Ireland's population increased by 8%   (387,274 people) between April 2016 and April 2022, Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Tuesday, May 30. There were 5,149,139 people in the Irish State on Sunday, April 3, 2022, the night of Ireland's most recent Census, the CSO said on Tuesday. It is the first time in 171 years that Ireland's population exceeded the five million threshold, the CSO noted. "After a constant decline since 1851, Ireland's population recorded its lowest level in 1961 when it stood at 2,818,341," the CSO reported.

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