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: Eire)
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	4.83 million (2018) Eurostat of which 2.1% (estimated ) is Asian. Population Growth rate: 1.11% (2018 est.)
Population of Dublin	1.228 million
Currency	Euro (€1= Rs. 89.86) ORE- Feb 2021
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 78.3% (2016 estimated)
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]	Micheal Martin (since 27 June 2020) (Fianna Fail Party)
Deputy Prime Minister (An Tanaiste) and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment [Pronounced: On Taw-nish-ta]	Dr. Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael Party)
GDP	USD 388.7bn (2019 OECD)
GDP Growth Rate	5.5% (2019)
GDP Per Capita PPP	US$ 78,660 [2019 – OECD]
Rate of Inflation (CPI)	1.0% (OECD) (May 2019)
Rate of Unemployment	5.8% (Jan 2021)
Total FDI Total Irish Investment abroad Total Foreign Investment into Ireland	€ 824 billion (Upto 2018) €874 billion (Source:CSO.ie) (upto 2018)
Foreign Trade (Source:CSO.ie)	Export: € 153 billion (2019) Import: € 89 billion
Trade with India Source (DoC, GoI)	US$ 1.137 bn(2019-20) : Total trade India’s Export: US$ 533.69 million (2019-20) U422.52 million)) 2019-2020 A India’s Import: US$ 604.15 million (2019-2020)