About Swords
Swords is a city in Leinster, Ireland with a population of 40,776. It is the 9th largest of the 40 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ireland, and the 13,733rd largest worldwide. It lies 14 km from Dublin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 28
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Dublin
Coordinates
53.460, -6.218
Record updated
2026-06-15
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.