| People | Ireland |
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Population:
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4,670,976 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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68 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 62% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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DUBLIN (capital) 1.084 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 21.1% (male 503,921/female 483,454)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male 1,581,959/female 1,560,238)
65 years and over: 11.6% (male 246,212/female 295,192) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 34.8 years
male: 34.5 years
female: 35.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.061% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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16.1 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.057 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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3 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 3.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.19 years
male: 77.96 years
female: 82.55 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.02 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7.6% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.187 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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5.17 beds/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 98% of population
total: 99% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 2% of population
total: 1% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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6,900 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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13% (2002) |
Nationality:
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noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural)
adjective: Irish |
Ethnic groups:
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Irish 87.4%, other white 7.5%, Asian 1.3%, black 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 census) |
Religions:
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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:
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English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken mainly in areas along the western coast) |
Literacy:
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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):
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total: 18 years
male: 18 years
female: 18 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.9% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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