Population — Cork
584,156, latest 2022.
The count stood at 584,156 in 2022.
Show the numbers (3 periods)
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 584,156 |
| 2016 | 542,868 |
| 2011 | 519,032 |
What these terms mean
- Census year
- A year CSO actually carried out a full population count — 2011, 2016 and 2022 for this series. Not published for any other year. Source
- Local authority
- The 31 city and county councils — the same administrative areas this site's other per-council datasets (planning permissions, tender awards, local authority budgets) are published for.
Before you use these figures
- Census years only, not a continuous series: This is CSO's actual Census of Population count, taken once every five years (2011, 2016, 2022) — not a modelled annual estimate. A figure from a year between censuses is not published here at all; the 'latest' point can be several years old.
- Cork City and Cork County not published separately: CSO publishes one combined population figure for Cork City and Cork County across all three census years — the city boundary was extended in 2019, so a clean pre/post split back to a comparable historical baseline does not exist. No population figure is shown for either council rather than estimating a split CSO itself declined to publish.
- Latest figure: 2022 — 4 years old: This dataset is published annual and the publisher hasn't released anything newer. Nothing is missing from this page.
- Not adjusted for population: This figure — 584,156 — is well outside the typical range for other areas currently publishing this dataset (median about 127,938 across 25 other areas). This is a raw count, not adjusted for population — a larger area is expected to report a larger number regardless of anything unusual happening there. Not itself a sign of a data problem.
- Not adjusted for population, 2016: This area's 2016 figure was 542,868, well outside the typical range for other areas that reported for 2016 (median about 118,817 across 25 other areas). This figure is a raw count, not adjusted for population — a larger area is expected to report a larger number regardless of anything unusual happening there. Not itself a sign of a data problem.
Cite this figure:
Population — Cork 584,156 for Cork, 2022 Caveats: Census years only, not a continuous series; Cork City and Cork County not published separately; Latest figure: 2022 — 4 years old; Not adjusted for population; Not adjusted for population, 2016 StatsMapped last confirmed this figure on 13 Sep 2026. Source: CSO FY006B — Population by County and City, 2011-2022 https://statsmapped.com/ireland/county/cork/population-cork