Ireland
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 5.5M (2025). World rank 121 of 216; in Europe, 25 of 48. Area: 70,273 km². World rank 122 of 249; in Europe, 22 of 52. GDP per person: $131,592 (2025). World rank 5 of 210 (1 = best); in Europe, 4 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 4.7M → 5.5M, GDP $302.1B → $721.7B, and GDP per person $64,250 → $131,592. Better than all its neighbours (United Kingdom): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Ireland
- Local name
- Ireland
- Capital
- Dublin
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Catherine Connolly
- Head of government
- Micheál Martin
- Independence
- December 6, 1921
- Women in parliament
- 25.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 5,484,367 2025
- Area
- 70,273 km²
- GDP
- $721.7B 2025
- GDP per person
- $131,592 2025
- Life expectancy
- 83 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Irish
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+1
- Calling code
- +353
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,448
- Neighbours
- United Kingdom
- Agricultural land
- 65.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Carrauntoohil, 1,041 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 118
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 10
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 15°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 6°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,118 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 78 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.6% 2025
- Living in cities
- 64.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +35.4K 2025
- Born in another country
- 23.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 18.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 65.7% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 16.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 84.7 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 81.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 10 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 69.2%, no religion 14.6%, Protestant 3.7%, Orthodox 2%, and Muslim 1.6% (2022)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 84.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 78.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 85.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 83.3 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 87.1 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $155,089 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +12.3% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $87,360 2025
- Inflation
- +2.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 85 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.1% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 37.8% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 56.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 10.5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 59.8% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 140% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 99.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +6.3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +10.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 17.9% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 29 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.1% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 96.5% 2022
- Secondary school enrolment
- 131% 2022
- Higher education enrolment
- 77.6% 2022
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.9% 2021
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.8% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $7,395 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 10.6% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.9 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 14.8 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 90% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 3.4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 3.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 4 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.2% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 3.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 64.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 18.2% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.1% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 89.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.7 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 3.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 8.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 78.7 2025
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 7.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 11.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 12% 2024
- Protected areas
- 4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 9,400 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 8.1% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 97.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 113 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 32.3 2024
- Internet domain
- .ie
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 6,497 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 12.7% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 37.2% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 49.5% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 192,528,432 2023
- Airports
- 100 2025
- Railways, km
- 1,688 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.6% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 5,753 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 8,720 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 68 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 53.5% 2024