Irish Demography
| Population | 4,832,765 (July 2014 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 21.4% (male 529,140/female 506,857) 15-24 years: 11.9% (male 292,962/female 283,127) 25-54 years: 44.1% (male 1,070,875/female 1,061,396) 55-64 years: 10.1% (male 245,913/female 244,345) 65 years and over: 12.4% (male 275,114/female 323,036) (2014 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 51.4 % youth dependency ratio: 32.7 % elderly dependency ratio: 18.7 % potential support ratio: 5.4 (2014 est.) |
| Median age | total: 35.7 years male: 35.4 years female: 36.1 years (2014 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.2% (2014 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.18 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 62.2% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 1.63% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major cities – population | DUBLIN (capital) 1.121 million (2011) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2014 est.) |
| Mother’s mean age at first birth | 29.8 note: data are based on events and not on fertility rates (2011 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.11 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.56 years male: 78.28 years female: 82.97 years (2014 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2 children born/woman (2014 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 64.8% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2004/05) |
| HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate | 0.2% (2009 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS | 6,900 (2009 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS – deaths | fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 99.7% of population total: 99.9% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0.3% of population total: 0.1% of population (2012 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.6% of population rural: 97.9% of population total: 99% of population unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population rural: 2.1% of population total: 1% of population (2012 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural) adjective: Irish |
| Ethnic groups | Irish 84.5%, other white 9.8%, Asian 1.9%, black 1.4%, mixed and other 0.9%, unspecified 1.6% (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 84.7%, Church of Ireland 2.7%, other Christian 2.7%, Muslim 1.1%, other 1.7%, unspecified 1.5%, none 5.7% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken mainly in areas along the western coast) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 19 years male: 19 years female: 19 years (2011) |
| Education expenditures | 6.4% of GDP (2010) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
| Health expenditures | 9.4% of GDP (2011) |
| Physicians density | 3.19 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Obesity – adult prevalence rate | 25.2% (2008) |
