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Ireland had a population of 4,581,269 at the 2011 census. == Demographic history == Ireland, throughout most of its history, had a small population, comparable to that of other regions of similar area in Europe. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, along with the rest of Europe, Ireland experienced a major population boom as a result of the Agricultural and Industrial revolutions. Its population densities remained comparable to that of Britain and the other countries of Europe. This changed dramatically with the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, which led to mass starvation and consequent mass emigration. This famine was by far the most significant turning point in the demographics of the country: Ireland's peak population; according to the 1841 census, totalled 6,528,799 people living in the four provinces of Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. According to the 1881 census; just forty years later, Ireland's population had reduced by roughly 2.6 million (41% of former value) with 3,870,020 remaining in Ireland after the famine. During the hundred years that followed, Ireland's population continued a slow decline with a historical low of 2,971,992 by 1926 (post-civil war), with the result that Ireland today has a significantly smaller population than other European countries of comparable size.〔(Census.ie - Population of Ireland 1841 - 2006 )〕 In the mid-20th century, Ireland's population started to grow once more, although emigration was still common. In the 1990s, the demographics of the country began to change as a result of the Celtic Tiger Irish economic boom. Immigration began to far outweigh emigration. Many former Irish emigrants returned home, and Ireland became an attractive destination for immigrants, mainly from Central Europe, but also from Africa, Asia and elsewhere. With the 2008 onset of the Irish economic and banking crisis, however, the country's economy suffered, and since then Ireland has once again been experiencing net emigration. In November 2013 Eurostat reported that Ireland had the largest net emigration rate of any European Union country at 7.6 people emigrating per 1,000 population. However, Ireland's population is the youngest of any country in the European Union and its population size is predicted to grow for many decades into the future, bucking the trend of declining population predicted for most European countries. A report published in 2008 predicted that the country's population would reach 6.7 million by 2060.〔(RTÉ News - ''Irish population to hit 6.7m by 2060'' )〕 Ireland has been experiencing a baby boom, with increasing birth rates and overall fertility rates.〔(Irish Examiner - ''Baby boom as Irish births reach highest level since 1982'' )〕 Despite this the total fertility rate is still below replacement.〔()〕 This increase is primarily fueled by non-Irish immigration - in 2009, a quarter of all children born in Ireland were born to mothers who had immigrated from other countries.〔(IrishJournal.ie )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Demographics of the Republic of Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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