The CSO said the rise was due to positive net migration into the country and natural increase as the number of births were higher than the number of deaths.
The CSO also said that the number of births was 58,300 while the number of deaths was 31,200, resulting in a natural increase of 27,100 in the year to April 2020. Today's CSO figures also show that the Dublin region experienced the strongest growth in the year as its population grew by 22,100, or 1.6%.
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