The MidWest has continued to grow, with the population here growing by 3,300 in the past year.
The CSO says that 488,300 people are now living across Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, with the growth last year continuing an ongoing trend.
Ireland’s population increased by just over one per cent in the year to April, and now stands at 4.98 million.
A third of the 85,400 people who immigrated to Ireland in that period were returning Irish nationals, the highest number since 2007.
