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Ireland - Europe



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
4,109,086 (July 2007 est.)total population: 77.9 years
male: 75.27 years
female: 80.7 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Celtic, EnglishRoman Catholic 88.4%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 1.6%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2%, none 3.5% (2002 census)
LanguagesLiteracy
English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboarddefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
republic, parliamentary democracy Dublin
IndependanceNational day
6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March
ConstitutionLegal system
adopted 1 July 1937 by plebiscite; effective 29 December 1937based on English common law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$202.9 billion (2006 est.)5.2% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$43,600 (2006 est.)4.3% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
10% (1997 est.)3.9% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$119.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$87.36 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$842.5 million (August 2006 est.)euro (EUR)
Military expenditures
0.9% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain 70,280 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the timenatural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
4.21 million (2005).ie
Internet hostsInternet users
238,191 (2006)2.06 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
36 (2006)3,312 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
96,602 km gas 1,728 km (2006)