World Data Atlas
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:
5,282,610
(2025)
Area, sq km:
68,890
GDP per capita, US$:
103,888
(2023)
GDP, billion current US$:
551.4
(2023)
GINI index:
30.1
(2021)
Ease of Doing Business rank:
24
Key Indicators
Rankings
Topics
Provinces
Arts-media-and-entertainment
Sources
E
F
U
E
Eurostat
(4)
F
Federal Statistics Office, Switzerland - FSO-CH
(2)
Freedom House - FH
(1)
U
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - UNECE
(1)