What is population, age 17, male in Ireland?

Population, age 17, male in Ireland was 29,669 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 17, male recorded in Ireland?

The highest recorded value was 35,108 in 1994.

What is the lowest population, age 17, male recorded in Ireland?

The lowest recorded value was 28,507 in 2011.

How does Ireland rank for population, age 17, male?

Ireland ranks 125th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 17, male rising or falling in Ireland?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Ireland data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 17, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 17, male in Ireland

Name: Population, age 17, male in Ireland
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Ireland: Population, age 17, male was 29,669 in 2015. ▼ Falling

Latest (2015)

29,669

Change on year

up 1.7%

World rank

125th

of 191 countries

All-time high

35,108

in 1994

All-time low

28,507

in 2011

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 17, male in Ireland, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2015, population, age 17, male in Ireland stood at 29,669.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 17, male in Ireland peaked at 35,108 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 28,507, in 2011.

Ireland ranks 125th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	34,826	34,133	35,108	10
2000s	30,859	28,676	33,657	10
2010s	28,880	28,507	29,669	6

Countries ranked near Ireland

122 Finland 30,686 compare
123 New Zealand 30,512 compare
124 Oman 30,199 compare
126 Slovakia 28,983 compare
127 Jamaica 27,445 compare
128 Albania 26,883 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More education data for Ireland

Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
Population ages 0-14 18.1% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 96.5% (2022)
Primary education, teachers 42,162 (2023)
Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.6 (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 97.6% (2022)

All data for Ireland →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 17, male in Ireland?: Population, age 17, male in Ireland was 29,669 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 17, male recorded in Ireland?: The highest recorded value was 35,108 in 1994.
What is the lowest population, age 17, male recorded in Ireland?: The lowest recorded value was 28,507 in 2011.
How does Ireland rank for population, age 17, male?: Ireland ranks 125th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 17, male rising or falling in Ireland?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ireland data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 17, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 17, male
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,786 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population, age 17, male refers to the male population at the specified age.