2	11.5	14.5	15.7	15.9	5.9	5.6	5.2	6.0	7.3	4.0	6.0	5.4	4.1	6.0	5.5	7.2	11.7	9.9
Total persons	32.3	30.9	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.6	38.3	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	-9.3	-7.4	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9

Females
Irish	11.2	12.9	14.7	13.9	13.3	14.3	13.2	23.2	21.6	20.7	19.7	14.6	14.6	13.8	-12.0	-8.7	-6.1	-5.8	-1.3	-0.3	-0.7
UK	1.9	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.8	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.1	2.9	3.0	1.9	2.4	2.0	-1.6	-0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.9	1.1	1.6
Rest of EU15³	4.3	5.1	5.6	6.2	5.6	6.2	6.5	3.9	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.1	3.7	2.4	0.4	1.7	2.4	2.8	2.4	2.5	4.1
EU13⁴	4.6	6.1	6.7	6.4	5.3	6.7	5.7	4.2	3.9	3.6	3.8	4.5	3.3	3.4	0.4	2.2	3.1	2.6	0.8	3.4	2.3
Rest of world	8.4	9.3	10.7	12.1	14.9	15.1	14.7	5.0	4.6	3.6	5.4	6.5	6.0	5.2	3.4	4.7	7.1	6.8	8.5	9.1	9.5
Total persons	30.4	35.6	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	39.7	36.6	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	-9.3	-1.0	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.
³Rest of EU 15: countries before enlargement on 1 May 2004, (i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Portugal).
⁴EU13: 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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Table 3 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Country of Origin/Destination, 2013 - 2019
Year ending April / Origin/Destination	Immigrants								Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Origin/Destination	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²
	'000
Persons
UK	11.7	13.5	16.4	18.2	18.7	20.1	19.7	20.0	16.4	16.6	14.4	12.1	11.4	11.6	-8.3	-3.0	-0.2	3.8	6.6	8.6	8.1
Rest of EU 15³	11.6	11.7	11.9	14.7	15.1	14.9	14.0	10.5	14.8	13.3	13.9	12.9	12.3	10.4	1.1	-3.2	-1.4	0.9	2.2	2.6	3.6
EU 13⁴	10.7	10.8	11.9	11.9	12.2	11.0	9.1	13.0	8.0	5.9	9.3	9.7	6.5	3.8	-2.3	2.8	6.0	2.7	2.5	4.5	5.3
Australia	6.0	5.4	5.8	6.9	7.1	7.2	5.8	14.1	9.2	6.5	5.3	5.3	4.5	6.5	-8.1	-3.8	-0.7	1.6	1.8	2.7	-0.7
Canada	1.9	2.2	2.7	3.1	3.2	2.5	2.4	4.9	4.3	6.6	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.9	-3.0	-2.1	-3.9	-0.3	-0.5	-1.4	-2.6
USA	4.0	4.4	4.4	5.3	5.4	7.3	6.2	5.7	6.3	5.1	5.7	6.5	5.8	5.2	-1.7	-1.9	-0.7	-0.4	-1.1	1.5	1.0
Rest of world	16.7	18.6	22.8	22.2	22.8	27.4	31.4	13.2	16.0	15.9	14.2	14.6	11.9	12.5	3.5	2.6	6.9	8.0	8.2	15.5	19.0
Total persons	62.7	66.5	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	81.3	75.0	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	-18.7	-8.5	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7

Males
UK	6.0	6.5	8.1	9.5	9.8	10.2	9.4	10.7	8.4	7.6	7.6	6.5	5.0	6.0	-4.6	-2.0	0.5	1.8	3.3	5.2	3.4
Rest of EU 15³	5.8	5.2	4.9	6.8	7.1	7.6	6.6	4.0	6.6	4.7	5.7	5.9	4.7	5.7	1.7	-1.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.9	0.9
EU 13⁴	5.2	5.2	6.0	6.3	6.5	5.0	3.5	7.0	4.8	3.7	4.3	5.2	3.0	2.0	-1.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	1.3	2.1	1.5
Australia	3.9	2.7	3.1	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.5	7.1	4.4	3.2	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.9	-3.3	-1.7	-0.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.6
Canada	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.1	1.4	2.4	3.0	4.7	1.7	2.1	2.1	2.3	-1.3	-1.7	-3.3	0.0	-0.4	-1.0	-1.0
USA	1.5	1.5	1.7	2.4	2.5	3.4	3.2	3.1	3.0	2.3	2.8	4.3	3.0	3.3	-1.5	-1.5	-0.6	-0.4	-1.8	0.4	-0.1
Rest of world	8.8	8.6	10.4	11.0	11.4	13.5	17.5	7.3	8.1	9.5	6.4	7.4	6.0	5.9	1.5	0.5	0.9	4.6	4.0	7.4	11.7
Total males	32.3	30.9	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.6	38.3	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	-9.3	-7.4	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9

Females
UK	5.7	7.0	8.3	8.7	8.9	9.9	10.3	9.4	8.0	9.0	6.8	5.6	6.5	5.6	-3.6	-1.0	-0.7	1.9	3.3	3.4	4.7
Rest of EU 15³	5.8	6.5	7.0	7.9	8.1	7.3	7.5	6.4	8.2	8.7	8.2	7.0	7.6	4.7	-0.7	-1.7	-1.6	-0.3	1.1	-0.3	2.7
EU 13⁴	5.6	5.6	5.9	5.6	5.8	5.9	5.6	6.0	3.1	2.2	5.0	4.5	3.6	1.8	-0.5	2.4	3.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	3.8
Australia	2.1	2.7	2.7	3.3	3.4	3.4	2.3	7.0	4.8	3.3	2.8	2.5	1.9	3.6	-4.8	-2.1	-0.6	0.5	0.9	1.6	-1.3
Canada	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.0	2.5	1.3	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.8	2.6	-1.7	-0.4	-0.6	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-1.6
USA	2.5	2.9	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.9	2.9	2.6	3.3	2.8	2.8	2.2	2.8	1.9	-0.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.1
Rest of world	7.9	10.0	12.4	11.2	11.4	13.9	13.9	5.9	7.9	6.4	7.8	7.3	5.8	6.6	2.1	2.1	6.0	3.4	4.2	8.1	7.3
Total females	30.4	35.6	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	39.7	36.6	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	-9.3	-1.0	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.
³Rest of EU 15: countries before enlargement on 1 May 2004, (i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Portugal).
⁴EU13: 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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Table 4 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Age Group, 2013 - 2019
Year ending April / Age	Immigrants								Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Age	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²
	'000
Persons
0 - 14	7.6	6.5	9.8	9.9	8.8	10.6	9.4	11.1	10.2	11.4	10.2	8.2	6.3	5.7	-3.5	-3.6	-1.6	-0.3	0.6	4.2	3.7
15 - 24	20.0	21.8	18.3	18.2	18.6	24.1	21.4	23.9	21.8	17.3	18.3	16.2	12.5	17.6	-3.9	0.0	1.1	-0.1	2.4	11.6	3.8
25 - 44	27.7	31.6	40.0	44.7	47.1	44.2	46.8	37.1	37.4	35.5	31.3	34.5	28.3	26.8	-9.4	-5.9	4.5	13.5	12.5	15.9	20.0
45 - 64	4.4	3.2	4.1	7.1	7.8	8.3	8.4	7.6	3.3	4.3	4.6	4.4	7.8	3.6	-3.2	-0.1	-0.2	2.5	3.4	0.5	4.8
65 and over	3.0	3.4	3.6	2.4	2.3	3.3	2.6	1.7	2.2	1.5	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.3	1.1	2.1	0.7	0.9	1.8	1.4
Total persons	62.7	66.5	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	81.3	75.0	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	-18.7	-8.5	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7

Males
0 - 14	3.5	2.6	5.1	5.0	4.1	5.4	5.4	5.8	4.5	6.0	4.7	4.2	2.8	2.7	-2.4	-1.9	-0.8	0.3	-0.2	2.6	2.7
15 - 24	10.3	10.3	7.4	8.0	8.6	11.4	9.3	12.0	10.9	6.5	9.5	7.9	5.5	8.7	-1.6	-0.6	0.8	-1.5	0.7	5.9	0.5
25 - 44	14.6	15.0	19.4	23.1	24.1	21.8	24.8	19.2	20.3	19.6	13.9	18.2	13.7	14.4	-4.6	-5.3	-0.3	9.2	5.9	8.1	10.4
45 - 64	2.4	1.4	2.2	4.0	4.7	4.2	4.5	3.8	1.9	2.9	2.2	3.0	3.7	1.8	-1.4	-0.5	-0.7	1.8	1.7	0.5	2.7
65 and over	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.1	1.1	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	0.6
Total males	32.3	30.9	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.6	38.3	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	-9.3	-7.4	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9

Females
0 - 14	4.1	3.9	4.7	4.9	4.7	5.1	4.0	5.2	5.7	5.5	5.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	-1.1	-1.8	-0.8	-0.6	0.8	1.6	1.0
15 - 24	9.7	11.5	11.0	10.2	10.0	12.7	12.1	11.9	10.9	10.7	8.8	8.3	6.9	8.9	-2.2	0.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	5.7	3.2
25 - 44	13.1	16.6	20.6	21.6	23.0	22.4	22.0	17.9	17.1	15.8	17.4	16.4	14.6	12.4	-4.8	-0.5	4.8	4.3	6.6	7.8	9.6
45 - 64	2.0	1.8	2.0	3.1	3.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	1.4	1.4	2.4	1.4	4.0	1.8	-1.8	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.7	0.0	2.1
65 and over	1.5	1.8	1.9	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.5	0.9	1.5	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.8
Total females	30.4	35.6	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	39.7	36.6	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	-9.3	-1.0	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.

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Table 5 Estimated Migration (aged 15 and over) classified by Sex and Education Attainment, 2013 - 2019
Year ending April / Education Attainment	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Education Attainment	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²
	'000
Persons
Higher secondary and below	17.2	15.1	17.7	18.0	16.8	18.4	16.9	32.2	23.5	20.1	20.0	20.2	12.8	14.6	-14.9	-8.4	-2.4	-2.0	-3.4	5.6	2.3
Post leaving cert³	2.4	3.9	2.7	8.7	3.7	8.8	4.6	5.7	5.4	3.3	3.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	-3.3	-1.4	-0.6	5.1	1.3	4.8	2.1
Third level⁴	32.0	35.1	37.2	42.4	48.6	49.2	53.0	29.9	30.1	31.0	25.5	27.9	26.5	28.3	2.1	4.9	6.2	16.8	20.7	22.7	24.7
Not stated	3.4	5.8	8.6	3.4	6.8	3.4	4.7	2.5	5.7	4.2	6.8	6.1	6.6	3.8	0.9	0.1	4.4	-3.4	0.7	-3.3	0.9
Total persons	55.1	60.0	66.1	72.4	75.8	79.8	79.2	70.2	64.8	58.6	55.9	56.6	50.0	49.2	-15.2	-4.8	7.5	16.5	19.2	29.8	30.0

Males
Higher secondary and below	9.4	7.6	9.0	9.7	9.2	11.3	7.6	16.0	13.4	10.7	10.7	11.2	6.5	8.6	-6.5	-5.8	-1.8	-1.1	-2.0	4.8	-1.0
Post leaving cert³	1.2	2.1	0.9	5.2	2.7	5.7	2.7	3.7	3.0	2.4	1.9	1.7	2.1	1.5	-2.4	-0.9	-1.5	3.3	1.0	3.6	1.1
Third level⁴	17.2	16.0	16.8	19.6	23.8	20.2	27.7	14.5	14.8	14.4	11.2	13.9	11.0	13.3	2.7	1.3	2.4	8.4	9.9	9.2	14.4
Not stated	1.0	2.5	3.9	1.7	2.9	1.9	1.7	1.6	2.6	2.3	2.5	3.1	4.0	2.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.6	-0.8	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2
Total males	28.8	28.3	30.6	36.2	38.6	39.1	39.6	35.7	33.9	29.9	26.3	30.0	23.6	25.4	-7.0	-5.6	0.7	9.9	8.7	15.6	14.2

Females
Higher secondary and below	7.8	7.5	8.7	8.4	7.6	7.1	9.4	16.2	10.1	9.4	9.3	9.0	6.4	6.0	-8.4	-2.6	-0.6	-1.0	-1.4	0.8	3.3
Post leaving cert³	1.2	1.8	1.7	3.4	1.1	3.1	1.9	2.0	2.3	0.8	1.7	0.8	2.0	0.9	-0.9	-0.5	0.9	1.8	0.3	1.1	1.0
Third level⁴	14.8	19.1	20.4	22.8	24.7	29.0	25.3	15.4	15.4	16.6	14.4	13.9	15.5	15.0	-0.6	3.7	3.8	8.4	10.8	13.5	10.3
Not stated	2.4	3.3	4.7	1.7	3.8	1.5	3.0	0.8	3.1	1.9	4.3	3.0	2.6	1.8	1.6	0.2	2.8	-2.6	0.9	-1.1	1.2
Total females	26.3	31.6	35.5	36.3	37.2	40.7	39.5	34.5	30.9	28.7	29.6	26.6	26.4	23.8	-8.2	0.7	6.8	6.6	10.6	14.2	15.8
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.
³ Technical or Vocational, Advanced Certificate or Diploma.
⁴Third level degree or above.

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Table 6 Estimated Migration (aged 15 and over) classified by Sex and Principal Economic Status¹, 2013 - 2019
Year ending April / Principal Economic Status	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Principal Economic Status	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²
	'000
Persons
At work	26.2	25.6	32.0	41.1	42.1	48.7	48.0	31.2	24.7	28.1	23.5	26.6	27.9	29.7	-5.0	0.9	3.9	17.6	15.5	20.8	18.3
Unemployed	8.8	7.7	6.8	10.1	5.7	9.0	6.4	14.8	10.5	8.0	5.8	5.7	6.5	3.2	-6.0	-2.8	-1.1	4.3	0.0	2.5	3.2
Student	13.0	18.4	17.3	13.1	15.4	9.3	11.7	17.2	24.8	17.5	19.9	18.6	9.4	12.3	-4.2	-6.4	-0.2	-6.8	-3.2	-0.1	-0.6
Other	7.0	8.3	9.9	8.2	12.5	12.8	13.2	7.0	4.9	5.0	6.8	5.6	6.2	4.0	0.0	3.5	4.9	1.5	6.9	6.6	9.2
Total persons	55.1	60.0	66.1	72.4	75.8	79.8	79.2	70.2	64.8	58.6	55.9	56.6	50.0	49.2	-15.2	-4.8	7.5	16.5	19.2	29.8	30.0

Males
At work	15.2	13.7	16.1	22.8	23.8	28.3	29.1	16.1	12.3	16.0	12.3	15.6	13.3	16.6	-0.9	1.4	0.0	10.5	8.3	15.0	12.4
Unemployed	5.7	3.3	4.2	5.1	4.0	4.9	2.5	10.4	6.8	5.0	3.3	4.1	4.2	2.0	-4.7	-3.5	-0.8	1.8	-0.1	0.6	0.5
Student	7.2	9.5	8.4	5.8	8.6	2.4	5.9	7.4	12.7	7.8	9.5	7.6	3.6	5.5	-0.3	-3.1	0.6	-3.6	1.0	-1.2	0.4
Other	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.5	2.1	3.5	2.2	1.9	2.1	1.0	1.3	2.6	2.4	1.3	-1.1	-0.4	0.9	1.2	-0.5	1.1	0.9
Total males	28.8	28.3	30.6	36.2	38.6	39.1	39.6	35.7	33.9	29.9	26.3	30.0	23.6	25.4	-6.9	-5.6	0.7	9.9	8.7	15.6	14.2

Females
At work	11.1	11.9	16.0	18.3	18.3	20.4	18.9	15.2	12.3	12.1	11.2	11.1	14.6	13.0	-4.1	-0.5	3.9	7.1	7.2	5.7	5.9
Unemployed	3.1	4.4	2.6	5.0	1.7	4.2	3.9	4.4	3.7	2.9	2.5	1.6	2.3	1.3	-1.3	0.7	-0.3	2.5	0.1	1.9	2.6
Student	5.8	8.8	8.9	7.2	6.8	6.9	5.8	9.8	12.1	9.7	10.4	11.0	5.8	6.8	-3.9	-3.3	-0.8	-3.2	-4.2	1.1	-1.0
Other	6.2	6.6	8.0	5.7	10.4	9.2	10.9	5.2	2.8	4.0	5.5	3.0	3.7	2.7	1.1	3.8	4.0	0.2	7.4	5.5	8.2
Total females	26.3	31.6	35.5	36.3	37.2	40.7	39.6	34.5	30.9	28.7	29.6	26.6	26.4	23.8	-8.2	0.7	6.8	6.6	10.6	14.2	15.8
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 7 Estimated Population classified by Sex and Age Group, 2013 - 2019
Sex and Age Group	Persons in April of each year
Sex and Age Group	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²
	'000
Persons
0 - 4 years	353.0	345.4	337.9	331.4	324.6	319.3	315.2
5 - 9 "	333.0	342.1	349.3	355.3	359.1	356.9	352.3
10 - 14 "	307.9	310.1	314.4	318.9	323.3	332.6	341.4
15 - 19 "	284.4	290.6	296.1	301.2	308.5	316.2	319.9
20 - 24 "	278.9	276.6	275.5	273.5	276.3	289.3	298.1
25 - 29 "	321.8	305.9	298.7	296.7	292.4	291.1	289.2
30 - 34 "	391.4	382.5	369.2	360.3	347.9	335.8	330.8
35 - 39 "	366.8	371.6	379.8	388.1	394.6	398.3	397.0
40 - 44 "	341.0	347.4	353.0	356.5	363.1	369.9	379.9
45 - 49 "	310.1	312.6	317.0	324.9	333.1	341.2	351.1
50 - 54 "	282.8	289.2	295.2	298.4	303.3	306.7	310.5
55 - 59 "	251.1	255.7	260.6	268.2	274.0	279.9	285.9
60 - 64 "	223.2	226.4	230.8	236.5	242.3	246.5	253.8
65 - 69 "	190.0	197.2	203.6	208.0	211.3	215.8	219.3
70 - 74 "	138.7	144.4	150.8	159.9	169.2	177.7	184.8
75 - 79 "	106.4	109.1	112.2	114.2	116.8	121.9	127.5
80 - 84 "	73.4	76.1	78.8	80.5	82.9	85.1	87.4
85 years and over	60.7	62.7	64.9	67.3	69.7	73.0	77.3
Total persons	4,614.7	4,645.4	4,687.8	4,739.6	4,792.5	4,857.0	4,921.5

Males
0 - 4 years	180.0	176.0	172.4	169.7	166.1	163.3	161.1
5 - 9 "	170.7	175.1	178.5	181.4	183.1	182.1	180.2
10 - 14 "	157.1	158.4	160.9	163.1	165.5	170.5	175.2
15 - 19 "	145.9	149.1	152.0	154.4	157.6	161.2	162.3
20 - 24 "	140.1	139.4	139.9	138.4	140.4	147.3	151.5
25 - 29 "	154.7	147.2	143.7	145.2	144.3	145.2	145.3
30 - 34 "	190.7	184.9	177.0	172.5	166.3	161.1	159.8
35 - 39 "	182.7	183.8	186.9	190.6	192.7	193.1	192.0
40 - 44 "	170.9	172.9	175.0	177.2	180.1	183.2	187.4
45 - 49 "	154.4	156.1	158.4	162.5	166.2	170.2	174.7
50 - 54 "	140.6	143.4	146.1	147.7	150.1	152.0	154.5
55 - 59 "	125.1	127.2	129.3	133.1	135.9	138.6	141.1
60 - 64 "	111.5	112.9	115.0	117.7	120.5	122.4	126.0
65 - 69 "	94.9	98.5	101.2	103.4	104.8	106.8	108.4
70 - 74 "	67.4	70.4	73.6	78.4	82.9	87.4	90.8
75 - 79 "	49.2	50.7	52.4	53.5	55.1	57.6	60.6
80 - 84 "	30.8	32.6	34.1	34.9	36.2	37.5	38.7
85 years and over	19.3	20.3	21.4	23.0	24.3	26.2	28.3
Total males	2,286.1	2,299.0	2,317.7	2,346.5	2,372.1	2,405.8	2,438.0

Females
0 - 4 years	173.1	169.3	165.6	161.7	158.5	156.0	154.2
5 - 9 "	162.3	167.0	170.8	173.9	176.0	174.7	172.0
10 - 14 "	150.8	151.6	153.6	155.7	157.8	162.1	166.2
15 - 19 "	138.5	141.4	144.1	146.9	151.0	155.0	157.6
20 - 24 "	138.8	137.3	135.6	135.1	135.9	142.0	146.6
25 - 29 "	167.1	158.7	155.0	151.5	148.2	145.9	143.9
30 - 34 "	200.6	197.6	192.2	187.8	181.6	174.8	171.0
35 - 39 "	184.2	187.8	192.9	197.5	201.9	205.2	205.1
40 - 44 "	170.1	174.4	178.0	179.3	183.0	186.7	192.5
45 - 49 "	155.7	156.5	158.6	162.4	166.9	171.0	176.4
50 - 54 "	142.2	145.8	149.1	150.8	153.2	154.6	156.0
55 - 59 "	126.0	128.5	131.3	135.1	138.2	141.3	144.8
60 - 64 "	111.7	113.4	115.9	118.7	121.8	124.1	127.8
65 - 69 "	95.1	98.7	102.3	104.5	106.4	108.9	110.9
70 - 74 "	71.3	74.0	77.2	81.6	86.3	90.2	94.1
75 - 79 "	57.2	58.4	59.7	60.7	61.7	64.2	66.9
80 - 84 "	42.5	43.5	44.7	45.5	46.6	47.6	48.7
85 years and over	41.4	42.4	43.5	44.4	45.3	46.8	49.0
Total females	2,328.5	2,346.4	2,370.1	2,393.1	2,420.4	2,451.3	2,483.5
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.

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Table 8 Estimated Population classified by Sex, Age Group and Regional Authority Area, April 2019¹
Sex and Age Group	State	Border	Dublin	Mid-East	Midland	Mid-West	South-East	South-West	West
	'000
Persons
0 - 4 years	315.2	26.0	88.4	49.0	21.9	29.6	27.4	44.1	28.9
5 - 9 "	352.3	30.2	91.5	58.0	23.9	34.2	31.6	50.1	32.8
10 - 14 "	341.4	30.3	83.3	56.9	23.4	34.4	32.1	48.8	32.3
15 - 19 "	319.9	27.5	84.2	50.6	21.2	31.7	29.6	44.8	30.3
20 - 24 "	298.1	23.5	91.0	42.0	17.7	29.2	25.3	42.6	26.9
25 - 29 "	289.2	20.0	105.4	36.8	15.9	25.3	22.5	38.9	24.5
30 - 34 "	330.8	23.4	118.3	44.5	19.0	28.3	25.6	44.1	27.7
35 - 39 "	397.0	29.3	128.2	58.4	23.8	35.7	31.9	54.9	34.8
40 - 44 "	379.9	29.3	112.1	58.6	23.0	35.6	32.6	54.3	34.4
45 - 49 "	351.1	28.4	96.0	55.8	21.5	34.9	31.3	50.5	32.7
50 - 54 "	310.5	26.5	80.3	47.7	19.5	31.8	28.9	45.7	30.0
55 - 59 "	285.9	24.8	74.3	41.4	17.8	29.8	27.1	42.7	28.0
60 - 64 "	253.8	22.6	64.9	35.0	15.7	27.3	23.6	38.1	26.6
65 - 69 "	219.3	20.3	54.8	29.3	13.4	24.3	20.8	33.4	23.0
70 - 74 "	184.8	17.2	45.6	24.5	11.0	20.7	17.7	28.8	19.3
75 - 79 "	127.5	11.8	32.9	16.1	7.2	14.2	12.5	19.5	13.3
80 - 84 "	87.4	8.0	23.6	10.1	5.0	9.6	8.3	13.4	9.3
85 years and over	77.3	7.4	21.0	8.8	3.9	8.5	7.0	11.6	9.0
Total persons	4,921.5	406.7	1,395.6	723.5	304.9	485.0	435.8	706.2	463.7

Males
0 - 4 years	161.1	13.2	45.2	25.1	11.2	15.1	14.0	22.6	14.6
5 - 9 "	180.2	15.6	46.8	29.5	12.2	17.5	16.3	25.5	16.9
10 - 14 "	175.2	15.7	42.7	29.1	12.0	17.8	16.5	24.8	16.6
15 - 19 "	162.3	14.0	42.1	26.2	10.8	16.0	15.1	23.1	15.1
20 - 24 "	151.5	11.9	45.7	21.7	9.1	15.0	12.8	21.6	13.7
25 - 29 "	145.3	10.1	52.5	18.4	8.1	12.9	11.3	19.6	12.5
30 - 34 "	159.8	11.2	57.7	21.3	9.1	13.8	12.2	21.2	13.3
35 - 39 "	192.0	14.1	62.4	28.0	11.6	17.4	15.4	26.5	16.6
40 - 44 "	187.4	14.4	55.4	28.6	11.5	17.8	16.0	26.7	16.8
45 - 49 "	174.7	14.0	47.5	27.8	10.8	17.5	15.6	25.4	16.2
50 - 54 "	154.5	13.3	39.2	24.0	9.9	16.0	14.3	22.9	15.1
55 - 59 "	141.1	12.3	35.7	20.6	9.0	14.9	13.4	21.4	13.8
60 - 64 "	126.0	11.3	31.0	17.4	8.1	13.9	12.0	19.1	13.3
65 - 69 "	108.4	10.3	26.0	14.6	6.8	12.3	10.5	16.6	11.5
70 - 74 "	90.8	8.7	21.3	12.2	5.5	10.2	8.8	14.2	9.9
75 - 79 "	60.6	5.9	14.9	7.8	3.5	6.8	6.0	9.2	6.5
80 - 84 "	38.7	3.7	9.8	4.6	2.2	4.4	3.8	5.9	4.3
85 years and over	28.3	2.9	7.4	3.1	1.6	3.1	2.6	4.2	3.4
Total males	2,438.0	202.5	683.3	359.8	153.0	242.3	216.6	350.3	230.2

Females
0 - 4 years	154.2	12.8	43.2	23.9	10.7	14.5	13.4	21.5	14.2
5 - 9 "	172.0	14.6	44.7	28.5	11.7	16.7	15.3	24.6	15.9
10 - 14 "	166.2	14.6	40.6	27.7	11.4	16.6	15.6	24.0	15.7
15 - 19 "	157.6	13.5	42.2	24.5	10.4	15.7	14.5	21.7	15.2
20 - 24 "	146.6	11.6	45.3	20.3	8.6	14.2	12.4	21.0	13.2
25 - 29 "	143.9	9.9	52.8	18.4	7.9	12.4	11.2	19.3	12.0
30 - 34 "	171.0	12.2	60.6	23.2	9.9	14.5	13.3	22.9	14.4
35 - 39 "	205.1	15.3	65.7	30.4	12.3	18.3	16.6	28.4	18.1
40 - 44 "	192.5	14.9	56.6	30.0	11.5	17.7	16.6	27.6	17.6
45 - 49 "	176.4	14.3	48.5	28.1	10.7	17.4	15.7	25.1	16.6
50 - 54 "	156.0	13.3	41.2	23.7	9.6	15.9	14.6	22.8	14.9
55 - 59 "	144.8	12.5	38.6	20.8	8.8	14.9	13.7	21.3	14.2
60 - 64 "	127.8	11.3	33.8	17.6	7.6	13.5	11.7	19.0	13.3
65 - 69 "	110.9	10.1	28.8	14.8	6.6	12.0	10.4	16.8	11.5
70 - 74 "	94.1	8.5	24.3	12.3	5.5	10.5	8.9	14.6	9.4
75 - 79 "	66.9	5.9	18.0	8.3	3.7	7.3	6.5	10.4	6.7
80 - 84 "	48.7	4.3	13.8	5.6	2.8	5.2	4.6	7.5	5.0
85 years and over	49.0	4.6	13.6	5.6	2.3	5.4	4.4	7.5	5.7
Total females	2,483.5	204.2	712.4	363.7	151.9	242.7	219.3	355.9	233.5
¹Preliminary.
Please note that data at Single Year of Age level in available on table PEA11 of the CSO statbank service.

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Table 9 Estimated Population classified by Sex and Nationality, 2013 - 2019
Year ending April / Nationality	Population
Year ending April / Nationality	2013	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²
	'000
Persons
Irish	4,080.7	4,117.6	4,152.9	4,189.1	4,225.9	4,263.5	4,298.8
UK	109.2	107.1	105.7	105.7	107.7	110.8	114.5
Rest of EU15³	53.2	56.9	60.3	64.9	69.0	73.7	81.8
EU13⁴	234.5	242.8	247.8	249.4	250.3	255.0	257.7
Rest of world	137.1	121.0	121.1	130.4	139.6	154.1	168.7
Total persons	4,614.7	4,645.4	4,687.8	4,739.6	4,792.5	4,857.0	4,921.5

Males
Irish	2,019.4	2,036.0	2,052.1	2,071.4	2,089.7	2,109.0	2,126.2
UK	55.0	54.1	53.6	54.2	55.3	57.3	59.7
Rest of EU15³	25.8	27.6	28.4	31.3	33.0	35.3	39.3
EU13⁴	117.5	121.5	123.5	123.5	124.0	125.6	126.8
Rest of world	68.4	59.8	60.1	66.1	70.0	78.6	86.0
Total males	2,286.1	2,299.0	2,317.7	2,346.5	2,372.1	2,405.8	2,438.0

Females
Irish	2,061.3	2,081.6	2,100.8	2,117.7	2,136.1	2,154.5	2,172.7
UK	54.1	53.0	52.2	51.6	52.4	53.5	54.8
Rest of EU15³	27.4	29.3	31.9	33.5	35.9	38.4	42.5
EU13⁴	117.0	121.3	124.2	125.9	126.3	129.4	130.9
Rest of world	68.7	61.2	61.0	64.4	69.6	75.5	82.6
Total females	2,328.5	2,346.4	2,370.1	2,393.1	2,420.4	2,451.3	2,483.5
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.
³Rest of EU 15: countries before enlargement on 1 May 2004, (i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Portugal)
⁴EU13: 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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Coverage

The reference period for the population estimates is mid-April of each year. The migration flows are in respect of the twelve months to mid-April of the corresponding years, as are the births and deaths. The usually resident population classified by age and sex for 2016 are taken from the Census of Population.

Usual residence population concept

For the purpose of this release the population concept of usual residence has been used, i.e. all persons usually resident and present in the State on census night plus absent persons who are usually resident in Ireland but are temporarily away from home and outside the State on census night. All persons are classified according to their region of usual residence.

Migration Definitions

Immigration - means the action by which a person establishes his or her usual residence in the State for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months, having previously been usually resident in another Member State or a third country.

Emigration - means the action by which a person, having previously been usually resident in the State, ceases to have his or her usual residence in the State for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months.

Source of Migration data

The principal source of information for the estimation of the gross annual migration flows is the Irish Labour Force Survey (LFS), which also provides the basis for the classification of the flows by sex, age group, origin/destination and nationality.

The migration estimates are compiled with reference to movements in other migration indicators such as the number of Personal Public Service (PPS) numbers allocated to non-Irish nationals and new registrations with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). The number of visas issued to Irish nationals to a number of destinations including Australia, USA and Canada are compared with the emigration data collected by the LFS. In addition, data on National Insurance numbers (equivalent to PPS numbers) issued to Irish nationals in the UK is referenced. Mirror statistics measuring the flows of Irish nationals to/from the EU28 are also examined.

The release also provides estimates of immigration and emigration by educational attainment (Table 5) and principal economic status (Table 6), based on responses in the LFS. The principal economic status question refers to persons aged 15 years or over and is a self-perception question, i.e. people are classified according to how they perceive their situation.

As with all breakdowns of migration (by age, nationality, origin and destination), the breakdown by educational attainment and principal economic status should be considered broadly indicative given the relatively small sample sizes associated with these flows. In addition, as a person's principal economic status can change over the course of a year (and to a lesser extent their educational attainment), for immigrants these two tables refer to their status in the quarter prior to the April of the year in question, while for emigrants it is their status in the period prior to departure.

Calculation of annual population estimates

The annual population estimates for mid-April are calculated by trending forwards the previous Census of Population data. For example, the base population data for estimating the April 2017 figure was the number of males and females in each region by single year of age and nationality as established by the 2016 Census. From this base, each person was aged by one year, births for the period were added and deaths were subtracted. The estimated number of immigrants was then added and the number of emigrants was subtracted. Allowance was also made for estimated inter-regional migration in arriving at the final 2017 figures.

The end result of this overall process provided the population estimate for April 2017 which in turn will provide the base population for the subsequent year and so on. The population estimates are subject to revision once the definitive results of the next census become available.

The population by nationality estimates are made possible by trending forwards the previous Census of Population and incorporating gross migration flows by nationality based on responses in the LFS. Allowance is also made for the non-Irish nationals who acquire citizenship certificates over the period in question. The number of births by nationality is estimated using the distribution of the nationality of births as recorded in the 2016 Census, while deaths by nationality are also estimated based on recent census results using the nationality distribution of the population by five year age groups.

Natural Increase

The General Registration Office (GRO) supplies registered data for births and deaths and these are typically added to the population file quarterly in arrears (N+1).

Internal migration

By examining a person's usual residence at the time of a census and one year previously it is possible to determine inter-regional migration patterns. Following each Census a new internal migration matrix is produced and used to measure inter-censal internal migration. Internal migration for the year to April 2019 takes account of the Census 2016 results.

Census 2016 - Inter-regional internal migration flows
	Border	Dublin	Mid-East	Midland	Mid-West	South-East	South-West	West	State
Inwards	4,207	14,330	12,148	4,796	5,094	5,355	5,501	5,736	57,167
Outwards	3,691	18,716	10,282	4,052	5,185	4,344	5,470	5,427	57,167
Net Flow	516	-4,386	1,866	744	-91	1,011	31	309	0

Nationality

All persons with Irish nationality or citizenship are classified under the category "Irish" in table 9 (Estimated population classified by sex and nationality).

The Irish Naturalization and Immigration Service provide annual data for persons who acquire Irish citizenship. The availability of the citizenship data for year N is N+2 and so estimates for 2018 and subsequent years will be achieved by trending forward the rates noted for the most recent year available. Therefore, for the purpose of the 2019 release the 2017 distribution of citizenship acquisitions was applied.

Citizenship Certificates issued
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
UK	85	55	51	54	98	529	687
Rest of EU 15	75	91	149	145	170	169	202
EU 13	1,265	1,615	2,725	2,921	3,058	3,022	3,024
Rest of World	23,685	22,482	18,177	10,443	6,712	4,474	4,310
Total	25,110	24,243	21,102	13,563	10,038	8,196	8,223

NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regions

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) were created by Eurostat in order to define territorial units for the production of regional statistics across the European Union. In 2003 the NUTS classification was established within a legal framework (Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003).

As the administrative territorial breakdown of EU Member States is the basis of the NUTS classification, changes made under the 2014 Local Government Act prompted a revision to the Irish NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 Regions. These changes included the amalgamation of the local authorities of Tipperary North and South, Limerick City and County Councils and Waterford City and County Councils. In addition three Regional Assemblies were established (Northern & Western, Southern, Eastern & Midland).

The main changes at NUTS 3 level are the transfer of South Tipperary from the South-East into the Mid-West NUTS 3 region and the movement of Louth from the Border to the Mid-East NUTS 3 Region. There are now three NUTS 2 Regions which correspond to the Regional Assemblies established in the 2014 Local Government Act and are groupings of the new NUTS 3 Regions. The revisions made to the NUTS boundaries have been given legal status under Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066. The new NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 structure and classification are displayed in the table below:

NUTS2 Code	NUTS 2 Name	NUTS3 Code	NUTS 3 Name	County
IE04	Northern & Western	IE041	Border	Donegal
				Sligo
				Leitrim
				Cavan
				Monaghan
		IE042	West	Galway
				Mayo
				Roscommon
IE05	Southern	IE051	Mid-West	Clare
				Tipperary
				Limerick
		IE052	South-East	Waterford
				Kilkenny
				Carlow
				Wexford
		IE053	South-West	Cork
				Kerry
IE06	Eastern & Midland	IE061	Dublin	Dublin
		IE062	Mid-East	Wicklow
				Kildare
				Meath
				Louth
		IE063	Midlands	Longford
				Westmeath
				Offaly
				Laois

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Population and Migration Estimates

April 2019

Population growth of 64,500 in the year to April 2019

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Usual residence population concept

Migration Definitions

Source of Migration data

Calculation of annual population estimates

Natural Increase

Internal migration

Nationality

NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regions

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