Ireland
population: Natl estimate (1 Apr 2025) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 16 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography16 metros
Ireland metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 16 tracked metros
Show all 16 rows
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #89 | Dublin★ Capital▲ Largest | Leinster | 1.7M | 32.0 | Major Metro |
| #678 | Cork | Munster | 584K | 3.1 | Emerging Metro |
| #719 | Limerick City | Munster | 337K | 2.8 | Emerging Metro |
| #1021 | Galway | Connacht | 278K | 1.6 | Emerging Metro |
| #1131 | Killarney | Munster | 156K | 1.3 | Emerging Metro |
| #1294 | Tipperary | Munster | 168K | 1.1 | Emerging Metro |
| #1306 | Castlebar | Connacht | 138K | 1.0 | Emerging Metro |
| #2192 | Dundalk | Leinster | 140K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2205 | Drogheda | Leinster | 221K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2424 | Waterford | Munster | 127K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2622 | Sligo | Connacht | 70K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #3320 | Letterkenny | Ulster | 167K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3325 | Athlone | Leinster | 166K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3332 | Wexford | Leinster | 164K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3351 | Bray | Leinster | 156K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3994 | Longford | Leinster | 47K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- English, Irish
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Government
- Unitary state
- Legislature
- Oireachtas
- Constitution
- 1937, 23 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Irish
- Time zones
- Greenwich Mean Time, UTC±00:00
- Driving side
- Left
- Calling code
- +353
- Internet TLD
- .ie
- ISO 3166
- IE
- Established
- 1937
- Highest point
- Carrauntoohil (1,039 m (3,409 ft))
- National anthem
- Amhrán na bhFiann
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news1 story
Defector · 1 Aug 2026
"After 75 Years Of Losing, Mayo Shocked The World And Shook A Stadium"Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the long read.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations3 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History25 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Micheál Martin✦ Current
2025–PresentTaoiseach
Simon Harris
2024–2025Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
2022–2024Taoiseach
Micheál Martin
2020–2022Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
2017–2020Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
2011–2017Taoiseach
Brian Cowen
2008–2011Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern
1997–2008Taoiseach
John Bruton
1994–1997Taoiseach
Albert Reynolds
1992–1994Taoiseach
Charles Haughey
1987–1992Taoiseach
Garret FitzGerald
1982–1987Taoiseach
Show all 25 leaders
Charles Haughey
1982–1982Taoiseach
Garret FitzGerald
1981–1982Taoiseach
Charles Haughey
1979–1981Taoiseach
Jack Lynch
1977–1979Taoiseach
Liam Cosgrave
1973–1977Taoiseach
Jack Lynch
1966–1973Taoiseach
Seán Lemass
1959–1966Taoiseach
Éamon de Valera
1957–1959Taoiseach
John A. Costello
1954–1957Taoiseach
Éamon de Valera
1951–1954Taoiseach
John A. Costello
1948–1951Taoiseach
Éamon de Valera
1932–1948Taoiseach
W. T. Cosgrave
1922–1932President of Executive Council
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Micheál Martin✦ Current | Taoiseach | 2025–Present |
| Simon Harris | Taoiseach | 2024–2025 |
| Leo Varadkar | Taoiseach | 2022–2024 |
| Micheál Martin | Taoiseach | 2020–2022 |
| Leo Varadkar | Taoiseach | 2017–2020 |
| Enda Kenny | Taoiseach | 2011–2017 |
| Brian Cowen | Taoiseach | 2008–2011 |
| Bertie Ahern | Taoiseach | 1997–2008 |
| John Bruton | Taoiseach | 1994–1997 |
| Albert Reynolds | Taoiseach | 1992–1994 |
| Charles Haughey | Taoiseach | 1987–1992 |
| Garret FitzGerald | Taoiseach | 1982–1987 |
| Charles Haughey | Taoiseach | 1982–1982 |
| Garret FitzGerald | Taoiseach | 1981–1982 |
| Charles Haughey | Taoiseach | 1979–1981 |
| Jack Lynch | Taoiseach | 1977–1979 |
| Liam Cosgrave | Taoiseach | 1973–1977 |
| Jack Lynch | Taoiseach | 1966–1973 |
| Seán Lemass | Taoiseach | 1959–1966 |
| Éamon de Valera | Taoiseach | 1957–1959 |
| John A. Costello | Taoiseach | 1954–1957 |
| Éamon de Valera | Taoiseach | 1951–1954 |
| John A. Costello | Taoiseach | 1948–1951 |
| Éamon de Valera | Taoiseach | 1932–1948 |
| W. T. Cosgrave | President of Executive Council | 1922–1932 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19452 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish War of Independence | 1919–1921 | United Kingdom | — |
| Easter Rising | 1916 | United Kingdom British Army,Dublin Metropolitan Police,Royal Irish Constabulary | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The grey line is the whole island, before partition, 1800 to 1920. It is drawn separately, and never joined to the blue one, because it is a different territory: most of the fall between the two is the border, not the people. Nothing in the cards above is computed from it. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Ireland: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires13 · $72.1B combined · click to expand
Show all 13 rows
| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 158 | John Collison | $17.5B | Technology |
| 158 | Patrick Collison | $17.5B | Technology |
| 536 | John Grayken | $7.5B | Finance & Investments |
| 746 | Shapoor Mistry(inherited) | $5.6B | Diversified |
| 1261 | Eugene Murtagh | $3.5B | Manufacturing |
| 1349 | John Dorrance III(inherited) | $3.2B | Food & Beverage |
| 1373 | Denis O'Brien | $3.1B | Telecom |
| 1519 | Firoz Mistry(inherited) | $2.8B | Diversified |
| 1519 | Zahan Mistry(inherited) | $2.8B | Diversified |
| 1815 | Dermot Desmond | $2.3B | Finance & Investments |
| 1818 | Jim Thompson & family | $2.3B | Logistics |
| 1926 | John Armitage | $2.2B | Finance & Investments |
| 2287 | Philip O'Doherty(inherited) | $1.9B | Technology |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Ireland on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Ireland's national teams, newest first. 24 in total.