Ireland has recorded its largest jump in population since 2008.
A report released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) details a population growth of 88,000 in the year to April 2022
According to Breakingnews.ie, their report attributed this to a number of factors such as Immigration, migration and a natural increase.
Detailed figures show 120,700 immigrants arrived in Ireland in the 12 months – a 15 year high. Those figures 28,900 were returning Irish nationals, 24,300 were other EU nationals and 4,500 were UK nationals.
63,000 were other nationals including almost 28,000 Ukrainians by the end of April.
The number of Ukrainians arriving into Ireland has since risen to 47,962 by August 7th, according to CSO’s figures.
The number of immigrants is estimated to have increased by just above 85 per cent to 120,700 from 65,200 compared with 2021.
60,700 registered births were recorded, and 33,000 deaths giving natural contribution to the population of 27,700 similar to the 2020 estimates.
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