About Portlaoise
Portlaoise is a city in Leinster, Ireland with a population of 23,494. It is the 17th largest of the 40 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ireland, and the 22,297th largest worldwide. It lies 77 km from Dublin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#10of 28
Elevation
101 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Dublin
Coordinates
53.034, -7.300
Record updated
2026-06-16
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 40 in IrelandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.