Tipp’s population continues to grow

Tipperary's population is expanding at considerable pace and now stands at around 182,900 persons.

New data published by the Central Statistics Office in August examined population trends between 2017 and 2025. The CSO found that the estimated population of Tipperary grew by more than 12% in the study period, rising from just over 163,000 in 2017.

The Premier population grew from an estimated 180,100 last year to the headline figure by April 2025, an increase of around 1.5%.

In keeping with a population trend that began in 2019, Tipperary is home to more women - approximately 92,400 - than men - 90,500.

The new CSO figures also reveal that the biggest age cohort in Tipperary is 40 - 44 years (13,500 persons). There were 12,000 persons in that age category in 2017.

The number of infants (aged 0 - 4) has decreased slightly, from 10,400 in 2017 to 9,300 estimated at the end of April of this year.

Tipperary’s population of persons aged 85 years and over grew from 2,800 to 3,600 in the nine-year study period.

The CSO clarified that the population concept of usual residence was used to compile these new estimates.

That means the figures include all people usually resident and present in the State on census night, as well as absent people who are usually resident in Ireland but were temporarily away from home and outside the State on census night. The stated population of Tipperary following the last census in 2022 was 167,895.

IRELAND’S RECOVERING POPULATION

The CSO figures indicate that Ireland’s population now stands at 5,458,600 people.

There were 125,300 immigrants in the 12-months to April 2025, which represents a 16% decrease from the same period of 2024.

This was, however, the fourth successive 12-month period where over 100,000 people immigrated to Ireland.

Of those immigrants, 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. There was a significant increase in the numbers coming from the US, but decreases were recorded among those arriving from the UK.

There was also a fall in emigration numbers for the first time since 2020, with 65,600 people departing the State in the 12 months to April 2025 compared with 69,900 in the same period last year.

There was a natural increase of 18,600 people in the State, comprised of 54,400 births and 35,800 deaths.

Combined figures from the CSO and Northern Ireland’s Statistics and Research Agency have indicated that the population on the island of Ireland has exceeded seven million for the first time since the Great Famine.