David Stanton
Question:165. Deputy David Stanton asked the Taoiseach the percentage of persons in the State who are 65 years of age or over. [3204/23]
View answerTuesday, 24 January 2023
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The CSO publishes an annual estimate of the usually resident population, in its Population and Migration Estimates release. This release contains an age breakdown. The latest figures are for April 2022 and the following table shows the estimated population, from April 2016 to April 2022, in the 65+ age group and the total population.
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Estimated Population Classified by Sex and Age Group, April 2016 - April 2022 |
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20161 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
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Population Estimate2 |
(thousand) |
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65 years and older |
629.8 |
649.9 |
673.4 |
696.3 |
720.1 |
742.3 |
768.9 |
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Total Persons |
4,739.6 |
4,792.5 |
4,857.0 |
4,921.5 |
4,977.4 |
5,011.5 |
5,100.2 |
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% 65 years and older |
13.3% |
13.6% |
13.9% |
14.1% |
14.5% |
14.8% |
15.1% |
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1Figures refer to April of calendar year. 2016 estimates are based on the Census of Population 2016. 2Figures for 2017 - 2022 are preliminary and subject to revision following publication of Census 2022. |
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There were 768,900 persons living in Ireland aged 65 and over in April 2022. Those aged 65 and over had an increase in population share between 2016 and 2022, increasing from 13.3% to 15.1% of the total, a volume increase of 139,100 persons.