Written answers
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Data
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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165. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of persons in the State who are 65 years of age or over. [3204/23]
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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.
| Estimated Population Classified by Sex and Age Group, April 2016 - April 2022 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20161 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Population Estimate2 | (thousand) | ||||||
| 65 years and older | 629.8 | 649.9 | 673.4 | 696.3 | 720.1 | 742.3 | 768.9 |
| Total Persons | 4,739.6 | 4,792.5 | 4,857.0 | 4,921.5 | 4,977.4 | 5,011.5 | 5,100.2 |
| % 65 years and older | 13.3% | 13.6% | 13.9% | 14.1% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 15.1% |
| 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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