↑ สาธารณรัฐไอร์แลนด์2006 census reports a total population of 4,239,848, of which about 92% are ethnic Irish (8% are ethnic English, Scottish, Welsh, Russian, Greek, Jewish, etc.). The 2006 UK census reports 1,685,267 citizen and immigrant residents of Northern Ireland, of whom about 43.8% or 755,000 are ethnic Irish (about 54% are ethnic Scots, and the rest are ethnic English, Pakistani, Jewish, etc.). The combined total for ethnic Irish in the whole of Ireland is thus 4,655,660.
↑ The 2006 Australian Census reports 1.9 million people of Irish ancestry in the 2001 Census. Up to two ancestries could be chosen. Recent increases in the number who identify as Australian suggest that this number is an underestimate of the true number with Irish ancestry. With that being said, the number claiming Irish ancestry from the previous census actually more than doubled. One reason, an improved image of what it means to be Irish according to the census experts, making Australians more proud to state their Irish ancestry. Also the Australian Embassy in Dublin states that up to 30 percent of Australians have some degree of Irish ancestry..
