Ireland

  • President:Michael D. Higgins
  • Prime Minister:Leo Varadkar
  • Capital city:Dublin
  • Languages:English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken by approximately 38.7% of the population as a first or second language in 2011; mainly spoken in areas along the western coast)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:4,813,608 (2017)
  • Area, sq km:68,890 (2017)
  • GDP per capita, US$:69,331 (2017)
  • GDP, billion current US$:333.7 (2017)
  • GINI index:31.9 (2014)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:17 (2017)

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