IRISH POPULATION AT ITS HIGHEST SINCE 1871
A population census which will be carried out in
April is expected to confirm that the Irish
population has grown to over 4.2M, an increase
of over 300,000 since 2002. A high birth rate,
the huge numbers of migrant workers arriving
here, especially from Poland and the new EU
states, as well as the high volume of emigrants
who have returned home, are being cited as the
main reasons for the dramatic increase.
The population of Ireland before the 1845-1849
famine was 6.5M. As recently as 1961 the
population was only 2.1M.
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