Ireland’s population continues to strongly increase, though the rate of growth is slowing, according to the latest European Union estimates.
Ireland has one of the healthiest demographics in Europe, but only relative to countries where more people are dying than being born.
The population of the State reached 5.32 million at the start of last year, an annual increase of 81,000 or 1.5 per cent in 2023, according to Eurostat, the European Commission‘s statistical agency.
In 2022, when there was a surge of Ukrainian refugees as a result of the Russian invasion, the population increased by 117,000 or 2.2 per cent.
According to Eurostat, there were 135,617 immigrants to Ireland in…