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Ireland - Statistics

Introduction

Official name: Éire (Irish); Ireland{1} (English).
Form of government: unitary multi- party republic with two legislative houses (Senate [60{2}]; House of Representatives [166]). Chief of state: President. Head of government: Prime Minister.
Capital: Dublin.
Official languages: Irish; English.
Official religion: none.
Monetary unit: 1 Euro= 100 cents

Demography

Population (1996): 3,599,000.
Density (1996): persons per sq mi 132.6, persons per sq km 51.2.
Urban-rural (1991): urban 57.0%; rural 43.0%.
Gender distribution (1991): male 49.74%; female 50.26%.
Age breakdown (1991): under 15, 26.7%; 15-29, 24.1%; 30-44, 20.2%; 45-59, 13.8%; 60-74, 10.6%; 75 and over, 4.6%.
Population projection:2010 3,805,000.
Place of birth (1991): native born 93.5%; Eng. and Wales 3.6%; N.Ire. 1.0%.
Religious affiliation (1991): Roman Catholic 91.6%; Church of Ireland (Anglican) 2.3%; Presbyterian 0.4%; other 5.7%.
Major cities (1991){3}: Dublin 477,675; Cork 127,024; Limerick 52,040; Galway 50,842; Waterford 40,345.

Vital statistics

Birth rate per 1,000 population (1994): 13.4 (world avg. 26.0); legitimate 80.3%; illegitimate 19.7%.
Death rate per 1,000 population (1994): 8.6 (world avg. 9.2).
Natural increase rate per 1,000 population (1994): 4.8 (world avg. 16.8).
Total fertility rate (avg. births per childbearing woman; 1993): 1.9.
Life expectancy at birth (1990-92): male 72.3 years; female 77.9 years.
Major causes of death per 100,000 population (1994): heart and circulatory diseases 392.1, of which ischemic heart disease 218.2; malignant neoplasms (cancers) 205.6; respiratory disease 66.8, of which pneumonia 54.5.

National economy

Budget (1996).
Revenue: Ir 12,434,000,000 (income taxes 35.3%, value-added tax 25.1%, excise taxes 17.9%).
Expenditures: Ir 15,141,000,000 (social welfare 28.8%, debt service 15.3%, health 15.2%, education 13.9%).
Public debt (1994): U.S.$45,594,000,000.
Tourism (1994): receipts U.S.$1,765,000,000; expenditures U.S.$1,575,000,000.
Production (metric tons except as noted).
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (1994): sugar beets 1,390,000, barley 910,000, potatoes 589,000, wheat 572,000, oats 128,000, milk 52,460,000 hectolitres; livestock (number of live animals) 8,433,000 sheep, 7,065,000 cattle, 1,530,000 pigs; roundwood 2,047,000 cu m; fish catch 291,215.
Mining and quarrying (1994): gypsum 367,300; zinc ore 194,000{4}; lead ore 53,700{4}.
Manufacturing (value added in Ir; 1990): metals and engineering goods 3,237,500,000; food products 1,828,300,000; chemical products 1,492,600,000; paper, printing, and publishing 452,900,000; nonmetallic mineral products 441,400,000.
Construction (1994): residential 2,969,000 sq m; nonresidential 2,673,000 sq m.
Energy production (consumption): electricity (kW-hr; 1993) 16,416,000,000 (16,011,000,000); coal (metric tons; 1993) 1,000 (2,888,000); crude petroleum (barrels; 1993) none (13,663,000); petroleum products (metric tons; 1993) 1,857,000 (4,347,000); natural gas (cu m; 1993) 2,521,000,000 (2,521,000,000).

Gross national product (1994): U.S.$48,275,000,000 (U.S.$13,630 per capita).
Population economically active (1995): total 1,423,000; activity rate of total population 39.7% (participation rates: ages 15-64, 59.2%{5}; female 30.5%{5}; unemployed 13.5%).
Household income and expenditure.
Average household size (1991) 3.3; income per household: n.a.; sources of income (1987): wages and salaries 58.6%, self-employment 13.3%, interest and dividends 8.2%; expenditure (1994): food 26.6%, rent and household goods 11.5%, transportation 10.5%.

Land use (1993): forest 4.6%; pasture 68.1%; agricultural 13.4%; other 13.9%.
Foreign trade{6}
Imports (1994): Ir 17,191,100,000 (machinery and transport equipment 38.5%, chemicals 13.0%, manufactured goods 11.5%, food 8.1%, petroleum and petroleum products 3.8%, crude materials [inedible] 2.3%, beverages and tobacco 1.2%).
Major import sources: U.K. 33.2%; U.S. 18.3%; Germany 7.1%; Japan 4.8%; France 3.8%; The Netherlands 2.8%.
Exports (1994): Ir 22,789,600,000 (machinery and transport equipment 30.1%, chemical products 20.8%, food 18.6%, manufactured goods 5.5%).
Major export destinations: U.K. 24.4%; Germany 14.1%; France 9.2%; U.S. 8.4%.

Transport and communications

Transport.
Railroads (1995): route length 1,947 km; passenger-km 1,260,300,000; metric ton-km cargo 569,300,000.
Roads (1993): length 92,345 km (paved 94%).
Vehicles (1994): passenger cars 939,022; trucks and buses 147,719.
Merchant marine (1992): vessels (100 gross tons and over) 189; total deadweight tonnage 208,573.
Air transport (1995){7}: passenger-km 4,660,790,000; metric ton-km cargo 106,999,000; airports (1996) 9.

Communications.
Daily newspapers (1995): 6; total circulation 482,637; circulation per 1,000 population 135.
Radio (1995): 2,150,000 receivers (1 per 1.7 persons).
Television (1995): 1,000,000 receivers (1 per 3.6 persons).
Telephones (main lines; 1995): 1,262,000 (1 per 2.8 persons).

Education and health

Educational attainment (1991) Percentage of population age 15 and over having: primary education or no schooling 33.7%; secondary 42.7%; some postsecondary 12.6%; university or like institution 11.0%.
Literacy (1987): virtually 100% literate.
Health: physicians (1984) 5,180 (1 per 681 persons); hospital beds (1993) 13,806{8} (1 per 255 persons); infant mortality rate (1994) 5.9. Food (1988-90): daily per capita caloric intake 3,952 (vegetable products 62%, animal products 38%); 157% of FAO recommended minimum requirement.

Military

Total active duty personnel (1995): 12,900 (army 84.5%, navy 7.7%, air force 7.8%).
Military expenditure as percentage of GNP (1994): 1.3% (world 3.0%); per capita expenditure U.S.$172.

Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica

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