T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Europe region · High-Income country
An estimated 26,326 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Ireland in 2025. Each year about 1,040 people are newly diagnosed and 371 people with T1D die. A further 7,332 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
26,326
New diagnoses this year
1,040
Deaths this year
371
Missing people
7,332
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
65.4years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Ireland?
26,326 people in Ireland are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 496.1 per 100,000 people. That is higher than the Europe average of 298.6 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. Ireland has the 54th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 22nd-largest of the 53 countries in the IDF Europe region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Ireland, another 28 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Ireland?
The number of people living with T1D in Ireland went from 10,425 in 2000 to 26,326 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 33,855 by 2040 (+29%).
People living with type 1 diabetes in Ireland, 2000–2040. Solid line: modelled estimates to 2025; dashed line: projection to 2040.
Type 1 diabetes in Ireland over time, all ages
Year
Living with T1D
New diagnoses
Deaths
Missing people
2000
10,425
571
143
3,541
2010
16,559
939
249
4,423
2020
22,652
1,021
312
6,166
2025
26,326
1,040
371
7,332
2030 (projected)
29,390
1,126
512
8,683
2040 (projected)
33,855
1,138
580
11,761
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Ireland?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Ireland today is expected to live to 65.4, compared with 83.0 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 17.6 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 32.4 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 13.9 years.
Healthy years of life for a 10-year-old diagnosed with T1D in Ireland, as each level of care is added in turn
Level of care
Healthy years restored
Healthy years of life
Healthy years still lost
Current level of care
–
50.6
32.4
+ Timely diagnosis for everyone
–
50.6
32.4
+ Insulin and test strips for everyone
+11.2
61.8
21.2
+ Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone
+7.3
69.1
13.9
How does Ireland compare?
Type 1 diabetes in Ireland compared with the Europe region and the world, 2025
2025
Ireland
Europe
World
People living with T1D per 100,000
496.1
298.6
115.5
New diagnoses per 100,000
19.6
12.1
6.2
Missing people per 100 living with T1D
27.9
30.5
43.0
Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D
65.4
62.1
51.3
Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.
