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Population Estimates?

08-04-2011 6:34pm

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dave 27

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Seen as the census is around this month what do ye think the population of the country will be? or even counties/cities?

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#2 08-04-2011 6:35pm

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Bout three-fiddy

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#3 08-04-2011 6:37pm

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We talkin' humans or pricks here............

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#4 08-04-2011 6:38pm

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4,014,239 exactly.

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#5 08-04-2011 6:41pm

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4.55 Million

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#6 08-04-2011 6:43pm

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really hard to tell, 4.2 million 5 years ago in the height of the boom..probably grew a good bit for 2 years after then emmigration hit..Limerick City Urban area had a population of 100,757, so id say it would be about 105-107,000. any official estimates been posted of areas?

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#7 08-04-2011 6:43pm

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Trying to figure out your share of the National Dept OP ?

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#8 08-04-2011 6:50pm

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Dublin will be down in numbers id say 4.3million

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#9 08-04-2011 6:51pm

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major bill wrote: »

Dublin will be down in numbers id say 150,000 less anyway......

its hard to tell..many people from outside dublin will have moved up there in search of jobs etc

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#10 08-04-2011 6:52pm

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dave 27 wrote: »

its hard to tell..many people from outside dublin will have moved up there in search of jobs etc

changed it seemed a bit unrealistic.

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#11 08-04-2011 8:00pm

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joshrogan wrote: »

4,014,239 exactly.

It'd be amazing if that was right.

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#12 08-04-2011 8:04pm

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12.

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#13 08-04-2011 8:04pm

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Feck all difference from the last one give or take a half million

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#14 08-04-2011 8:09pm

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I'm not really good at judging crowds of people but I'd say there is around 82 million of us.

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#15 08-04-2011 8:12pm

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About 50,000 of our brightest youth leaving per year i'd guess.

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#16 08-04-2011 8:13pm

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galwayrush wrote: »

About 50,000 of our brightest youth leaving per year i'd guess.

FYP, based on reports from Australia

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#17 08-04-2011 8:14pm

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It will be the true population minus the number of cranks you are too ignorant to answer the door to the enumerators.

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#18 08-04-2011 9:47pm

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69 DUDE!

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#19 08-04-2011 9:55pm

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dave 27 wrote: »

Seen as the census is around this month what do ye think the population of the country will be? or even counties/cities?

99% who don't know the difference between seeing/seen

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