asked the Taoiseach if he will give the annual emigration figures in terms of numbers and percentages of the population for each of the past 25 years.
Written Answers. - Emigration Figures.
623.
Direct information on migration, outwards or inwards, is not available. The only reliable estimates of migration flows are those for net migration between successive censuses of population. The estimates for these periods are compiled by relating intercensal population changes to data for births and deaths in the same periods. All available indicators are used to derive annual estimates constrained by the requirement for consistency with such intercensal estimates as are available.
The following table gives an estimate of the population at mid-April for each year from 1957 to 1982 and an estimate of net migration in the following 12-month period; the figures are in thousands. The estimated net migration is also expressed as a percentage of the starting population.
|
April of year |
Net migration as a Population estimate (000) |
Estimated net migration in 12 12-month period to following April (–=outflow) |
percentage of starting population (%) |
|
1957 |
2,885 |
–58 |
–2.0 |
|
1958 |
2,853 |
–32 |
–1.1 |
|
1959 |
2,846 |
–41 |
–1.4 |
|
1960 |
2,832 |
–40 |
–1.4 |
|
1961 |
2,818 |
–15 |
–0.5 |
|
1962 |
2,830 |
–8 |
–0.3 |
|
1963 |
2,850 |
–17 |
–0.6 |
|
1964 |
2,864 |
–20 |
–0.7 |
|
1965 |
2,876 |
–21 |
–0.7 |
|
1966 |
2,884 |
–13 |
–0.5 |
|
1967 |
2,900 |
–16 |
–0.6 |
|
1968 |
2,913 |
–15 |
–0.5 |
|
1969 |
2,926 |
–5 |
–0.2 |
|
1970 |
2,950 |
–5 |
–0.2 |
|
1971 |
2,978 |
11 |
0.4 |
|
1972 |
3,024 |
13 |
0.5 |
|
1973 |
3,073 |
16 |
0.5 |
|
1974 |
3,124 |
20 |
0.6 |
|
1975 |
3,177 |
16 |
0.5 |
|
1976 |
3,228 |
10 |
0.3 |
|
1977 |
3,272 |
7 |
0.2 |
|
1978 |
3,314 |
16 |
0.5 |
|
1979 |
3,368 |
–8 |
–0.2 |
|
1980 |
3,401 |
2 |
0.1 |
|
1981 |
3,443 |
2 |
0.1 |
|
1982 |
3,483 |
Not available |
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