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Ireland: cities by population

Ireland has a population of 4,853,506, with Dublin as its capital. The 50 largest of its 544 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Dublin	Leinster	1,024,027
2	Cork	Munster	224,004
3	Limerick	Munster	102,287
4	Galway	Connacht	85,910
5	Tallaght	Leinster	81,022
6	Waterford	Munster	60,079
7	Drogheda	Leinster	44,135
8	Dundalk	Leinster	43,112
9	Swords	Leinster	40,776
10	Navan	Leinster	33,886
11	Bray	Leinster	33,512
12	Dún Laoghaire	Leinster	31,239
13	Ennis	Munster	27,923
14	Carlow	Leinster	27,351
15	Douglas	Munster	26,883
16	Tralee	Munster	26,079
17	Portlaoise	Leinster	23,494
18	Athlone	Leinster	22,869
19	Droichead Nua	Leinster	22,742
20	An Muileann gCearr	Leinster	22,667
21	Letterkenny	Ulster	22,549
22	Sandyford	Leinster	22,288
23	Greystones	Leinster	22,009
24	Balbriggan	Leinster	21,722
25	Kilkenny	Leinster	21,589
26	Wexford	Leinster	21,524
27	Naas	Leinster	20,713
28	Sligo	Connacht	20,608
29	Celbridge	Leinster	20,288
30	Finglas	Leinster	19,768
31	Ballincollig	Munster	18,621
32	Cluain Meala	Munster	18,369
33	Carrigaline	Munster	18,239
34	Rathfarnham	Leinster	17,333
35	Maynooth	Leinster	17,259
36	Malahide	Leinster	16,550
37	Blanchardstown	Leinster	16,511
38	Tullamore	Leinster	15,598
39	Leixlip	Leinster	15,504
40	Lucan	Leinster	15,269
41	Kilquade	Leinster	14,886
42	Castletroy	Munster	14,733
43	Knocklyon	Leinster	14,628
44	Clondalkin	Leinster	14,508
45	Killarney	Munster	14,504
46	Shankill	Leinster	14,257
47	Cobh	Munster	14,148
48	Mallow	Munster	13,456
49	Arklow	Leinster	13,399
50	Castlebar	Connacht	13,054

Twenty years earlier: Ireland in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 4,027,303.