Number of immigrants arriving in Ireland falls by 16%

The number of people who immigrated to Ireland has fallen by 16 per cent in the year up to April, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

125,300 people immigrated to Ireland, the fourth successive 12-month period where over 100,000 people immigrated to the country.

31,500 were returning Irish citizens, 25,300 were other EU citizens, and 4,900 were UK citizens. The remaining 63,600 immigrants were citizens of other countries.

The population of the state increased to 5.46 million people.

There was a drop in the number of people who emigrated, with 65,600 leaving the state. This consisted of 35,000 Irish citizens, 10,500 other EU citizens, 2,700 UK citizens, and 17,400 other citizens.

There was a 27 per cent increase in the number of people emigrating to Australia, with 13,500 people leaving Ireland to go to Australia.

This is the highest number of people since 2013 when an estimated 14,100 emigrated.

6,100 people left Ireland to live in the US in the same period, up 22 per cent on 2024.

The population of Dublin increased to 1,57 million, which is 28.7 per cent of the country's population.

There were 861,100 people living in Ireland aged 65 and over, with the group’s population share rising from 14.1 per cent to 15.8 per cent of the total between 2019 and this year.

There were just over a million people living in Ireland aged 0-14. This age group had a fall in population share over the last six years, falling from 21 per cent to 18 per cent of the total population.

The share of the 15 - 24 year age group in the overall population slightly increased from 12.6 per ceny in 2019 to 12.8 per cent in 2025.

However, the was a decrease in the 25 - 44 year age group, from 28.4 per cent to 27.4 per cent between 2019 and 2025.