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🇮🇪 Ireland

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3IRL
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2IE
UN M49 numeric372
IOC codeIRL
Official nameRepublic of Ireland
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of Ireland; common: Ireland; gle: official: Poblacht na hÉireann; common: Éire
Alt spellingsIE, Éire, Republic of Ireland, Poblacht na hÉireann
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionNorthern Europe
UN regional groupWestern European and Others Group
CapitalDublin
Area (km²)70,273
Lat / Lng53.0000, -8.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)GBR
Top-level domain.ie
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 53

Demographics

Population (World Bank)5,484,367 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)83.01 (2024)
Languageseng: English; gle: Irish
Demonymseng: f: Irish; m: Irish; fra: f: Irlandaise; m: Irlandais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)721,701,359,046.313 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)131,592.463 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)4.632 (2025)
CurrenciesEUR: name: Euro; symbol: €

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,912,654
19512,936,864
19522,941,463
19532,929,081
19542,915,173
19552,899,538
19562,883,755
19572,869,099
19582,853,999
19592,839,218
19602,827,689
19612,824,693
19622,831,495
19632,843,034
19642,857,166
19652,873,153
19662,888,887
19672,905,420
19682,922,794
19692,940,753
19702,961,403
19712,993,120
19723,037,153
19733,084,434
19743,132,177
19753,180,119
19763,228,401
19773,277,756
19783,329,183
19793,375,801
19803,415,240
19813,448,827
19823,475,536
19833,497,608
19843,515,954
19853,531,271
19863,541,867
19873,540,381
19883,525,095
19893,511,070
19903,514,018
19913,534,260
19923,558,421
19933,576,122
19943,590,157
19953,610,697
19963,638,509
19973,672,293
19983,711,073
19993,752,938
20003,802,585
20013,862,981
20023,928,443
20033,992,935
20044,066,064
20054,155,284
20064,268,778
20074,393,513
20084,485,999
20094,533,752
20104,559,080
20114,579,602
20124,600,132
20134,624,686
20144,658,239
20154,702,487
20164,753,503
20174,810,261
20184,872,556
20194,933,491
20204,982,606
20215,028,426
20225,110,016
20235,196,630

Full raw record (JSON)

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