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ISLAND DIRECTORY
Ireland [54]
(Independent in 1921 from United Kingdom)
LAND AREA: 70282 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 3521000 (1996)
DENSITY: 50 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 1%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 26%
URBAN POP: 57% (1994), versus 46% (1960), Annual Growth: 0.7%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 76.3 years, ADULT LITERACY: 99.0%
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.929
ECONOMY
GNP: US$48.0 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 3.1%, Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 3.6%
GDP/Capita: $12697 GDP/Capita PPP: $16061
GDP/Capita: 1960 $3904, 1970 $5648, 1980 $7791, 1990 $10871
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
TOTAL FOREST AREA: 570,000 ha, 8.3% of land area, 0.2 ha/capita
ANNUAL CHANGE IN FOREST COVER: 2.7%
ARABLE LAND: 13.1% of land area
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 14.1,000 cu.m/cap/year
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 11/02/98
Islands of Ireland
Achill (Ireland)
Inishmore (Ireland)
Ireland (Ireland/United Kingdom)
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