{
  "id": 3006763,
  "title": "Population of Ireland exceeds 5.5 million people - CSO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/population-of-ireland-exceeds-5-5-million-people-cso",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T11:11:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0824/1588997-cso-population-and-migration-estimates/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the country's population was estimated to stand at 5.526 million in the 12 months to April 2026 with more people aged 65 and over and fewer children under the age of 14 in the country.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}