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Ireland People 1996

Population:

3,550,448 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

24% (female 415,640; male 440,468)

15-64 years:

64% (female 1,125,638; male 1,155,823)

65 years and over:

12% (female 237,098; male 175,781) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.33% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

14.04 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

8.48 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

7.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

75.99 years

male:

73.15 years

female:

79 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.95 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Irishman(men), Irishwoman(men), Irish (collective plural)

adjective:

Irish

Ethnic divisions:

Celtic, English

Religions:

Roman Catholic 93%, Anglican 3%, none 1%, unknown 2%, other 1% (1981)

Languages:

Irish (Gaelic), spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard, English is the language generally used

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1981 est.)

total population:

98%

Labor force:

1.37 million

by occupation:

services 57.0%, manufacturing and construction 28%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 13.5%, energy and mining 1.5% (1992)

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