👥 Irish Counties by Population
Population of the counties of Ireland at the latest census.
Dublin28%
Cork11%
Galway5.4%
Kildare4.8%
Meath4.3%
Limerick4.1%
Tipperary3.3%
Donegal3.2%
Wexford3.2%
Kerry3%
Wicklow3%
Louth2.7%
Mayo2.7%
Clare2.5%
Waterford2.5%
Kilkenny2%
Westmeath
Laois
Offaly
Cavan
Roscommon
Sligo
Monaghan
Carlow
1
Dublin
1.46M
2
Cork
0.58M
3
Galway
0.28M
4
Kildare
0.25M
5
Meath
0.22M
6
Limerick
0.21M
7
Tipperary
0.17M
8
Donegal
0.17M
9
Wexford
0.16M
10
Kerry
0.16M
11
Wicklow
0.16M
12
Louth
0.14M
13
Mayo
0.14M
14
Clare
0.13M
15
Waterford
0.13M
16
Kilkenny
0.10M
17
Westmeath
0.10M
18
Laois
0.09M
19
Offaly
0.08M
20
Cavan
0.08M
21
Roscommon
0.07M
22
Sligo
0.07M
23
Monaghan
0.07M
24
Carlow
0.06M
25
Longford
0.05M
26
Leitrim
0.04M
Highlights
Within Ireland, Dublin ranks first in 2022 with 1.46M, followed by Cork (0.58M) and Galway (0.28M).
Dublin is 2.5 times higher than Cork, the runner-up.
Across 26 entries, values run from 1.46M (Dublin) to 0.04M (Leitrim), with a median of 0.13M.
Source: Central Statistics Office Ireland, Census 2022 (via Wikipedia), 2022. Unit: million people.
Source: Central Statistics Office Ireland, Census 2022 (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026