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		IRELAND The majority of the people of Ireland are Celtic. There is a small English minority. The overwhelming majority of the people of Ireland are Roman Catholic. There is a small Anglican minority. Ireland has traditionally had a large net migration, as thousands every year left Ireland for the new world. In recent years that trend has been reversed. POPULATION GRAPH Population: 3,883,159 (July 2002 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 21.3% (male 425,366; female 403,268) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 1,307,469; female 1,305,038) 65 years and over: 11.4% (male 191,927; female 250,091) (2002 est.) Population growth rate: 1.07% (2002 est.) Birth rate: 14.62 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) Death rate: 8.01 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) Net migration rate: 4.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2002 est.) Infant mortality rate: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.17 years female: 80.12 years (2002 est.) male: 74.41 years Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (2002 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (1999 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,200 (1999 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.) Nationality: noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural) adjective: Irish Ethnic groups: Celtic, English Religions: Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998) Languages: English is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% (1981 est.) male: NA% female: NA%