Dublin is the capital and by far the largest city of the Republic of Ireland. The city proper has a population of 506, 2011 inhabitants within a wider metropolitan area of 1, 2 million people.

The predominant ethnic group for Dublin city is White Irish, accounting for 81% of the total city’s population. Non-nationals make up 21% of Dublin’s total inhabitants. The most important minority groups are people from the United Kingdom, Poland, China, the Philippines, as well as people from Lithuania and other Eastern European countries.