Editing Swords, Dublin (section)

=== Demographics ===
{{Historical populations|title=Swords|state=collapsed
|1821|1727
|1831|2537
|1841|1788
|1851|1294
|1861|1296
|1871|1008
|1881|1088
|1891|983
|1901|944
|1911|907
|1926|839
|1936|838
|1946|703
|1951|1136
|1956|1629
|1961|1816
|1966|1892
|1971|4133
|1981|11138
|1986|15312
|1991|17705
|1996|22314
|2002|27175
|2006|33998
|2011|36924
|2016|39248
|2022|40776
}}
Swords has developed into the [[List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland|eighth largest urban area]] in Ireland, with a population of 40,776 at the 2022 census.<ref name="cso2022">{{cite web |title=Census 2022 - F1015 Population |work=Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office Ireland]] |date=August 2023 |url=https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 |access-date=16 September 2023 |archive-date=18 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918224126/https://data.cso.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The town's period of rapid population growth began in the 1970s with the construction of the extensive Rivervalley Estate, then Ireland's largest private housing development, ahead of the Kilnamanagh Estate in Tallaght North. It continued during the 1990s and 2000s, with many new residents moving to the area due to its proximity to work at [[Dublin Airport]] and various industrial estates / business parks.

Fingal County Council has referred to Swords as an "Emerging City", and has suggested that the overall area's population may reach 100,000 by 2035.