Editing Munster (section)

==Divisions==
{{Historical populations
|1981|998315
|1986|1020577
|1991|1009533
|1996|1033903
|2002|1100614
|2006|1173340
|2011|1246088
|2016|1280020
|2022|1373346
|footnote =<ref name="cso2022"/><ref name="census2016">{{cite web |url=http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=PROV&Geog_Code=32947409-6CFA-4731-BCD1-1CF12E8193F8#SAPMAP_T1_100 |title=Sapmap Area: Province Munster |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] |year=2016 |work=Census 2016 |access-date=23 January 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072401/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=PROV&Geog_Code=32947409-6CFA-4731-BCD1-1CF12E8193F8#SAPMAP_T1_100 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cso.ie/census for post 1821 figures, 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy March 14, 1865] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920090814/http://cso.ie/census |date=20 September 2010 }}, For a discussion on the accuracy of [[Great Famine (Ireland)|pre-famine]] census returns see [[J. J. Lee (historian)|J.J. Lee]] "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, in and also New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850 by Joel Mokyr and [[Cormac Ó Gráda]] in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov. 1984), pp. 473–488.</ref>
}}

The province is divided into six traditional [[Counties of Ireland|counties]]: [[County Clare|Clare]], [[County Cork|Cork]], [[County Kerry|Kerry]], [[County Limerick|Limerick]], [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] and [[County Waterford|Waterford]]. Munster is the largest of Ireland's four provinces by land area, and the third largest by population.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! County
! Population<br> (2022)<ref name="cso2022"/> <br />
! Area
|-
|align=left|[[County Clare|Clare]] <small>(''An Clár'')</small>||align=center|127,938||{{convert|3450|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
|align=left|[[County Cork|Cork]] <small>(''Corcaigh'')</small>||align=center|584,156||{{convert|7508|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
|align=left|[[County Kerry|Kerry]] <small>(''Ciarraí'')</small>||align=center|156,458||{{convert|4807|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
|align=left|[[County Limerick|Limerick]] <small>(''Luimneach'')</small>||align=center|209,536||{{convert|2756|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
|align=left|[[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] <small>(''Tiobraid Árann'')</small>||align=center|167,895||{{convert|4305|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
|align=left|[[County Waterford|Waterford]] <small>(''Port Láirge'')</small>||align=center|127,363||{{convert|1858|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
!align=left|Total!!1,373,346!!{{convert|24684|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|}

===Urban areas===
[[File:2017-06-15_7356x4904_cork_river_lee_south_channel.jpg|thumb|Cork City Quays]]
[[File:LimerickCity Riverpoint.jpg|thumb|Limerick City Quays]]
[[File:Waterford city at night - geograph.org.uk - 1034017.jpg|thumb|Waterford City Quays]]
Munster has many large towns, including a number of growing satellite towns, and is the province with the most cities (three) in Ireland.<ref>{{cite ISB|title=[[Local Government Reform Act 2014]]|year=2014|number=1|section=12|stitle=Local government areas|access-date=27 December 2021|date=27 January 2014}}</ref> The following is a list of urban areas in Munster in order of size (2022 census figures), with cities and [[county town]]s bolded:<ref name="cso2022_town">{{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}}</ref>
{{See also|List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland}}
Urban areas over 10,000 inhabitants:
{{Div col|small=yes|colwidth=30em}}
*'''[[Cork (city)|Cork]]''' (222,526)
*'''[[Limerick]]''' (102,287)
*'''[[Waterford]]''' (60,079)
*'''[[Ennis]]''' (27,923)
*'''[[Tralee]]''' (26,079)
*'''[[Clonmel]]''' (18,369){{ref label|ReEntryA|A}}
*[[Carrigaline]] (18,239)
*[[Killarney]] (14,412)
*[[Cobh]] (14,148)
*[[Midleton]] (13,906)
*[[Mallow, County Cork|Mallow]] (13,456)
*[[Tramore]] (11,277)
*[[Shannon, County Clare|Shannon]] (10,256)
*[[Dungarvan, County Waterford|Dungarvan]] (10,081)
{{div col end}}

Urban areas with 5,000–10,000 inhabitants:
{{Div col|small=yes|colwidth=30em}}
*'''[[Nenagh, County Tipperary|Nenagh]]''' (9,895){{ref label|ReEntryA|A}}
*[[Youghal]] (8,564)
*[[Bandon, County Cork|Bandon]] (8,196)
*[[Thurles]] (8,185)
*[[Newcastle West]] (7,209)
*[[Fermoy]] (6,720)
*[[Passage West|Passage West-Monktown]] (6,051)
*[[Kinsale]] (5,991)
*[[Carrick on Suir]] (5,752)
*[[Carrigtwohill]] (5,568)
*[[Roscrea]] (5,542)
*[[Tipperary, County Tipperary|Tipperary]] (5,387)
*[[Clonakilty]] (5,112)
{{div col end}}