Ierland | Demografie |
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The initial, ancient settlers of Ireland were migrants from tribes in modern-day Iberia and southern France. Modern-day Irish people are mainly of Gaelic ancestry, and although some of the population is also of English, Scottish (also often Gaelic), Anglo-Norman, Viking and Welsh ancestry, these groups have been assimilated and do not form distinct minority groups. Celtic culture and language forms an important part of national identity. The Irish Travellers are an ethnic minority group. For centuries a nation of emigrants, Ireland from the 1990s has attracted immigrants from a number of nations both within Europe and elsewhere. Population: 4,234,925 (2006 Census) Age structure: 0-14 years: 20.6% (male 438,100; female 415,200) 15-64 years: 68.14% (male 1,418,600; female 1,398,300) 65 years and over: 11.15% (male 202,300; female 258,300) (2005 est.) Population growth rate: 2.5% (2006 Census.) Birth rate: 14.47 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) Death rate: 7.91 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) Net migration rate: 11.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 Census.) 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: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2006 Census) Infant mortality rate: total: 5.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.36 years male: 74.74 years female: 80.15 years (2004 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.87 children born/woman (2004 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 2,400 (2001 est.) Nationality: noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural) adjective: Irish Ethnic groups: Irish, Irish Travellers, Ulster-Scots, some recent immigrant populations (inc. Poles-officially the second largest ethnic minority in Ireland (after the British), Chinese, Nigerians, Lithuanians, English, many more) Since the accession of the 10 new Eastern Europeans nations, Ireland has experienced a substantial influx of Poles, Lithuanians, Slovaks, Latvians and Estonians of whom there are currently at least 103,495 people. 63,276 of these are Poles. Non-Irish nationals now make up 10% of the population. There are also an estimated 16,533 Chinese and 16,300 Nigerians in Ireland [2]. Religions: Roman Catholic 90.4%, Church of Ireland 2.95%, Presbyterian 0.5%, Methodist 0.25%, Jewish 0.05% other 0.27% (2002) Languages: English is the more commonly used language, Irish (Gaelic) is spoken mainly in the Gaeltacht located along the western seaboard although it is spoken by some in Dublin and other urban areas (with 340,000 in 2002 census claiming daily usage, although this includes usage in school, where Irish is compulsory), Eastern European languages (mostly Polish, about 200,000 speakers), Chinese spoken by recent immigrant groups Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% (2003 est.) male: 99% female: 99% Source: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland |