Clifden has a population of 1,597, making it the 255th largest place we list in Ireland. It is in Connacht.
Clifden holds under a tenth of one per cent of Ireland's 5,356,950 people. Dublin, the largest place we list there, is 641 times its size.
1,597
population
#255
in Ireland
The population, measured on the census's boundary
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Clifden the CSO Built Up Area: the continuously built-up town | 1,259 | Census 2022 |
| Clifden (GeoNames record) the figure in this page's heading; boundary unstated | 1,597 | GeoNames |
The census figure is the CSO's Census 2022 count for the Built Up Area, the boundary the CSO itself reports town populations on (data: CSO and Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Where the rows disagree, quote the census.
Clifden is in Connacht, which has 72 recorded places.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Leifear | Ulster | 1,613 |
| Collooney | Connacht | 1,610 |
| Derrinturn | Leinster | 1,602 |
| Rathdrum | Leinster | 1,586 |
| Longwood | Leinster | 1,581 |
| Termonfeckin | Leinster | 1,579 |
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Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.