Ireland

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Facts

Population: 4,109,086 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 20.8% (male 442,664/female 413,556) 15-64 years: 67.5% (male 1,387,803/female 1,385,355) 65 years and over: 11.7% (male 212,782/female 266,926) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.143% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 14.4 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 7.79 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 4.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.002 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.797 male(s)/female total population: 0.989 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.9 years male: 75.27 years female: 80.7 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.86 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,800 (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural) adjective: Irish.

Ethnic groups: Celtic, English.

Religions: Roman Catholic 88.4%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 1.6%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2%, none 3.5% (2002 census).

Languages: English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $180.7 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 6% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $44,500 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5% industry: 46% services: 49% (2002 est.).

Labor force: 2.12 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 8% industry: 29% services: 64% (2002 est.).

Population below poverty line: 10% (1997 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 27.3% (1997).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.9% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 4.3% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $74.49 billion expenditures: $73.05 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products.

Industries: steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, and gypsum mining processing; food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals; machinery, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, ship construction and refurbishment; glass and crystal; software, tourism.

Industrial production growth rate: 5% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 23.26 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 23.23 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 1.6 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $119.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products.

Exports - partners: US 18.5%, UK 17.4%, Belgium 15.3%, Germany 7.3%, France 6.5%, Netherlands 4.7%, Italy 4.2% (2005).

Imports: $87.36 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing.

Imports - partners: UK 37.1%, US 13.8%, Germany 9.2%, Netherlands 4.5% (2005).

Debt - external: $1.392 trillion (30 June 2006).

Economic aid - donor: ODA, $607 million (2004).

Currency (code): euro (EUR) note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries.

Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.