| Official name | Ireland |
| Name in local language | Éire (ga) ; Ireland (en) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Subcontinent | European Union |
| Population (ranking: 129e) | 4,857,198 inhabitants (2018) |
| Population growth | 1.35 % / year |
| Area | 70,182 km² |
| Density | 69.21 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 34e) | 375.903 billions $USD (2018) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) | 77,450 $USD (2018) |
| GDP growth | 6.70 % / year (2018) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) | 82.10 years (2018) |
| Birth rate | 14.20 ‰ (2015) |
| Fertility rate | 1.90 children / woman (2015) |
| Death rate (ranking) | 6.50 ‰ (2015) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) | 3.10 ‰ (2015) |
| Literacy rate | 100.00 % (2018) |
| Official languages | Irish, English |
| Currency | Euro (€ EUR) |
| HDI (ranking: 15e) | 0.942 / 1 (2018) |
| EPI (ranking) | 78.77 (2018) |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic |
| Head of State | President Michael D. Higgins |
| National Day | None until Ireland is reunified |
| ISO Codes | IE, IRL |
| Demonym | Irish |
| Tourists (ranking) | 10,100,000 people (2016) |
Ireland is a Western European country located in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the United Kingdom, and a member of the European Union since 1973. It is a republic that extends over 26 of the 32 historic counties of the island of Ireland which it shares with Northern Ireland (the remaining six counties), remained a constituent part of the United Kingdom.
Moher Cliffs, Ireland. Source: Wildlife Archives
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Urban areas (2016)
| Urban areas | Population |
|---|---|
| Dublin | 1,907,332 inhabitants |
| Cork | 409,216 inhabitants |
| Limerick | 162,413 inhabitants |
| Galway | 118,570 inhabitants |
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Administrative divisions
| Counties and Provinces | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 56,932 inhabitants | 898 km² |
| Cavan | 76,176 inhabitants | 1,932 km² |
| Clare | 118,817 inhabitants | 3,442 km² |
| Connacht (Province) | 550,688 inhabitants | 17,713 km² |
| Cork | 542,868 inhabitants | 7,508 km² |
| Donegal | 159,192 inhabitants | 4,860 km² |
| Dublin Sud | 264,174 inhabitants | 223 km² |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 206,261 inhabitants | 127 km² |
| Fingal | 273,051 inhabitants | 453 km² |
| Galway | 258,058 inhabitants | 6,151 km² |
| Kerry | 147,707 inhabitants | 4,735 km² |
| Kildare | 222,504 inhabitants | 1,694 km² |
| Kilkenny | 99,232 inhabitants | 2,072 km² |
| Laois | 84,697 inhabitants | 1,719 km² |
| Leinster (Province) | 2,634,403 inhabitants | 19,774 km² |
| Leitrim | 32,044 inhabitants | 1,589 km² |
| Limerick | 194,899 inhabitants | 2,760 km² |
| Longford | 40,873 inhabitants | 1,091 km² |
| Louth | 128,884 inhabitants | 832 km² |
| Mayo | 130,507 inhabitants | 5,588 km² |
| Meath | 195,044 inhabitants | 2,335 km² |
| Monaghan | 61,386 inhabitants | 1,296 km² |
| Munster (Province) | 1,280,020 inhabitants | 24,608 km² |
| Offaly | 77,961 inhabitants | 1,990 km² |
| Roscommon | 64,544 inhabitants | 2,548 km² |