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Six One News: Ingrid Miley, Industry & Employment Correspondent, reports that the population has jumped by 2.5% in 12 months up to April of this year
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News At One: Ingrid Miley, Industry & Employment Correspondent, reports that the population grew by 2.5% in the 12 months up to April of this year
In the year to April 2007, the population grew by 2.5% to a total of 4.34 million people.
The CSO figures reveal that two thirds of the population increase of 106,100 was accounted for by migration, with the remaining one third from natural population increase.
The total number of immigrants in the year to April 2007 rose by 2,000 to 109,500.
However, the number of emigrants also rose to 42,200.
Net migration fell from 71,800 to 67,300.
