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<text>
<title>
Ireland: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Ireland
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 3,529,566 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 0.26% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 14.39 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 8.71 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -3.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 75.38 years</l>
<l> male: 72.56 years</l>
<l> female: 78.36 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 2.02 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(men), Irish (collective
plural)</l>
<l> adjective: Irish</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Celtic, English
</p>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic 93%, Anglican 3%, none 1%, unknown 2%,
other 1% (1981)
</p>
<p>Languages: Irish (Gaelic), spoken mainly in areas located along the
western seaboard, English is the language generally used
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1981)</l>
<l> total population: 98%</l>
<l> male: NA%</l>
<l> female: NA%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 1.37 million
</p>
<p> by occupation: services 57.0%, manufacturing and construction
28%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 13.5%, energy and mining 1.5%
(1992)
</p></body></article></text>