The median age of the Irish population grew as well: an average Irish person is now 38.1 years old while he/she was 34 only ten years before.

The expected trends for the next three decades vary substantially across the country. In rural areas around Dublin, such as Enniskerry, Powerscourt and Kilbride, a growth in population of more than 20% is expected by 2050, while some areas in the West of Ireland will lose inhabitants.

The JRC research suggests that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the government responses to it could reshape migratory movements, shift migration routes and alter the composition of migrant populations worldwide.

The Atlas is published by the JRC Knowledge Centre for Migration and Demography. It is an online reference tool guiding policy-makers, practitioners and the general public through the complexities of migration and demography. It brings together indicators related to migration, asylum, integration, demography and development for about 200 Countries from several international data sources.