The Republic of Ireland's population exceeded the five million threshold for the first time in nearly 200 years, according to the latest Census.
5,149,139 people live in the country according to the survey, with Dublin’s population growing to 1,458,154. Census 2022 results released today also revealed that of Dublin’s population, 744,548 were female and 713,606 were male.
This means there were 96 males for every 100 females. In Ireland overall there were 2,604,590 females and 2,544,549 males or 98 males for every 100 females.
