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Ireland Facts - The statistics about Ireland - most of the stats on population are from 2007.





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Location
Western Europe, lying just west of Great Britain, in the North Atlantic Ocean

Geographic Coordinates
53 00 N, 8 00 W.

Area
Total: 70,280 sq km
Land: 68,890 sq km
Water: 1,390 sq km

Population
4,109086 - July 2007

Coastline
1,448 km in length

Maritime Claims
Territorial sea - 12nm
Exclusive Fishing Zone - 200nm

Climate
Temperate Maritime
Modified by Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current
Cool Summers, Mild Winters
Consistently Humid
Overcast 50% of the time

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Terrain
Flat interior with some rolling hills, surrounded by hills and low mountains with sea cliffs on the west coast, facing the Atlantic Ocean

Highest Point
Carrauntoohil - 1,041 meters

Land Use
Arable Land - 16.82%
Permanent crops - 0.03%
Other - 83.15%

Natural Resources
Natural Gas
Peat
Copper
Lead
Zinc
Gypsum
Limestone
Dolomite
Silver

Environmental Issues
Water pollution - Lakes polluted from Agricultural runoff

Median Age
Total: 34.3 years
Male: 33.5 years
Female: 35.1 years (2007)

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: 11.7% - male 212,782/female 266,926 (2007)

Rate of Population Growth
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.)

Life Expectancy
Total population - 77.9 years
Male - 75.27 years
Female - 80.7 years (2007 est.)

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