| People | Ireland |
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Population:
 | 4,203,200 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 61% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
 | 62 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 20.9% (male 454,571/female 424,022) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,411,336/female 1,409,760) 65 years and over: 12% (male 224,850/female 278,661) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 35 years male: 34.2 years female: 35.7 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 1.12% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 14.23 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 7.77 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | 4.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 5.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 78.24 years male: 75.6 years female: 81.06 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 1.85 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.2% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 5,500 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 100 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural) adjective: Irish |
Ethnic groups:
 | Irish 87.4%, other white 7.5%, Asian 1.3%, black 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 census) |
Religions:
 | Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census) |
Languages:
 | English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas along the western coast |
Literacy:
 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
 | total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 4.7% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
 | void |
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