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CSO statistical release, 20 August 2020, 11am

Population and Migration Estimates

April 2020

	Year ending
	April 2019	April 2020
Immigration	88,600	85,400
Emigration	54,900	56,500
Net migration	33,700	28,900
of which Irish nationals	-2,100	500
Natural increase	30,800	27,100
Population change	64,500	55,900

Population	4,921,500	4,977,400

Population estimated to be 4.98 million in April 2020

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The combined effect of positive net migration and natural increase resulted in an overall increase in the population of 55,900 (1.1%) in the year to April 2020. This compares to an increase of 64,500 for the year to April 2019 and brings the population estimate to 4.98 million in April 2020. See table 1.

The number of immigrants to the State in the year to April 2020 is estimated to have decreased by 3.6% to 85,400 from 88,600 the previous year. The number of emigrants increased over the same period to 56,500 (2.9%) from 54,900 in 2019. These combined flows resulted in net inward migration for Ireland in the year to April 2020 of 28,900, a reduction of 4,800 (-14.2%) on the previous year. See table 1.

Irish nationals accounted for 28,900 (33.8%) of the 85,400 immigrants to Ireland, this is the highest number of returning Irish nationals since 2007. Of the 56,500 emigrants from Ireland 28,300 (50.1%) were estimated to be Irish nationals. Consequently, net inward migration of Irish nationals in the year to April 2020 was just over 500. This represents an increase of 2,600 on the year to April 2019 when net outward migration of Irish nationals was estimated to be -2,100. See table 2.

The number of births in the period was 58,300 while the number of deaths was 31,200, resulting in a natural increase of the population of 27,100. This is the lowest level of natural increase recorded since the 2001 population estimates. See table 1.

Other main features of the 2020 figures are:

Of the 85,400 people who immigrated to Ireland in the year to April 2020, 28,900 (33.8%) were estimated to be Irish nationals. This is an increase of 2,000 (7.4%) on the year to April 2019 when 26,900 Irish nationals returned from abroad. See table 2.
Of the 56,500 people who emigrated from Ireland in the year to April 2020, 28,300 (50.1%) are estimated to be Irish nationals. This represents a decrease of 700 (2.4%) on the year to April 2019 when 29,000 Irish nationals emigrated abroad. See table 2.
Non-Irish nationals from outside the EU continued to display strong migration flows, accounting for 30,400 (35.6%) of total immigrants and 11,400 (20.4%) of total emigrants. See table 2.
In April 2020, there were 720,100 resident persons estimated to be aged 65 years and over, reflecting an increase of 90,200 persons (+14.3%), in this age group since April 2016. See table 7.
The population of Dublin in April 2020 was estimated to be almost 1.42 million persons, 28.5% of the total population. See table 8.
In April 2020, there were an estimated 644,400 non-Irish nationals resident in Ireland accounting for 12.9% of the total population. See table 9.

Show Table 1 Components of the annual population change, 1987 - 2020

Table 1 Components of the annual population change, 1987 - 2020
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
2020³	58.3	31.2	27.1	85.4	56.5	28.9	55.9	4,977.4
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, 2014 - 2020
Year ending April / Nationality	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Nationality	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²
	'000
Persons
Irish	22.8	26.6	28.4	27.4	28.4	26.9	28.9	45.0	42.5	37.1	30.8	28.3	29.0	28.3	-22.2	-16.0	-8.8	-3.4	0.1	-2.1	0.5
UK³	4.2	5.0	5.9	6.1	7.3	7.4	5.5	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	3.0
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	9.4	10.2	11.4	10.8	11.6	12.6	9.2	6.3	6.0	5.7	6.7	6.8	4.5	5.2	3.1	4.2	5.6	4.1	4.8	8.0	4.1
EU15 to EU27⁵	11.1	12.2	13.2	10.9	12.2	11.1	11.4	7.6	7.1	6.8	9.6	7.1	7.0	9.2	3.5	5.1	6.4	1.3	5.0	4.1	2.2
Rest of world	19.0	21.9	23.6	29.4	30.9	30.6	30.4	10.2	8.8	11.4	13.7	10.0	11.2	11.4	8.8	13.1	12.3	15.7	20.8	19.4	19.0
Total persons	66.5	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	85.4	75.0	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	56.5	-8.5	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7	28.9

Males
Irish	9.9	11.9	14.4	14.1	14.1	13.8	14.1	23.4	21.8	17.4	16.3	13.7	15.2	14.2	-13.5	-9.9	-3.0	-2.2	0.4	-1.4	-0.1
UK³	2.0	2.5	3.3	3.3	3.8	3.9	3.1	2.7	2.6	2.2	2.1	1.7	1.2	1.9	-0.7	-0.1	1.1	1.2	2.1	2.7	1.2
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	4.3	4.6	5.2	5.2	5.4	6.1	4.1	2.9	2.8	2.4	3.5	3.1	2.1	2.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	2.1
EU15 to EU27⁵	4.9	5.5	6.8	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.3	3.7	3.5	3.0	5.1	3.8	3.6	4.5	1.2	2.0	3.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	0.8
Rest of world	9.7	11.2	11.5	14.5	15.7	15.9	15.2	5.6	5.2	6.0	7.3	4.0	6.0	5.3	4.1	6.0	5.5	7.2	11.7	9.9	9.9
Total persons	30.9	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.9	38.3	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	27.9	-7.4	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9	14.0

Females
Irish	12.9	14.7	13.9	13.3	14.3	13.2	14.8	21.6	20.7	19.7	14.6	14.6	13.8	14.1	-8.7	-6.1	-5.8	-1.3	-0.3	-0.7	0.6
UK³	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.8	3.5	3.6	2.4	3.1	2.9	3.0	1.9	2.4	2.0	0.6	-0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.9	1.1	1.6	1.8
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	5.1	5.6	6.2	5.6	6.2	6.5	5.1	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.1	3.7	2.4	3.1	1.7	2.4	2.8	2.4	2.5	4.1	2.0
EU15 to EU27⁵	6.1	6.7	6.4	5.3	6.7	5.7	6.0	3.9	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
Rest of world	9.3	10.7	12.1	14.9	15.1	14.7	15.3	4.6	3.6	5.4	6.5	6.0	5.2	6.1	4.7	7.1	6.8	8.5	9.1	9.5	9.2
Total persons	35.6	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	43.5	36.6	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	28.7	-1.0	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8	14.9
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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Table 3 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Country of Origin/Destination, 2014 - 2020
Year ending April / Origin/Destination	Immigrants								Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Origin/Destination	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²
	'000
Persons
UK³	13.5	16.4	18.2	18.7	20.1	19.7	15.3	16.4	16.6	14.4	12.1	11.4	11.6	10.0	-3.0	-0.2	3.8	6.6	8.6	8.1	5.3
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	11.7	11.9	14.7	15.1	14.9	14.0	13.8	14.8	13.3	13.9	12.9	12.3	10.4	12.2	-3.2	-1.4	0.9	2.2	2.6	3.6	1.6
EU15 to EU27⁵	10.8	11.9	11.9	12.2	11.0	9.1	8.7	8.0	5.9	9.3	9.7	6.5	3.8	9.1	2.8	6.0	2.7	2.5	4.5	5.3	-0.4
Australia	5.4	5.8	6.9	7.1	7.2	5.8	6.4	9.2	6.5	5.3	5.3	4.5	6.5	6.1	-3.8	-0.7	1.6	1.8	2.7	-0.7	0.2
Canada	2.2	2.7	3.1	3.2	2.5	2.4	2.9	4.3	6.6	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.9	3.1	-2.1	-3.9	-0.3	-0.5	-1.4	-2.6	-0.1
USA	4.4	4.4	5.3	5.4	7.3	6.2	5.5	6.3	5.1	5.7	6.5	5.8	5.2	6.0	-1.9	-0.7	-0.4	-1.1	1.5	1.0	-0.5
Rest of world	18.6	22.8	22.2	22.8	27.4	31.4	32.8	16.0	15.9	14.2	14.6	11.9	12.5	10.1	2.6	6.9	8.0	8.2	15.5	19.0	22.7
Total persons	66.5	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	85.4	75.0	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	56.5	-8.5	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7	28.9

Males
UK³	6.5	8.1	9.5	9.8	10.2	9.4	7.9	8.4	7.6	7.6	6.5	5.0	6.0	5.6	-2.0	0.5	1.8	3.3	5.2	3.4	2.2
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	5.2	4.9	6.8	7.1	7.6	6.6	6.8	6.6	4.7	5.7	5.9	4.7	5.7	5.6	-1.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.9	0.9	1.1
EU15 to EU27⁵	5.2	6.0	6.3	6.5	5.0	3.5	3.8	4.8	3.7	4.3	5.2	3.0	2.0	4.1	0.4	2.3	2.0	1.3	2.1	1.5	-0.3
Australia	2.7	3.1	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.7	4.4	3.2	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.9	3.2	-1.7	-0.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.5
Canada	1.3	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.1	1.4	1.3	3.0	4.7	1.7	2.1	2.1	2.3	1.8	-1.7	-3.3	0.0	-0.4	-1.0	-1.0	-0.6
USA	1.5	1.7	2.4	2.5	3.4	3.2	2.6	3.0	2.3	2.8	4.3	3.0	3.3	2.8	-1.5	-0.6	-0.4	-1.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.3
Rest of world	8.6	10.4	11.0	11.4	13.5	17.5	15.9	8.1	9.5	6.4	7.4	6.0	5.9	4.6	0.5	0.9	4.6	4.0	7.4	11.7	11.3
Total males	30.9	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.9	38.3	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	27.9	-7.4	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9	14.0

Females
UK³	7.0	8.3	8.7	8.9	9.9	10.3	7.4	8.0	9.0	6.8	5.6	6.5	5.6	4.3	-1.0	-0.7	1.9	3.3	3.4	4.7	3.1
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	6.5	7.0	7.9	8.1	7.3	7.5	7.0	8.2	8.7	8.2	7.0	7.6	4.7	6.6	-1.7	-1.6	-0.3	1.1	-0.3	2.7	0.4
EU15 to EU27⁵	5.6	5.9	5.6	5.8	5.9	5.6	4.9	3.1	2.2	5.0	4.5	3.6	1.8	4.9	2.4	3.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.0
Australia	2.7	2.7	3.3	3.4	3.4	2.3	2.7	4.8	3.3	2.8	2.5	1.9	3.6	2.9	-2.1	-0.6	0.5	0.9	1.6	-1.3	-0.2
Canada	1.0	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.0	1.6	1.3	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.8	2.6	1.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-1.6	0.4
USA	2.9	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.9	2.9	2.9	3.3	2.8	2.8	2.2	2.8	1.9	3.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.1	-0.2
Rest of world	10.0	12.4	11.2	11.4	13.9	13.9	17.0	7.9	6.4	7.8	7.3	5.8	6.6	5.5	2.1	6.0	3.4	4.2	8.1	7.3	11.4
Total females	35.6	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	43.5	36.6	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	28.7	-1.0	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8	14.9
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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Table 4 Estimated Migration classified by Sex and Age Group, 2014 - 2020
Year ending April / Age	Immigrants								Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Age	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²
	'000
Persons
0 - 14	6.5	9.8	9.9	8.8	10.6	9.4	8.3	10.2	11.4	10.2	8.2	6.3	5.7	7.1	-3.6	-1.6	-0.3	0.6	4.2	3.7	1.2
15 - 24	21.8	18.3	18.2	18.6	24.1	21.4	20.8	21.8	17.3	18.3	16.2	12.5	17.6	15.7	0.0	1.1	-0.1	2.4	11.6	3.8	5.1
25 - 44	31.6	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	-5.9	4.5	13.5	12.5	15.9	20.0	18.5
45 - 64	3.2	4.1	7.1	7.8	8.3	8.4	6.8	3.3	4.3	4.6	4.4	7.8	3.6	3.5	-0.1	-0.2	2.5	3.4	0.5	4.8	3.3
65 and over	3.4	3.6	2.4	2.3	3.3	2.6	1.2	2.2	1.5	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.5	1.1	2.1	0.7	0.9	1.8	1.4	0.7
Total persons	66.5	75.9	82.3	84.6	90.3	88.6	85.4	75.0	70.0	66.2	64.8	56.3	54.9	56.5	-8.5	5.9	16.2	19.8	34.0	33.7	28.9

Males
0 - 14	2.6	5.1	5.0	4.1	5.4	5.4	4.3	4.5	6.0	4.7	4.2	2.8	2.7	3.3	-1.9	-0.8	0.3	-0.2	2.6	2.7	1.0
15 - 24	10.3	7.4	8.0	8.6	11.4	9.3	9.2	10.9	6.5	9.5	7.9	5.5	8.7	7.1	-0.6	0.8	-1.5	0.7	5.9	0.5	2.1
25 - 44	15.0	19.4	23.1	24.1	21.8	24.8	24.6	20.3	19.6	13.9	18.2	13.7	14.4	15.0	-5.3	-0.3	9.2	5.9	8.1	10.4	9.6
45 - 64	1.4	2.2	4.0	4.7	4.2	4.5	2.9	1.9	2.9	2.2	3.0	3.7	1.8	2.3	-0.5	-0.7	1.8	1.7	0.5	2.7	0.6
65 and over	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	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	0.6	0.7
Total males	30.9	35.7	41.2	42.7	44.5	45.0	41.9	38.3	35.8	31.0	34.2	26.4	28.1	27.9	-7.4	-0.1	10.1	8.5	18.2	16.9	14.0

Females
0 - 14	3.9	4.7	4.9	4.7	5.1	4.0	4.0	5.7	5.5	5.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	3.8	-1.8	-0.8	-0.6	0.8	1.6	1.0	0.2
15 - 24	11.5	11.0	10.2	10.0	12.7	12.1	11.6	10.9	10.7	8.8	8.3	6.9	8.9	8.6	0.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	5.7	3.2	3.0
25 - 44	16.6	20.6	21.6	23.0	22.4	22.0	23.7	17.1	15.8	17.4	16.4	14.6	12.4	14.7	-0.5	4.8	4.3	6.6	7.8	9.6	8.9
45 - 64	1.8	2.0	3.1	3.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	1.4	1.4	2.4	1.4	4.0	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.7	0.0	2.1	2.7
65 and over	1.8	1.9	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.5	0.4	1.5	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.1
Total females	35.6	40.2	41.2	41.9	45.8	43.6	43.5	36.6	34.1	35.1	30.6	30.0	26.8	28.7	-1.0	6.0	6.0	11.3	15.8	16.8	14.9
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.

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Table 5 Estimated Migration (aged 15 and over) classified by Sex and Education Attainment, 2014 - 2020
Year ending April / Education Attainment	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Education Attainment	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²
	'000
Persons
Higher secondary and below	15.1	17.7	18.0	16.8	18.4	16.9	14.3	23.5	20.1	20.0	20.2	12.8	14.6	16.9	-8.4	-2.4	-2.0	-3.4	5.6	2.3	-2.6
Post leaving cert³	3.9	2.7	8.7	3.7	8.8	4.6	3.6	5.4	3.3	3.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	3.6	-1.4	-0.6	5.1	1.3	4.8	2.1	0.0
Third level⁴	35.1	37.2	42.4	48.6	49.2	53.0	56.9	30.1	31.0	25.5	27.9	26.5	28.3	26.3	4.9	6.2	16.8	20.7	22.7	24.7	30.5
Not stated	5.8	8.6	3.4	6.8	3.4	4.7	2.3	5.7	4.2	6.8	6.1	6.6	3.8	2.6	0.1	4.4	-3.4	0.7	-3.3	0.9	-0.3
Total persons	60.0	66.1	72.4	75.8	79.8	79.2	77.1	64.8	58.6	55.9	56.6	50.0	49.2	49.4	-4.8	7.5	16.5	19.2	29.8	30.0	27.7

Males
Higher secondary and below	7.6	9.0	9.7	9.2	11.3	7.6	7.1	13.4	10.7	10.7	11.2	6.5	8.6	10.6	-5.8	-1.8	-1.1	-2.0	4.8	-1.0	-3.5
Post leaving cert³	2.1	0.9	5.2	2.7	5.7	2.7	3.2	3.0	2.4	1.9	1.7	2.1	1.5	1.3	-0.9	-1.5	3.3	1.0	3.6	1.1	1.9
Third level⁴	16.0	16.8	19.6	23.8	20.2	27.7	26.3	14.8	14.4	11.2	13.9	11.0	13.3	10.9	1.3	2.4	8.4	9.9	9.2	14.4	15.3
Not stated	2.5	3.9	1.7	2.9	1.9	1.7	1.0	2.6	2.3	2.5	3.1	4.0	2.0	1.7	-0.1	1.6	-0.8	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	-0.7
Total males	28.3	30.6	36.2	38.6	39.1	39.6	37.6	33.9	29.9	26.3	30.0	23.6	25.4	24.6	-5.6	0.7	9.9	8.7	15.6	14.2	13.0

Females
Higher secondary and below	7.5	8.7	8.4	7.6	7.1	9.4	7.3	10.1	9.4	9.3	9.0	6.4	6.0	6.3	-2.6	-0.6	-1.0	-1.4	0.8	3.3	1.0
Post leaving cert³	1.8	1.7	3.4	1.1	3.1	1.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	1.7	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.3	-0.5	0.9	1.8	0.3	1.1	1.0	-1.9
Third level⁴	19.1	20.4	22.8	24.7	29.0	25.3	30.6	15.4	16.6	14.4	13.9	15.5	15.0	15.4	3.7	3.8	8.4	10.8	13.5	10.3	15.2
Not stated	3.3	4.7	1.7	3.8	1.5	3.0	1.3	3.1	1.9	4.3	3.0	2.6	1.8	0.9	0.2	2.8	-2.6	0.9	-1.1	1.2	0.4
Total females	31.6	35.5	36.3	37.2	40.7	39.5	39.5	30.9	28.7	29.6	26.6	26.4	23.8	24.8	0.7	6.8	6.6	10.6	14.2	15.8	14.7
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, 2014 - 2020
Year ending April / Principal Economic Status	Immigrants							Emigrants							Net Migration
Year ending April / Principal Economic Status	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²
	'000
Persons
At work	25.6	32.0	41.1	42.1	48.7	48.0	46.7	24.7	28.1	23.5	26.6	27.9	29.7	28.6	0.9	3.9	17.6	15.5	20.8	18.3	18.1
Unemployed	7.7	6.8	10.1	5.7	9.0	6.4	11.3	10.5	8.0	5.8	5.7	6.5	3.2	3.0	-2.8	-1.1	4.3	0.0	2.5	3.2	8.3
Student	18.4	17.3	13.1	15.4	9.3	11.7	10.4	24.8	17.5	19.9	18.6	9.4	12.3	13.8	-6.4	-0.2	-6.8	-3.2	-0.1	-0.6	-3.4
Other	8.3	9.9	8.2	12.5	12.8	13.2	8.7	4.9	5.0	6.8	5.6	6.2	4.0	4.0	3.5	4.9	1.5	6.9	6.6	9.2	4.7
Total persons	60.0	66.1	72.4	75.8	79.8	79.2	77.1	64.8	58.6	55.9	56.6	50.0	49.2	49.4	-4.8	7.5	16.5	19.2	29.8	30.0	27.7

Males
At work	13.7	16.1	22.8	23.8	28.3	29.1	24.8	12.3	16.0	12.3	15.6	13.3	16.6	15.7	1.4	0.0	10.5	8.3	15.0	12.4	9.1
Unemployed	3.3	4.2	5.1	4.0	4.9	2.5	4.6	6.8	5.0	3.3	4.1	4.2	2.0	1.8	-3.5	-0.8	1.8	-0.1	0.6	0.5	2.8
Student	9.5	8.4	5.8	8.6	2.4	5.9	5.2	12.7	7.8	9.5	7.6	3.6	5.5	5.9	-3.1	0.6	-3.6	1.0	-1.2	0.4	-0.8
Other	1.7	1.9	2.5	2.1	3.5	2.2	3.1	2.1	1.0	1.3	2.6	2.4	1.3	1.2	-0.4	0.9	1.2	-0.5	1.1	0.9	1.8
Total males	28.3	30.6	36.2	38.6	39.1	39.6	37.6	33.9	29.9	26.3	30.0	23.6	25.4	24.6	-5.6	0.7	9.9	8.7	15.6	14.2	13.0

Females
At work	11.9	16.0	18.3	18.3	20.4	18.9	21.9	12.3	12.1	11.2	11.1	14.6	13.0	12.9	-0.5	3.9	7.1	7.2	5.7	5.9	9.0
Unemployed	4.4	2.6	5.0	1.7	4.2	3.9	6.7	3.7	2.9	2.5	1.6	2.3	1.3	1.2	0.7	-0.3	2.5	0.1	1.9	2.6	5.4
Student	8.8	8.9	7.2	6.8	6.9	5.8	5.3	12.1	9.7	10.4	11.0	5.8	6.8	7.9	-3.3	-0.8	-3.2	-4.2	1.1	-1.0	-2.6
Other	6.6	8.0	5.7	10.4	9.2	10.9	5.6	2.8	4.0	5.5	3.0	3.7	2.7	2.8	3.8	4.0	0.2	7.4	5.5	8.2	2.8
Total females	31.6	35.5	36.3	37.2	40.7	39.6	39.5	30.9	28.7	29.6	26.6	26.4	23.8	24.8	0.7	6.8	6.6	10.6	14.2	15.8	14.7
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, 2014 - 2020
Sex and Age Group	Persons in April of each year
Sex and Age Group	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²
	'000
Persons
0 - 4 years	345.4	337.9	331.4	324.6	319.3	315.2	309.5
5 - 9 "	342.1	349.3	355.3	359.1	356.9	352.3	344.1
10 - 14 "	310.1	314.4	318.9	323.3	332.6	341.4	350.0
15 - 19 "	290.6	296.1	301.2	308.5	316.2	319.9	323.9
20 - 24 "	276.6	275.5	273.5	276.3	289.3	298.1	307.2
25 - 29 "	305.9	298.7	296.7	292.4	291.1	289.2	292.2
30 - 34 "	382.5	369.2	360.3	347.9	335.8	330.8	324.0
35 - 39 "	371.6	379.8	388.1	394.6	398.3	397.0	386.5
40 - 44 "	347.4	353.0	356.5	363.1	369.9	379.9	393.7
45 - 49 "	312.6	317.0	324.9	333.1	341.2	351.1	358.5
50 - 54 "	289.2	295.2	298.4	303.3	306.7	310.5	316.0
55 - 59 "	255.7	260.6	268.2	274.0	279.9	285.9	292.7
60 - 64 "	226.4	230.8	236.5	242.3	246.5	253.8	258.9
65 - 69 "	197.2	203.6	208.0	211.3	215.8	219.3	224.2
70 - 74 "	144.4	150.8	159.9	169.2	177.7	184.8	190.8
75 - 79 "	109.1	112.2	114.2	116.8	121.9	127.5	134.1
80 - 84 "	76.1	78.8	80.5	82.9	85.1	87.4	89.8
85 years and over	62.7	64.9	67.3	69.7	73.0	77.3	81.2
Total persons	4,645.4	4,687.8	4,739.6	4,792.5	4,857.0	4,921.5	4,977.4

Males
0 - 4 years	176.0	172.4	169.7	166.1	163.3	161.1	158.2
5 - 9 "	175.1	178.5	181.4	183.1	182.1	180.2	176.3
10 - 14 "	158.4	160.9	163.1	165.5	170.5	175.2	179.4
15 - 19 "	149.1	152.0	154.4	157.6	161.2	162.3	164.7
20 - 24 "	139.4	139.9	138.4	140.4	147.3	151.5	156.0
25 - 29 "	147.2	143.7	145.2	144.3	145.2	145.3	147.4
30 - 34 "	184.9	177.0	172.5	166.3	161.1	159.8	157.5
35 - 39 "	183.8	186.9	190.6	192.7	193.1	192.0	186.4
40 - 44 "	172.9	175.0	177.2	180.1	183.2	187.4	193.8
45 - 49 "	156.1	158.4	162.5	166.2	170.2	174.7	177.7
50 - 54 "	143.4	146.1	147.7	150.1	152.0	154.5	157.4
55 - 59 "	127.2	129.3	133.1	135.9	138.6	141.1	144.1
60 - 64 "	112.9	115.0	117.7	120.5	122.4	126.0	128.0
65 - 69 "	98.5	101.2	103.4	104.8	106.8	108.4	111.0
70 - 74 "	70.4	73.6	78.4	82.9	87.4	90.8	93.5
75 - 79 "	50.7	52.4	53.5	55.1	57.6	60.6	64.0
80 - 84 "	32.6	34.1	34.9	36.2	37.5	38.7	40.1
85 years and over	20.3	21.4	23.0	24.3	26.2	28.3	30.2
Total males	2,299.0	2,317.7	2,346.5	2,372.1	2,405.8	2,438.0	2,465.6

Females
0 - 4 years	169.3	165.6	161.7	158.5	156.0	154.2	151.3
5 - 9 "	167.0	170.8	173.9	176.0	174.7	172.0	167.8
10 - 14 "	151.6	153.6	155.7	157.8	162.1	166.2	170.6
15 - 19 "	141.4	144.1	146.9	151.0	155.0	157.6	159.3
20 - 24 "	137.3	135.6	135.1	135.9	142.0	146.6	151.2
25 - 29 "	158.7	155.0	151.5	148.2	145.9	143.9	144.8
30 - 34 "	197.6	192.2	187.8	181.6	174.8	171.0	166.5
35 - 39 "	187.8	192.9	197.5	201.9	205.2	205.1	200.1
40 - 44 "	174.4	178.0	179.3	183.0	186.7	192.5	199.9
45 - 49 "	156.5	158.6	162.4	166.9	171.0	176.4	180.8
50 - 54 "	145.8	149.1	150.8	153.2	154.6	156.0	158.7
55 - 59 "	128.5	131.3	135.1	138.2	141.3	144.8	148.6
60 - 64 "	113.4	115.9	118.7	121.8	124.1	127.8	130.9
65 - 69 "	98.7	102.3	104.5	106.4	108.9	110.9	113.3
70 - 74 "	74.0	77.2	81.6	86.3	90.2	94.1	97.4
75 - 79 "	58.4	59.7	60.7	61.7	64.2	66.9	70.1
80 - 84 "	43.5	44.7	45.5	46.6	47.6	48.7	49.6
85 years and over	42.4	43.5	44.4	45.3	46.8	49.0	51.0
Total females	2,346.4	2,370.1	2,393.1	2,420.4	2,451.3	2,483.5	2511.9
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.

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Table 8 Estimated Population classified by Sex, Age Group and Regional Authority Area, April 2020¹
Sex and Age Group	State	Border	Dublin	Mid-East	Midland	Mid-West	South-East	South-West	West
	'000
Persons
0 - 4 years	309.5	25.3	87.3	48.3	21.1	28.8	26.8	43.3	28.6
5 - 9 "	344.1	29.1	89.4	56.8	23.3	33.0	31.1	49.1	32.3
10 - 14 "	350.0	30.7	86.3	58.6	23.8	34.7	32.7	50.2	33.0
15 - 19 "	323.9	27.5	87.7	51.3	20.6	32.0	29.7	44.7	30.4
20 - 24 "	307.2	24.6	94.4	43.4	17.7	30.4	26.5	42.8	27.5
25 - 29 "	292.2	20.0	104.5	37.6	15.7	25.8	22.4	40.7	25.4
30 - 34 "	324.0	22.4	117.3	43.2	18.0	27.3	24.6	44.0	27.1
35 - 39 "	386.5	27.9	125.1	56.6	22.7	34.5	30.7	54.7	34.3
40 - 44 "	393.7	29.5	118.9	60.1	23.3	36.3	32.9	56.9	35.8
45 - 49 "	358.5	28.7	99.2	57.1	21.8	35.2	31.8	51.4	33.3
50 - 54 "	316.0	27.0	82.0	49.0	19.7	32.2	29.3	46.4	30.4
55 - 59 "	292.7	25.2	75.7	43.1	18.2	30.4	27.8	43.8	28.4
60 - 64 "	258.9	23.1	66.7	35.8	15.9	27.7	24.2	38.8	26.7
65 - 69 "	224.2	20.6	55.9	30.3	13.7	24.7	21.4	34.0	23.7
70 - 74 "	190.8	17.8	47.2	25.3	11.4	21.3	18.4	29.4	20.0
75 - 79 "	134.1	12.5	34.0	17.2	7.7	15.0	13.2	20.5	14.0
80 - 84 "	89.8	8.2	24.1	10.5	5.2	9.9	8.6	13.8	9.5
85 years and over	81.2	7.7	22.1	9.3	4.1	8.9	7.5	12.2	9.4
Total persons	4,977.4	407.9	1,417.7	733.5	304.0	488.3	439.6	716.7	469.8

Males
0 - 4 years	158.2	12.9	44.5	24.8	11.0	14.8	13.6	22.0	14.7
5 - 9 "	176.3	15.1	45.7	29.1	11.9	16.9	15.9	24.9	16.8
10 - 14 "	179.4	15.8	44.3	29.9	12.3	17.8	16.7	25.5	17.1
15 - 19 "	164.7	14.3	43.9	26.6	10.4	16.2	15.1	23.1	15.1
20 - 24 "	156.0	12.7	47.3	22.5	8.9	15.5	13.3	22.0	13.8
25 - 29 "	147.4	10.2	52.6	18.9	7.8	13.2	11.3	20.5	12.9
30 - 34 "	157.5	11.0	57.5	20.5	8.6	13.5	11.9	21.3	13.1
35 - 39 "	186.4	13.5	61.2	26.8	10.9	16.8	14.6	26.3	16.2
40 - 44 "	193.8	14.7	58.9	29.1	11.5	18.2	16.1	27.9	17.4
45 - 49 "	177.7	14.1	48.8	28.4	10.9	17.7	15.7	25.7	16.3
50 - 54 "	157.4	13.5	39.9	24.6	10.0	16.2	14.6	23.2	15.2
55 - 59 "	144.1	12.5	36.2	21.6	9.1	15.2	13.7	21.8	14.1
60 - 64 "	128.0	11.5	31.8	17.9	8.1	14.0	12.2	19.4	13.2
65 - 69 "	111.0	10.4	26.6	15.0	7.0	12.5	10.8	16.8	11.9
70 - 74 "	93.5	8.9	22.0	12.5	5.7	10.5	9.1	14.5	10.2
75 - 79 "	64.0	6.2	15.4	8.4	3.8	7.2	6.4	9.7	6.9
80 - 84 "	40.1	3.9	10.2	4.8	2.3	4.5	3.9	6.1	4.5
85 years and over	30.2	3.0	7.9	3.4	1.7	3.3	2.8	4.4	3.6
Total males	2,465.6	204.2	694.8	364.8	152.0	244.1	217.6	355.2	232.9

Females
0 - 4 years	151.3	12.4	42.8	23.5	10.2	14.0	13.2	21.3	13.9
5 - 9 "	167.8	14.0	43.7	27.7	11.4	16.2	15.2	24.2	15.5
10 - 14 "	170.6	14.8	42.0	28.7	11.5	16.9	16.0	24.7	15.9
15 - 19 "	159.3	13.2	43.8	24.7	10.1	15.9	14.7	21.6	15.2
20 - 24 "	151.2	11.9	47.1	20.9	8.8	14.9	13.1	20.8	13.8
25 - 29 "	144.8	9.7	52.0	18.7	7.8	12.6	11.2	20.2	12.5
30 - 34 "	166.5	11.5	59.7	22.6	9.4	13.8	12.8	22.6	14.0
35 - 39 "	200.1	14.4	63.8	29.7	11.8	17.7	16.1	28.4	18.1
40 - 44 "	199.9	14.9	59.9	31.1	11.7	18.1	16.8	29.0	18.4
45 - 49 "	180.8	14.6	50.4	28.8	10.9	17.5	16.0	25.7	16.9
50 - 54 "	158.7	13.5	42.1	24.4	9.7	16.0	14.7	23.2	15.2
55 - 59 "	148.6	12.8	39.5	21.6	9.1	15.2	14.1	22.0	14.4
60 - 64 "	130.9	11.6	34.9	17.9	7.8	13.7	12.0	19.4	13.6
65 - 69 "	113.3	10.2	29.3	15.2	6.7	12.2	10.6	17.2	11.8
70 - 74 "	97.4	8.8	25.1	12.8	5.7	10.8	9.3	14.9	9.8
75 - 79 "	70.1	6.2	18.6	8.8	4.0	7.8	6.9	10.8	7.1
80 - 84 "	49.6	4.4	13.9	5.7	2.8	5.4	4.7	7.7	5.1
85 years and over	51.0	4.7	14.1	5.9	2.4	5.6	4.6	7.8	5.9
Total females	2,511.9	203.7	722.9	368.7	151.9	244.2	222.0	361.5	236.9
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, 2014 - 2020
Year ending April / Nationality	Population
Year ending April / Nationality	2014	2015	2016 ¹	2017 ²	2018²	2019 ²	2020 ²
	'000
Persons
Irish	4,117.6	4,152.9	4,189.1	4,225.9	4,263.5	4,298.8	4,333.0
UK³	107.1	105.7	105.7	107.7	110.8	114.5	116.9
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	56.9	60.3	64.9	69.0	73.7	81.8	85.8
EU15 to EU27⁵	242.8	247.8	249.4	250.3	255.0	257.7	258.2
Rest of world	121.0	121.1	130.4	139.6	154.1	168.7	183.5
Total persons	4,645.4	4,687.8	4,739.6	4,792.5	4,857.0	4,921.5	4,977.4

Males
Irish	2,036.0	2,052.1	2,071.4	2,089.7	2,109.0	2,126.2	2,142.9
UK³	54.1	53.6	54.2	55.3	57.3	59.7	60.6
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	27.6	28.4	31.3	33.0	35.3	39.3	41.4
EU15 to EU27⁵	121.5	123.5	123.5	124.0	125.6	126.8	126.9
Rest of world	59.8	60.1	66.1	70.0	78.6	86.0	93.8
Total males	2,299.0	2,317.7	2,346.5	2,372.1	2,405.8	2,438.0	2,465.6

Females
Irish	2,081.6	2,100.8	2,117.7	2,136.1	2,154.5	2,172.7	2,190.2
UK³	53.0	52.2	51.6	52.4	53.5	54.8	56.3
EU14 excl. IRL⁴	29.3	31.9	33.5	35.9	38.4	42.5	44.4
EU15 to EU27⁵	121.3	124.2	125.9	126.3	129.4	130.9	131.3
Rest of world	61.2	61.0	64.4	69.6	75.5	82.6	89.7
Total females	2,346.4	2,370.1	2,393.1	2,420.4	2,451.3	2,483.5	2,511.9
¹Census of Population 2016.
²Preliminary.
³ In 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.
⁴ Rest 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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Coverage

The reference period for the population estimates is the end of April of each year. The migration flows are in respect of the twelve months to end April, while the births and deaths are for the 12 months ending Q1 of the reference year. 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.

Principal 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 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.

Effect of COVID-19 on data collection from the Labour Force Survey (LFS)

The LFS usually consists of a household being interviewed face-to-face initially while the majority of follow up interviews are conducted over the telephone. The CSO had to suspend direct face-to-face interviews for the LFS (and other household surveys) due to the social distancing measures introduced in Ireland because of COVID-19. The CSO interviewer now sends an introductory letter to the household before the first interview, to explain the purpose of the survey and to arrange a suitable time for a phone call to conduct the initial LFS interview.

While most of the data collection for Q1 2020 was conducted in the usual way using a combination of face-to-face and telephone interviews, the last few weeks of the quarter consisted of telephone interviews only. This means that the collection of data for the LFS in Q1 2020 was only minimally affected due to COVID-19. As the 2020 population and migration estimates cover the reference period May 2019 - April 2020, the impact of COVID-19 on the collection of the migration data for this years estimates were also limited in nature.

The Social Data Collection team in the CSO are actively engaged in mitigating against the impact of COVID-19 on LFS response rates and the CSO’s Methodology Division are providing guidance in relation to the weighting, calibration, non-response adjustment and other relevant methodology required for the LFS due to COVID-19.

Other sources of migration data

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. Typically between 50% - 65% of non-Irish nationals issued with a PPSN in a given year, remain active the following year.

PPSN's issued to non-Irish nationals
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2018	10,217	9,592	8,743	9,970	10,424	9,851	11,092	11,254	11,387	12,332	10.982	7.203	123,047
2019	10,212	10,210	10,357	9,687	10,557	8,750	11,273	9,858	11,972	12,122	12,339	8,427	125,764
2020	10,050	10,130	6,186	2,887

Stocks of residence permits issued to 3rd country nationals are also examined for coherence purposes (see table below). Note that while residence permits are generally required for those aged 15 years and over, the population stock of 3rd country nationals in the estimates applies to all ages.

Residence permits issued to 3rd country nationals - required for persons aged 15 and over
	2016	2017	2018	2019
Total Stock	110,927	128,066	142,286	168,297

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 also examined.

Calculation of annual population estimates

The annual population estimates for 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 the latest available births and deaths are added to the population file quarterly.

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 2020 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 2020 release the 2018 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 14	75	91	149	145	170	169	202
EU 15 to 27	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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April 2020

Population estimated to be 4.98 million in April 2020

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Principal source of Migration data

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