Irish population at post famine record levels due to baby boom

Ireland’s population is now at record levels since the Famine — and the country now boasts the highest birth rate in the European Union.

Preliminary results from the 2011 Census record an Irish population of 4,581,269 — up 341,421 from the last count five years ago.

The 2006 Census returned an Irish population of 4.2 million people, the first time the figure had risen above the 4 million mark since 1871.

The 2011 Census was conducted in April and initial figures suggest that the Irish population has grown by 8.1 per cent over the last five years — 100,000 more than predicted by the country’s Central Statistics Office.

More: http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Irish-population-at-post-famine-record-levels-due-to-baby-boom-124844964.html

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