Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 April 2024
2. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Taoiseach the numbers of people aged 65-74, 75-84, and 85+ in 2000, 2022, and projected for 2040, and the corresponding ratio each represents as a proportion of those of working age in those years. [13517/24]
View answerThe usually resident population is estimated and published by the CSO in its annual Population and Migration Estimates publication. The CSO also publishes population projections in the Population and Labour Force Projections publication after each Census. The last set of projections were published in June 2018 and cover the years 2017 – 2051. Work has started on the formulation of the next set of projections that will use the latest 2022 Census of Population data as a baseline, these projections will be published in 2024 and cover the years 2023 – 2057.
Figures from the Population and Migration Estimates and the Population and Labour Force Projections reference April and the table below shows the estimated population, for April 2000, April 2022 and the estimated projected population for April 2040 (the April 2040 figures refer to the M1F2 projection criteria, where M1 is the high migration assumption and F2 is the low fertility assumption). The number of people aged 65-74, 75-84, and 85+ in 2000, and 2022, and projected for 2040 are shown in the table as well as the corresponding percentage that each represents as a proportion of those aged 15-64 years.
|
- |
65 – 74 |
75 – 84 |
85 + |
% 65 – 74 of 15 – 64 |
% 74 – 85 of 15 – 64 |
% 85 + of 15 – 64 |
|
Population Estimate |
(thousand) |
(%) |
||||
|
2000 |
240.6 |
144.7 |
39.4 |
9.5 |
5.7 |
1.6 |
|
2022 |
445.2 |
251.8 |
84.4 |
13.1 |
7.4 |
2.5 |
|
20401 |
625.0 |
433.3 |
208.6 |
16.4 |
11.4 |
5.5 |
1 Figures for 2040 refer to the M1F2 projection criteria from the Population and Labour Force Projections 2017 – 2051 publication.
