*wanders off to find some figures*
Ha!
Population of Ireland 1841 to 1991
Year Total
1841 8,175,124
1851 6,552,385
1861 5,798,967
1871 5,412,377
1881 5,174,836
1891 4,704,750
1901 4,458,775
1911 4,390,219
1926 4,228,553
1936 4,248,165
1951 4,331,514
1961 4,243,383
1971 4,514,313
1981 4,975,601
1991 5,103,555
.Notes: The figure for 1936 is the sum of Republic of Ireland 1936 and Northern Ireland 1937.
Sources: Three sources were pieced together:-
LM Cullen - Economic History of Ireland
CSO - Republic of Ireland 1901 - 1991
Cain web service
Per the sources used there was no census in Northern Ireland between 1937 and 1951.
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~cronews/geog/census/popcosum.html
If only we didn't keep emigrating so fast.
ASI
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