167,895 people CSO Census 2022 table FY001 records a Tipperary population of 167,895, counting both sexes.
Seventh-largest of 26 Sorting the 26 county populations places Tipperary seventh: six counties larger, nineteen smaller.
A reproducible comparison We use the 26 named counties, excluding the State total. The rank is our calculation from CSO figures.
A different measure The RSA’s 1 January 2024 release counts sixteen Tipperary deaths in 2023. That is not a population figure.
No rate ranking from these alone A population and a death count do not establish which county had the highest per-capita death rate.
Specify the comparison Which common period and population denominator would a rate comparison use for every county?
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