Figures for year to April 2024 show more than 100,000 people immigrated to the State in three successive years
The population of the State is now estimated to be 5.38 million, an increase of 98,700 on the figure recorded in 2023. Photograph: Alan Betson
Of the immigrant numbers, 30,000 were returning Irish citizens, 27,000 were EU citizens, and 5,400 were UK citizens while the remaining 86,800 immigrants were citizens of other countries including Ukraine. Meanwhile, more than 69,000 people emigrated in the same period, an increase of 5,000 when compared to the same period in 2023 and the highest emigration figure since 2015, according to the CSO.
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