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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 3,500,212 (July 1990), growth rate -0.4% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -10 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Irishman(men), Irish (collective pl.); 
  18. adjective--Irish.
  19.  
  20. Ethnic divisions: Celtic, with English minority.
  21.  
  22. Religion: 94% Roman Catholic, 4% Anglican, 2% other.
  23.  
  24. Language: Irish (Gaelic) and English; English is the language 
  25. generally used, with Gaelic spoken in a few areas, mostly 
  26. along the western seaboard.
  27.  
  28. Literacy: 99%.
  29.  
  30. Labor force: 1,310,000; 57.3% services, 19.1% manufacturing 
  31. and construction, 14.8% agriculture, forestry, and fishing (1988).
  32.  
  33. Organized labor: 36% of labor force.
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