Ireland Population Change 1839-2023

In 1839, there were 8+ million people on the island vs 5.03 million people in the Republic, 1.87 million in N.Ireland in 2023.

The UK population was 25.5m. GB was 17.5m & Ireland was 8m (or 1/3 of UK pop at the time).

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