Ireland Demographics Profile 2009

Population

4,203,200 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 20.9% (male 454,571/female 424,022)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,411,336/female 1,409,760)
65 years and over: 12% (male 224,850/female 278,661) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 35 years
male: 34.2 years
female: 35.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

1.12% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

14.23 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

7.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

4.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 5.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.24 years
male: 75.6 years
female: 81.06 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.85 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

5,500 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2007 est.)

Nationality

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

Ethnic groups

Irish 87.4%, other white 7.5%, Asian 1.3%, black 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 census)

Religions

Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)

Languages

English (official) is 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: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)

Education expenditures

4.7% of GDP (2005)