Embassy of India, Dublin, Ireland : India-Ireland Fact Sheet

India-Ireland Fact Sheet

Embassy of India
Dublin
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FACT SHEET

Name of the Country	Ireland (Irish: Éire)
Capital	Dublin
Administrative Divisions:	26 counties: Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow
Independence:	6 December 1921 (from the UK by the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which ended British rule); 6 December 1922 (Irish Free State established); 18 April 1949 (Republic of Ireland Act enabled)
National Day	Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March
Total Area	70,723 km
Population	5.149 million (Census 2022), of which 2.1% (estimated) is Asian. Population Growth rate: 1.3% (Census 2022)
Population of Dublin	1.451 million
Currency	Euro (€1= Rs. 90.75) ORE- June 2023
Language (s) Spoken	English (Official); Irish Gaelic or Gaeilge (Official, spoken by approximately 39.8% of the population. English is spoken by the majority
Religion	Roman Catholic 69% (2022 Census)
International Dialling code: Internet Country Code:	+353 .ie
Time Zone (Difference) Daylight Saving Time:	IST + 5½ hours (Begins last Sunday in October; ends last Sunday in March) IST + 4½ hours (Begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October)
Head of State (President)	Mr. Micheal D. Higgins (Since October 2011, was re-elected on 27 October 2018) (Labour Party)
Prime Minister (An Taoiseach) [Pronounced: TEE-shohck]	Simon Harris (since 09 April, 2024) (Fine Gael Party)
Deputy Prime Minister (An Tánaiste) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence [Pronounced: On Taw-nish-ta]	Micheál Martin (since 17 December 2022) (Fianna Fáil Party)
GDP	$ 629 bn (2022- source: World Economics) €117.4 bn (2nd Quarter 2023, source: CSO)
GDP Growth Rate	12.2 % in 2022 (source: CSO) 0.5% up (2nd Quarter 2023, source: CSO)
GDP Per Capita PPP	US$ 126,78,660 [2022 – OECD]
Rate of Inflation (CPI)	6.3% in August 2023 (Source: CSO)
Rate of Unemployment	4.2% in September 2023 (Source: CSO)
Total FDI Total Irish Investment abroad Total Foreign Investment into Ireland	€ 1,140 bn (2nd Quarter, source : CSO) €1,320.8bn bn (upto 2018) (Source: CSO.ie)
Foreign Trade (Source: CSO.ie)	Export: €208 bn (Jan – Dec 2022) Import: €140 bn (Jan – Dec 2022)
Trade with India Source (CSO, Ireland)	€1.637 bn (Jan-Dec 2022): Total trade India’s Exports: €1,021 mn (Jan-Dec 2022) India’s Imports: €616 mn (Jan-Dec 2022)