Has the population in your county gone up our down since 2011?
Ireland is certainly getting a little crowded as a whole, as Census 2016 results released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Thursday revealed that Ireland’s population has increased by 3.8% (173,613) in the last five years.
Part I of the summary results from the 2016 Census also revealed that the total number of non-Irish nationals fell slightly to 535,475 (11.6% of the population), the first decline since the introduction of this question in 2002.
The number of people with dual-Irish nationality, meanwhile, has increased by 48,879 to 104,784 since April 2011.
As well as detailing the overall change in the population since April 2011, Part I provides summary results on age profile, marital status, families, nationality, Irish language, foreign languages, religion and housing.
The results all can be viewed in the full report on the CSO website, which also offers interactive web tables which allow users to search and download the data using a range of criteria including geographic area.
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Speaking of geographic areas, you can check out the population of every county and the main cities in Ireland below and how they’ve changed in the last five years.
Only Mayo and Donegal showed a decline in population in that period, with the steepest increases evident in Dublin and the surrounding counties and Cork.
The population of all counties and major cities in Ireland
Carlow
Population (Number): 56,932
Actual change since previous census (Number): 2,320
Percentage change since previous census (%): 4.2
Dublin City
Population (Number): 554,554
Actual change since previous census (Number): 26,942
Percentage change since previous census (%): 5.1
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Population (Number): 218,018
Actual change since previous census (Number): 11,757
Percentage change since previous census (%): 5.7
Fingal
Population (Number): 296,020
Actual change since previous census (Number): 22,029
Percentage change since previous census (%): 8.0%
South Dublin
Population (Number): 278,767
Actual change since previous census (Number): 13,562
Percentage change since previous census (%): 5.1
Kildare
Population (Number): 222,504
Actual change since previous census (Number): 12,192
Percentage change since previous census (%): 5.8
Kilkenny
Population (Number): 99,232
Actual change since previous census (Number): 3,813
Percentage change since previous census (%): 4.0
Laois
Population (Number): 84,697
Actual change since previous census (Number): 4,138
Percentage change since previous census (%): 5.1
Longford
Population (Number): 40,873
Actual change since previous census (Number): 1,873
Percentage change since previous census (%): 4.8
Louth
Population (Number): 128,884
Actual change since previous census (Number): 5,987
Percentage change since previous census (%): 4.9
Meath
Population (Number): 195,044
Actual change since previous census (Number): 10,909
Percentage change since previous census (%): 5.9
Offaly
Population (Number): 77,961
Actual change since previous census (Number): 1,274
Percentage change since previous census (%): 1.7
Westmeath
Population (Number): 88,770
Actual change since previous census (Number): 2,606
Percentage change since previous census (%): 3.0
Wexford
Population (Number): 149,722
Actual change since previous census (Number): 4,402
Percentage change since previous census (%): 3.0
Wicklow
Population (Number): 142,425
Actual change since previous census (Number): 5,785
Percentage change since previous census (%): 4.2
Clare
Population (Number): 118,817
Actual change since previous census (Number): 1,621
Percentage change since previous census (%): 1.4
Cork City
Population (Number): 125,657
Actual change since previous census (Number): 6,427
Percentage change since previous census (%): 5.4
Cork County
Population (Number): 417,211
Actual change since previous census (Number): 17,409
Percentage change since previous census (%): 4.4
Kerry
Population (Number): 147,707
Actual change since previous census (Number): 2,205
Percentage change since previous census (%): 1.5
Limerick City and County
Population (Number): 194,899
Actual change since previous census (Number): 3,090
Percentage change since previous census (%): 1.6
Tipperary
Population (Number): 159,553
Actual change since previous census (Number): 799
Percentage change since previous census (%): 0.5
Waterford City and County
Population (Number): 116,176
Actual change since previous census (Number): 2,381
Percentage change since previous census (%): 2.1
Galway City
Population (Number): 78,668
Actual change since previous census (Number): 3,139
Percentage change since previous census (%): 4.2
Galway County
Population (Number): 179,390
Actual change since previous census (Number): 4,266
Percentage change since previous census (%): 2.4
Leitrim
Population (Number): 32,044
Actual change since previous census (Number): 246
Percentage change since previous census (%): 0.8
Mayo
Population (Number): 130,507
Actual change since previous census (Number): -131
Percentage change since previous census (%): -0.1
Roscommon
Population (Number): 64,544
Actual change since previous census (Number): 479
Percentage change since previous census (%): 0.7
Sligo
Population (Number): 65,535
Actual change since previous census (Number): 142
Percentage change since previous census (%): 0.2
Cavan
Population (Number): 76,176
Actual change since previous census (Number): 2,993
Percentage change since previous census (%): 4.1
Donegal
Population (Number): 159,192
Actual change since previous census (Number): -1,945
Percentage change since previous census (%): -1.2
Monaghan
Population (Number): 61,386
Actual change since previous census (Number): 903
Percentage change since previous census (%): 1.5