Ireland

Capital

Dublin

Total Area

70,723 km

Population

4,761 million (Census 2016)

Population of Dublin

1.904 billion

Currency

Euro
(€1= Rs.80.45) ORE- July  2018

Language (s) Spoken

English, Irish
English spoken by the majority

Head of State (President)

H.E. Micheal D. Higgins (Since October 2011)
(Labour Party)

Prime Minister (An Taoiseach)
[Pronounced: TEE-shuhck]

H.E. Dr. Leo Varadkar (since 14 June 2017)
Fine Gael Party

Deputy Prime Minister
(An Tanaiste) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit
[Pronounced: An Taw-nish-ta]

H.E. Simon Coveney
Fine Gael Party

GDP

USD 294.05bn (2017)

GDP Growth Rate (2017)

4.8%

GDP Per Capita PPP (2017)

US$ 75,827 (€64,809) [2017 – OECD]

Rate of Inflation (CPI) February 2017

0.5%

Rate of Unemployment (2017)

6.4%

Total FDI

• Total Irish Investment abroad (2016)
• Total Foreign Investment into Ireland (2016)

€26.563 billion

€13.129 billion (CSO.ie)

Foreign Trade (2017)

Export: € 122.49 billion
Import: € 79.03billion (CSO.ie)

Trade with India (2017-18)

India’s Export: US$ 536.08 million
India’s Import: US$ 795.01 million (Source:DGFT)