This statistic shows the biggest cities in Ireland in 2022. In 2022, approximately 0.56 million people lived in Dublin, making it the biggest city in Ireland.

Population in largest city in Ireland was reported at 1270172 in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ireland - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

In 2023, the urban population of the Republic of Ireland was approximately 3.4 million, while the rural population was around 1.88 million. Although the urban population of Ireland is currently bigger than the rural population, this was not the case in 1960 when there were approximately 272,450 more people living in rural areas than urban ones.

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

The share of urban population in Ireland saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 64.47 percent. Nevertheless, 2023 still represents a peak in the share in Ireland. A country's urbanization rate refers to the share of the total population living in an urban setting. International comparisons of urbanization rates may be inconsistent, due to discrepancies between definitions of what constitutes an urban center (based on population size, area, or space between dwellings, among others).Find more statistics on other topics about Ireland with key insights such as anual population growth.

Urban population (% of total population) in Ireland was reported at 64.47 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ireland - Urban population (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

Ireland IE: Urban Population data was reported at 3,072,719.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,021,302.000 Person for 2016. Ireland IE: Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1,998,555.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,072,719.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 1,296,121.000 Person in 1960. Ireland IE: Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ireland – Table IE.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2014 Revision.; Sum;

In 2022, Belfast was the local district that had the highest number of inhabitants in Northern Ireland, with an estimated population of 348,000, followed by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon which had approximately 220,000 people living there in this year.

This dataset is about cities in Ireland, featuring 7 columns including city, continent, country, latitude, and longitude. The preview is ordered by population (descending).

Ireland Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data was reported at 8.500 % in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 8.500 % for 2018. Ireland Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.500 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.500 % in 2020 and a record low of 6.200 % in 2000. Ireland Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ireland – Table IE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.;United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT);Weighted average;

Urban population growth (annual %) in Ireland was reported at 3.1499 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ireland - Urban population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

In 2024, there were 435,000 people aged between 40 and 44 in the Republic of Ireland, the most common age group among those provided in this year.

Ireland IE: Urban Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 63.834 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 63.535 % for 2016. Ireland IE: Urban Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 56.726 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 63.834 % in 2017 and a record low of 45.822 % in 1960. Ireland IE: Urban Population: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ireland – Table IE.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.; ; United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2014 Revision.; Weighted average;

This horizontal bar chart displays population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum and is filtered where the country is Ireland. The data is about countries per year.

Ireland: Percent urban population: The latest value from 2023 is 64.47 percent, an increase from 64.18 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 61.36 percent, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Ireland from 1960 to 2023 is 56.65 percent. The minimum value, 45.18 percent, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 64.47 percent was recorded in 2023.

Working Population of the Five Cities and Their Suburbs in Ireland and the remainder for the State

This feature layer was created using Census 2016 data produced by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Settlements boundary data (generalised to 20m) produced by Tailte Éireann. The layer represents Census 2016 theme 4.1, families, family members and children in families. Attributes include family size by number of families, number of persons and number of children (e.g. 2 persons (No. of families), 3 persons (No. of persons), 5 persons (No. of children)). Census 2016 theme 4 represents Families. The Census is carried out every five years by the CSO to determine an account of every person in Ireland. The results provide information on a range of themes, such as, population, housing and education. The data were sourced from the CSO. In order to distinguish between the urban and rural population for census analysis, the boundaries of distinct settlements need to be defined. This requires the creation of suburbs and extensions to existing cities and legal towns as well as delineating boundaries for settlements which are not legally defined (called Census towns). From 1971 to 2006, Census towns were defined as a cluster of fifty or more occupied dwellings where, within a radius of 800 metres there was a nucleus of thirty occupied dwellings (on both sides of a road, or twenty on one side of a road), along with a clearly defined urban centre e.g. a shop, a school, a place of worship or a community centre. Census town boundaries where extended over time where there was an occupied dwelling within 200 metres of the existing boundary. To avoid the agglomeration of adjacent towns caused by the inclusion of low density one off dwellings on the approach routes to towns, the 2011 criteria were tightened, in line with UN criteria. In Census 2011 a new Census town was defined as being a cluster with a minimum of 50 occupied dwellings, with a maximum distance between any dwelling and the building closest to it of 100 metres, and where there was evidence of an urban centre (shop, school etc). The proximity criteria for extending existing 2006 Census town boundaries was also amended to include all occupied dwellings within 100 metres of an existing building. Other information based on Tailte Éireann mapping and orthogonal photography was taken into account when extending boundaries. Boundary extensions were generally made to include the land parcel on which a dwelling was built or using other physical features such as roads, paths etc. Extensions to the environs and suburbs of legal towns and cities were also constructed using the 100 metre proximity rule applied to Census towns. For census reports, urban settlements are towns with a population of 1,500 or more, while settlements with a population of less than 1,500 are classified as rural.

This bar chart displays urban population (people) by country full name using the aggregation sum and is filtered where the country is Ireland. The data is about countries per year.

Settlements Ungeneralised - National Statistical Boundaries - 2015

In order to distinguish between the urban and rural population for census analysis, the boundaries of distinct settlements need to be defined. This requires the creation of suburbs and extensions to existing cities and legal towns, as well as delineating boundaries for settlements which are not legally defined (called Census towns). From 1971 to 2006, Census towns were defined as a cluster of fifty or more occupied dwellings where, within a radius of 800 metres there was a nucleus of thirty occupied dwellings (on both sides of a road, or twenty on one side of a road), along with a clearly defined urban centre e.g. a shop, a school, a place of worship or a community centre. Census town boundaries where extended over time where there was an occupied dwelling within 200 metres of the existing boundary. To avoid the agglomeration of adjacent towns caused by the inclusion of low density one off dwellings on the approach routes to towns, the 2011 criteria were tightened, in line with UN criteria. In Census 2011 a new Census town was defined as being a cluster with a minimum of 50 occupied dwellings, with a maximum distance between any dwelling and the building closest to it of 100 metres, and where there was evidence of an urban centre (shop, school etc). The proximity criteria for extending existing 2006 Census town boundaries was also amended to include all occupied dwellings within 100 metres of an existing building. Other information based on Tailte Éireann mapping and orthogonal photography was taken into account when extending boundaries. Boundary extensions were generally made to include the land parcel on which a dwelling was built or using other physical features such as roads, paths etc. Extensions to the environs and suburbs of legal towns and cities were also constructed using the 100 metre proximity rule applied to Census towns. For census reports, urban settlements are towns with a population of 1,500 or more, while settlements with a population of less than 1,500 are classified as rural.

This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann – National Mapping Division

Ireland urban population for 2023 was 3,392,447, a 3.09% increase from 2022.

• Ireland urban population for 2022 was 3,290,772, a 2.3% increase from 2021.
• Ireland urban population for 2021 was 3,216,796, a 1.37% increase from 2020.
• Ireland urban population for 2020 was 3,173,345, a 1.43% increase from 2019.

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.