People
Population: 3,840,838 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 21.57% (male 425,328; female 403,204)
15-64 years: 67.08% (male 1,290,002; female 1,286,312)
65 years and over: 11.35% (male 188,868; female 247,124) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.12% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 14.57 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate: 8.07 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate: 4.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.99 years
male: 74.23 years
female: 79.93 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,200 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality: noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural)
adjective: Irish
Ethnic groups: Celtic, English
Religions: Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998)
Languages: English is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98% (1981 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%
The population of Ireland is predominantly of Celtic
origin. The population of the Irish republic in 2000 was estimated at 3,647,348, giving the country an overall population density of 52 persons per sq km (134 per sq mi). The population decreased from the 1840's, when about 6.5 million people lived in the area included in the republic, until about 1970, lagely because of a high emigration rate. During the 1980's the population increased at an annual rate of only about 0.5 percent, and by 2000 the rate had slowed to 0.41 percent. Some 58 percent of the population lived in urban areas in 1998.Economy
The economy of Ireland has been traditionally agricultural. Since the mid-1950s, however, the country's industrial base has expanded, and now mining, manufacturing, consruction, and public utilities account for approximately 36 percent of the gross domestic product, while agriculture accounts for only 10 percent. Private enterprise operates in most sectors of the economy. The gross domestic product in 1999 was $93.4 billion.
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