Ireland:
People

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Population	4,109,086 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 20.8% (male 442,664/female 413,556) 15-64 years: 67.5% (male 1,387,803/female 1,385,355) 65 years and over: 11.7% (male 212,782/female 266,926) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 34.3 years male: 33.5 years female: 35.1 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	1.143% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	14.4 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	7.79 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	4.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.002 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.797 male(s)/female total population: 0.989 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 77.9 years male: 75.27 years female: 80.7 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.86 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	2,800 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural) adjective: Irish
Ethnic groups	Celtic, English
Religions	Roman Catholic 88.4%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 1.6%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2%, none 3.5% (2002 census)
Languages	English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)