Ireland, is growing and Dublin has rapidly become a cosmopolitan city
The total population of Ireland in 2000 was approximately 3.8 million, of which 94% were white Irish. The population in 2022 was 5,149,000 of which 3,893,000 or 72% were white Irish. In the 12 months ending April 2023, 141,000 foreign born persons moved to Ireland – equivalent to close to 3% of the total population. Compared to the flat populations of the EU, Ireland is booming due to immigration.
The country’s population is increasingly concentrated in Dublin, which now houses about a quarter of the entire population.