| Ireland :
Geographic coordinates
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53 00 N, 8 00 W
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| Ireland :
Population growth rate
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1.102% (2010 est.)
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| Ireland :
Birth rate
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14.1 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| Ireland :
Death rate
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7.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| Ireland :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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5,500 (2007 est.)
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| Ireland :
Independence
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6 December 1921
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| Ireland :
National holiday
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Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March
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| Ireland :
Constitution
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29 December 1937
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| Ireland :
GDP
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purchasing power parity - $176.9 billion (2009 est.)
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| Ireland :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $42,200 (2009 est.)
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| Ireland :
Electricity - consumption
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25.12 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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| Ireland :
Exports
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$73.5 billion machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
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| Ireland :
Imports
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$45.7 billion data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals; petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing
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| Ireland :
Telephones
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2.202 million (2008)
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| Ireland :
Mobile cellular
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5.048 million (2008)
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| Ireland :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0
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| Ireland :
Radios
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2.55 million
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| Ireland :
Television broadcast stations
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4
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| Ireland :
Televisions
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1.82 million
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| Ireland :
Internet country code
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.ie
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| Ireland :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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1.303 million (2009)
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| Ireland :
Internet users
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2.83 million (2008)
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| Ireland :
Railways
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3,237 km
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| Ireland :
Highways
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96,036 km
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| Ireland :
Waterways
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956 km (pleasure craft only) (2008)
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| Ireland :
Pipelines
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gas 1,550 km (2009)
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| Ireland :
Ports and harbors
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Cork, Dublin, Shannon Foynes
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| Ireland :
Merchant marine
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29 ships
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| Ireland :
Airports
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39
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| Ireland :
Heliports
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N/A
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| Ireland :
Military branches
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Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army, Naval Service, Air Corps (2010)
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| Ireland :
Military expenditures
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0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
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