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  • Population.......................................................................4,203,200 (July 2009 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................1.12% (2009 est.)
  • Birth rate...................................................14.23 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
  • Death rate..................................................7.75 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................4.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
  • Ethnic groups......................................................................................Irish 87.4%, other white 7.5%, Asian 1.3%, black 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 census)
Member of what is now the European Union since 1973.
Country Profile
Ireland: From Rapid Immigration to Recession
Ireland's economy and openness to labor migration from new EU Member States fueled immigration flows, including return migration, over the past few years. But the global recession has hit the country hard, and unemployment among both foreigners and Irish nationals is rising. Emma Quinn of the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin updates the Ireland country profile with a look at recent trends, policies, and data.

Ireland page on the World Migration Map

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Data
Check out Irish International Migration Data
in the Global Data Center

Neighboring Countries

United Kingdom

Other Resources

Ireland Central Statistics Office
http://www.cso.ie/

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000002

Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner
http://www.orac.ie/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/

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