Historic population trends
Posted By: March 07, 2018
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Population census | ||
Year | Pop. | ±% |
1841 | 1,648,945 | — |
1851 | 1,442,517 | −12.5% |
1861 | 1,396,453 | −3.2% |
1871 | 1,359,190 | −2.7% |
1881 | 1,304,816 | −4.0% |
1891 | 1,236,056 | −5.3% |
1901 | 1,236,952 | +0.1% |
1911 | 1,250,531 | +1.1% |
1926 | 1,256,561 | +0.5% |
1951 | 1,370,921 | +9.1% |
1961 | 1,425,042 | +3.9% |
1971 | 1,536,065 | +7.8% |
1981 | 1,543,000 | +0.5% |
1991 | 1,607,300 | +4.2% |
2001 | 1,685,267 | +4.9% |
2011 | 1,810,863 | +7.5% |
2017 | 1,876,600 | +3.6% |
Note: 1981, 1991 and 2017 data based on estimates[4]
Data for years prior to 1926 is from the Census of Ireland, for those counties that became Northern Ireland in 1920. Source: [5] |