Ireland People:
Population:
4,015,676 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.9% (male:434,225; female:406,730)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male:1,358,086; female:1,354,148)
65 years and over: 11.5% (male:203,614; female:258,873) (2005)
Median age:
total: 33.7 years
male: 32.9 years
female: 34.49 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
1.16% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
14.47 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.85 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
4.93 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 5.39 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 5.91 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 4.84 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 77.56 years (2003 est.)
male: 74.95 years
female: 80.34 years
Total fertility rate:
1.87 children born/woman (2005 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 2002 88.4%, Church of Ireland 2002 3%, other Christian 2002 1.6%, other 2002 1.5%, unspecified 2002 2%, none 2002 3.5% (2002)
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)
male: NA
female: NA
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