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Capital city:
Dublin
Ethnic groups:
Irish 87.4%, other white 7.5%, Asian 1.3%, black 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 census)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)
Languages:
English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken mainly in areas along the western coast)
Population:
4,670,976 (July 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 120
Age structure:
0-14 years: 21.1% (male 503,921/female 483,454)
 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 1,581,959/female 1,560,238)
 65 years and over: 11.6% (male 246,212/female 295,192) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 34.8 years
 male: 34.5 years
 female: 35.1 years (2011 est.)