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People and new homes in Ireland
In 2025 the population grew by 78,300 while 36,215 homes were finished: 2.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.2
- Population change, 2025
- +78,300
Population change and homes finished in Ireland
The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. CSO.
Population change
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| Year | Population change |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 66,900 |
| 2025 | 78,300 |
| 2024 | 98,700 |
| 2023 | 97,600 |
| 2022 | 77,800 |
| 2021 | 44,800 |
| 2020 | 71,400 |
| 2019 | 73,600 |
| 2018 | 74,000 |
| 2017 | 71,300 |
| 2016 | 51,800 |
| 2015 | 42,400 |
| 2014 | 30,700 |
| 2013 | 20,900 |
| 2012 | 18,800 |
| 2011 | 20,100 |
| 2010 | 21,300 |
| 2009 | 48,300 |
| 2008 | 109,200 |
| 2007 | 143,000 |
| 2006 | 106,000 |
| 2005 | 88,600 |
| 2004 | 65,300 |
| 2003 | 62,600 |
| 2002 | 70,100 |
| 2001 | 57,600 |
| 2000 | 47,800 |
| 1999 | 38,500 |
| 1998 | 38,900 |
| 1997 | 38,200 |
| 1996 | 24,700 |
| 1995 | 15,300 |
| 1994 | 11,900 |
| 1993 | 19,600 |
| 1992 | 28,800 |
| 1991 | 20,000 |
| 1990 | -3,800 |
| 1989 | -21,300 |
| 1988 | -15,700 |
| 1987 | 6,000 |
| 1986 | 600 |
| 1985 | 11,000 |
| 1984 | 25,000 |
| 1983 | 24,000 |
| 1982 | 36,600 |
| 1981 | 42,400 |
| 1980 | 32,800 |
| 1979 | 54,200 |
| 1978 | 42,100 |
| 1977 | 44,100 |
| 1976 | 50,600 |
| 1975 | 53,300 |
| 1974 | 50,900 |
| 1973 | 48,600 |
| 1972 | 46,200 |
| 1971 | 28,300 |
| 1970 | 24,700 |
| 1969 | 13,000 |
| 1968 | 12,500 |
| 1967 | 15,700 |
| 1966 | 8,200 |
| 1965 | 12,000 |
| 1964 | 13,800 |
| 1963 | 19,900 |
| 1962 | 11,800 |
| 1961 | -13,800 |
| 1960 | -13,500 |
| 1959 | -7,100 |
| 1958 | -32,600 |
| 1957 | -13,200 |
| 1956 | -22,400 |
| 1955 | -20,300 |
| 1954 | -7,800 |
| 1953 | -3,900 |
| 1952 | -7,700 |
| 1951 | -8,400 |
Homes finished
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| Year | Homes finished |
|---|---|
| 2026 | — |
| 2025 | 36,215 |
| 2024 | 30,124 |
| 2023 | 32,463 |
| 2022 | 29,609 |
| 2021 | 20,443 |
| 2020 | 20,483 |
| 2019 | 21,013 |
| 2018 | 17,777 |
| 2017 | 14,218 |
| 2016 | 9,720 |
| 2015 | 7,219 |
| 2014 | 5,518 |
| 2013 | 4,575 |
| 2012 | 4,911 |
| 2011 | 6,994 |
| 2010 | — |
| 2009 | — |
| 2008 | — |
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Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | −35,000 | +26,600 | −8,400 | — |
| 1952 | −35,000 | +27,300 | −7,700 | — |
| 1953 | −33,000 | +29,100 | −3,900 | — |
| 1954 | −36,000 | +28,200 | −7,800 | — |
| 1955 | −45,000 | +24,700 | −20,300 | — |
| 1956 | −48,000 | +25,600 | −22,400 | — |
| 1957 | −41,000 | +27,800 | −13,200 | — |
| 1958 | −58,000 | +25,400 | −32,600 | — |
| 1959 | −32,000 | +24,900 | −7,100 | — |
| 1960 | −41,000 | +27,500 | −13,500 | — |
| 1961 | −40,000 | +26,200 | −13,800 | — |
| 1962 | −15,000 | +26,800 | +11,800 | — |
| 1963 | −8,000 | +27,900 | +19,900 | — |
| 1964 | −17,000 | +30,800 | +13,800 | — |
| 1965 | −20,000 | +32,000 | +12,000 | — |
| 1966 | −21,000 | +29,200 | +8,200 | — |
| 1967 | −13,000 | +28,700 | +15,700 | — |
| 1968 | −16,000 | +28,500 | +12,500 | — |
| 1969 | −15,000 | +28,000 | +13,000 | — |
| 1970 | −5,000 | +29,700 | +24,700 | — |
| 1971 | −5,000 | +33,300 | +28,300 | — |
| 1972 | +11,000 | +35,200 | +46,200 | — |
| 1973 | +13,000 | +35,600 | +48,600 | — |
| 1974 | +16,000 | +34,900 | +50,900 | — |
| 1975 | +20,000 | +33,300 | +53,300 | — |
| 1976 | +16,000 | +34,600 | +50,600 | — |
| 1977 | +10,000 | +34,100 | +44,100 | — |
| 1978 | +7,000 | +35,100 | +42,100 | — |
| 1979 | +16,000 | +38,200 | +54,200 | — |
| 1980 | −8,000 | +40,800 | +32,800 | — |
| 1981 | +2,000 | +40,400 | +42,400 | — |
| 1982 | −1,000 | +37,600 | +36,600 | — |
| 1983 | −14,000 | +38,000 | +24,000 | — |
| 1984 | −9,000 | +34,000 | +25,000 | — |
| 1985 | −20,000 | +31,000 | +11,000 | — |
| 1986 | −28,000 | +28,600 | +600 | — |
| 1987 | −23,000 | +29,000 | +6,000 | — |
| 1988 | −41,900 | +26,200 | −15,700 | — |
| 1989 | −43,900 | +22,600 | −21,300 | — |
| 1990 | −22,900 | +19,100 | −3,800 | — |
| 1991 | −2,000 | +22,000 | +20,000 | — |
| 1992 | +7,400 | +21,400 | +28,800 | — |
| 1993 | −400 | +20,000 | +19,600 | — |
| 1994 | −4,700 | +16,600 | +11,900 | — |
| 1995 | −1,900 | +17,200 | +15,300 | — |
| 1996 | +8,000 | +16,700 | +24,700 | — |
| 1997 | +19,200 | +19,000 | +38,200 | — |
| 1998 | +17,400 | +21,500 | +38,900 | — |
| 1999 | +17,300 | +21,200 | +38,500 | — |
| 2000 | +26,000 | +21,800 | +47,800 | — |
| 2001 | +32,800 | +24,800 | +57,600 | — |
| 2002 | +41,300 | +28,800 | +70,100 | — |
| 2003 | +30,700 | +31,900 | +62,600 | — |
| 2004 | +32,000 | +33,300 | +65,300 | — |
| 2005 | +55,100 | +33,500 | +88,600 | — |
| 2006 | +71,800 | +34,200 | +106,000 | — |
| 2007 | +104,800 | +38,200 | +143,000 | — |
| 2008 | +64,300 | +44,900 | +109,200 | — |
| 2009 | +1,600 | +46,700 | +48,300 | — |
| 2010 | −27,500 | +48,800 | +21,300 | — |
| 2011 | −27,400 | +47,500 | +20,100 | 6,994 |
| 2012 | −25,700 | +44,500 | +18,800 | 4,911 |
| 2013 | −18,700 | +39,600 | +20,900 | 4,575 |
| 2014 | −8,500 | +39,200 | +30,700 | 5,518 |
| 2015 | +5,900 | +36,500 | +42,400 | 7,219 |
| 2016 | +16,200 | +35,600 | +51,800 | 9,720 |
| 2017 | +39,200 | +32,100 | +71,300 | 14,218 |
| 2018 | +44,400 | +29,600 | +74,000 | 17,777 |
| 2019 | +44,000 | +29,600 | +73,600 | 21,013 |
| 2020 | +44,700 | +26,700 | +71,400 | 20,483 |
| 2021 | +21,800 | +23,000 | +44,800 | 20,443 |
| 2022 | +51,700 | +26,100 | +77,800 | 29,609 |
| 2023 | +77,600 | +20,000 | +97,600 | 32,463 |
| 2024 | +79,300 | +19,400 | +98,700 | 30,124 |
| 2025 | +59,700 | +18,600 | +78,300 | 36,215 |
| 2026 | +48,100 | +18,800 | +66,900 | — |
Births, deaths and migration are the CSO's population estimates, each year to April. The CSO publishes them for Ireland as a whole only, so the report is for Ireland alone. Homes finished are new dwellings completed, counted from new electricity connections. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.
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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between €452,409 and €541,904 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- €497,157
- Chance of a rise
- 88%
At the average sale price, a home costs €456,004. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,831 a month. Ireland sets no cap on the payment; the Central Bank limits most mortgages to four times gross income for first-time buyers and 3.5 times for others.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
17.2% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 39,354
- Per 1,000 residents
- 7.1
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2005. That fall began in April 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −55.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 112 months
10.9% of the 2,112,121 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 10.9%
- Empty homes
- 230,389
In 2025, 63% of the planning permissions granted for homes were for extensions, alterations or conversions of existing ones.
- Work on existing homes, 2025
- 63%
Public bodies signed €1.2B of housing works here in 2025, and €6.5B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €1.2B
- Per resident, 2025
- €217