Country Sheet : Ireland

Population : 5,440,278 inhabitants (2025)

Crude natural change rate : 3.4‰ (2024)

Population repartition: 18.5% of under 15 years old, 15.7% of over 65 years old (2025 est.)

Foreign residents: 7% EU nationals, non-EU nationals 6% (2021)

Crude net migration rate: 13,1‰ (2024)

First time asylum applicants: 13,160 (2025)

Life expectancy: men 81,4 years, women 84,7 years (2024 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholics 68.3%, Church of Ireland 3.8%, Orthodox 2%, Other Christians 0.9%, Muslims 1.4%, Other 1.6%, No religion 15.4%, unspecified 6.6% (est. 2022)

Source : Eurostat

Currency: Euro

GDP: € 638.683 billion (2025)

GDP per capita (PPS): € 97.978 (2024)

GDP growth : 12.3% (2025)

Inflation: 3.6% (March 2026)

Public debt: 32.9% of GDP (2025)

Unemployment: 4.7% (March 2026)

Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 193.5% of GDP (2024)

Budget balance: 1.8% of GDP (2025)

Source : Eurostat, Trading Economics, Countryeconomy

Composition of the House of Representatives (in January 2024):

• 37 seats FF (Fianna Fáil)
• 36 seats SF (Sinn Féin)
• 34 seats FG (Fine Gael)
• 22 seats Independant
• 12 seats GP (Green Party)
• 7 seats LP (Labour party)
• 6 seats Social Democrats
• 5 seats PBPA (People Before Profit Alliance)
• 1 seat Aontú

Composition of the Senate (43 members elected by professional panels, 11 members nominated by the Prime minister, 6 members elected by the universities):

• 21 seats Fianna Fáil
• 16 seats Fine Gael
• 11 seats Independent
• 5 seats Labour Party
• 4 seats Green Party
• 4 seats Sinn Féin

• in government: 4/15
• in the Dáil Éireann : 43/174
• in the Seanad Éireann : 27/60

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