The population of the Republic of Ireland increased by 7.6% in the six years between 2016 and 2022, according to the preliminary results of Census 2022.
This brought the numbers living in the State to 5,123,536 people on census night on 3 April, according to the Central Statistics Office figures.
It is the highest population recorded in a census since 1841 and the first time the population exceeded 5 million since 1851.
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