How many people immigrate to Ireland each year?
It is hard to quantify. The figures change each year. With the current economic downturn, less people are going to Ireland and a lot are leaving. According to the 2006 census there were 3,706,683 Irish people living in the Republic and 419,733 non-Irish. That would include any nationality, and many of those would have been resident in Ireland for many years and not part of the modern wave of immigrants. For the year to the end of April 2007, about 109,500 immigrants came into Ireland and about 42,000 left the country. Net migration is estimated to have fallen from the record high of 71,800 in the year ending April 2006 to 67,300 in for the year ending April 2007. Figures to the end of April 2008 will probably be available by the end of December.
