According to Eurostat's Migration and migrant population statistics, as of 1 January 2022 there were approximately 314 800 third-country nationals (TCNs) in Ireland, representing 6.2% of the population, and another 355 700 EU citizens (7%) living in Ireland at the time.
The Central Statistics Office noted in the Census 2022 Preliminary Data report that in June 2022 there were an estimated 631 785 non-Irish citizens resident in Ireland, accounting for 12% of the total population. Additionally it was reported that there are 170 597 residents with dual citizenship (representing a 63% increase compared with the 2016 Census). The Census 2022 preliminary data report also shows that the biggest non-Irish groups were Polish (15% of non-Irish citizens) and British citizens (13%), followed by Indian (7%), Romanian (7%) and Lithuanian (5%). The biggest TCN community increases since 2016 can be observed in the Indian, Romanian and Brazilian communities.
Other detailed statistical data is available in the European Migration Network (EMN) 2022 country factsheet for Ireland, with insights about the age and gender of TCNs, most common types of residence permits issued and international protection statistics.
Eurostat noted that between 2012 and 2022 there were 36 985 applications for asylum in Ireland. 13 645 of these were received in 2022 (representing a 521% increase since 2021). The median processing time for all cases processed to completion in the IPO in 2021 was 23 months.
By the end of October 2023, Ireland saw a total of 97 315 non-EU citizens who had fled the war against Ukraine and were under temporary protection – see monthly updates in the numbers of temporary protection beneficiaries on Eurostat. 5 202 young people from Ukraine enrolled in primary and secondary education for the 2022/2023 academic year. A further 12 622 arrivals have enrolled in further education and training courses as of 1 February 2023, including 10 680 who are enrolled in English language courses.
The recent OECD/EC Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2023: Settling In report provides further breakdowns of the composition of migrant populations and households in Ireland, including in terms of immigration flows by legal category, concentration in densely populated areas, duration of stay, and household composition.
Migration statistics in Ireland are otherwise provided by the Central Statistics Office - see the full data from the Census 2016 and preliminary results from the Census 2022 and Population and Migration Estimates Report 2020, as well as the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS)'s latest report (2022).