Written answers
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Department of An Taoiseach
Demographic Trends
10:00 am
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach if he will indicate the level of emigration in each period between censuses since 1911. [29822/10]
John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Net migration is derived as the difference between the population change and natural increase (births less deaths) for each of the intercensal periods since 1911. Immigration and emigration were only separately estimated from 1986 onwards.
Average annual births, deaths, natural increase and estimated | ||||||||
net migration for each intercensal period, 1911-2006 | ||||||||
Period | Births | Deaths | Natural increase | Change in population | Estimated net migration | Estimated immigration | Estimated emigration | |
Thousands | ||||||||
1911 – 1926 | 65 | 49 | 16 | -11 | -27 | - | - | |
1926 – 1936 | 58 | 42 | 16 | 0 | -17 | - | - | |
1936 – 1946 | 60 | 43 | 17 | -1 | -19 | - | - | |
1946 – 1951 | 66 | 40 | 26 | 1 | -24 | - | - | |
1951 – 1956 | 63 | 36 | 27 | -12 | -39 | - | - | |
1956 – 1961 | 61 | 34 | 26 | -16 | -42 | - | - | |
1961 – 1966 | 63 | 33 | 29 | 13 | -16 | - | - | |
1966 – 1971 | 63 | 33 | 30 | 19 | -11 | - | - | |
1971 – 1979 | 69 | 33 | 35 | 49 | 14 | - | - | |
1979 – 1981 | 73 | 33 | 40 | 38 | -3 | - | - | |
1981 – 1986 | 67 | 33 | 34 | 19 | -14 | - | - | |
1986 – 1991 | 56 | 32 | 24 | -3 | -27 | 26 | 53 | |
1991 – 1996 | 50 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 35 | 34 | |
1996 – 2002 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 49 | 26 | 53 | 27 | |
2002 – 2006 | 61 | 28 | 33 | 81 | 48 | 78 | 30 | |
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