!!!Ireland: People & Society
||Population|4,952,473 (July 2016 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.)
||Languages|English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken by approximately 38.7% of the population as a first or second language in 2011; mainly spoken in areas along the western coast)
||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.)
||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 21.51% (male 544,506/female 520,934) \\ ''15-24 years'': 11.8% (male 297,025/female 287,512) \\ ''25-54 years'': 43.52% (male 1,082,577/female 1,072,721) \\ ''55-64 years'': 10.33% (male 256,353/female 255,155) \\ ''65 years and over'': 12.84% (male 293,577/female 342,113) (2016 est.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 53.7% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 33.5% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 20.2% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 5% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Median age|''total'': 36.4 years \\ ''male'': 36.1 years \\ ''female'': 36.8 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Population growth rate|1.2% (2016 est.)
||Birth rate|14.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Death rate|6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Net migration rate|4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Population distribution|population distribution is weighted to the eastern side of the island, with the largest agglomeration being in and around Dublin; populations in the west are small due to mountainous land, poorer soil, lack of good transport routes, and fewer job opportunities
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 63.2% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 1.58% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|DUBLIN (capital) 1.169 million (2015)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.01 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Mother's mean age at first birth|29.9 (2012 est.)
||Maternal mortality rate|8 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 4 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 80.8 years \\ ''male'': 78.5 years \\ ''female'': 83.2 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|1.98 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Contraceptive prevalence rate|64.8% \\ ''__note__'': percent of women aged 18-49 (2004/05) \\ 
||Health expenditures|7.8% of GDP (2014)
||Physicians density|2.67 physicians/1,000 population (2013)
||Hospital bed density|2.9 beds/1,000 population (2011)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 97.9% of population \\ rural: 97.8% of population \\ total: 97.9% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 2.1% of population \\ rural: 2.2% of population \\ total: 2.1% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 89.1% of population \\ rural: 92.9% of population \\ total: 90.5% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 10.9% of population \\ rural: 7.1% of population \\ total: 9.5% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.28% (2014 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|8,000 (2014 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|100 (2014 est.)
||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|27% (2014)
||Education expenditures|5.3% of GDP (2013)
||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 19 years \\ ''male'': 19 years \\ ''female'': 19 years (2012) \\ 
||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 23.9% \\ ''male'': 26.6% \\ ''female'': 20.9% (2014 est.) \\