Population Growth
Early estimates of Kildare's population include GP Bushe's 1788 return of the number of households in Kildare at 11,272 (population afterwards estimated at 71,570) and DA Beaufort's household returns of 11,205 in 1790, and estimated population at 56,000. Mason's Statistical Survey of 1813 calculated the number of households at 14,564, and the population at 85,000 with figures for towns: Athy 3,192, Naas 2,018, Maynooth 1,468, Kildare 1,299. The first census in 1821 recorded a population of 99,065 (Athy 3,693, Naas 3,073, Kildare 1,516, Maynooth 1,364).
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1653 | 11,983 | — |
| 1659 | 13,825 | +15.4% |
| 1788 | 71,570 | +417.7% |
| 1813 | 85,000 | +18.8% |
| 1821 | 99,065 | +16.5% |
| 1831 | 108,424 | +9.4% |
| 1841 | 114,488 | +5.6% |
| 1851 | 95,723 | −16.4% |
| 1861 | 90,946 | −5.0% |
| 1871 | 83,614 | −8.1% |
| 1881 | 75,804 | −9.3% |
| 1891 | 70,206 | −7.4% |
| 1901 | 63,566 | −9.5% |
| 1911 | 66,627 | +4.8% |
| 1926 | 58,028 | −12.9% |
| 1936 | 57,892 | −0.2% |
| 1946 | 64,849 | +12.0% |
| 1951 | 66,437 | +2.4% |
| 1956 | 65,915 | −0.8% |
| 1961 | 64,420 | −2.3% |
| 1966 | 66,404 | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 71,977 | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 97,185 | +35.0% |
| 1981 | 104,122 | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 116,247 | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 122,656 | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 134,992 | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 163,944 | +21.4% |
| 2006 | 186,335 | +13.7% |
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