<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Ireland Éire (Irish) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Flag Coat of arms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anthem: "Amhrán na bhFiann" (English: "The Soldiers' Song") </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Location of Ireland (dark green) <P>--in Europe (green & dark grey)--in the European Union (green) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Capital and largest city </Th> <Td> Dublin 53 ° 20.65 ′ N 6 ° 16.05 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 53.34417 ° N 6.26750 ° W ﻿ / 53.34417; - 6.26750 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official languages </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Irish </Li> <Li> English </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> National language </Th> <Td> Irish </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ethnic groups (2016) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 82.2% White Irish </Li> <Li> 9.5% Other White </Li> <Li> 2.6% Not stated </Li> <Li> 2.1% Other Asian / Asian Irish </Li> <Li> 1.5% Other </Li> <Li> 1.2% Black Irish / Black African </Li> <Li> 0.7% Irish Traveller </Li> <Li> 0.1% Other Black </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Demonym </Th> <Td> Irish </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Government </Th> <Td> Unitary parliamentary republic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> President </Th> <Td> Michael D. Higgins </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Taoiseach </Th> <Td> Leo Varadkar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tánaiste </Th> <Td> Simon Coveney </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Legislature </Th> <Td> Oireachtas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Upper house </Th> <Td> Seanad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lower house </Th> <Td> Dáil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Independence from the United Kingdom </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Proclamation </Th> <Td> 24 April 1916 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Declaration </Th> <Td> 21 January 1919 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Anglo - Irish Treaty </Th> <Td> 6 December 1921 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1922 constitution </Th> <Td> 6 December 1922 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1937 constitution </Th> <Td> 29 December 1937 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Republic Act </Th> <Td> 18 April 1949 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Joined the EEC </Th> <Td> 1 January 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Area </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> 70,273 km (27,133 sq mi) (118th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Water (%) </Th> <Td> 2.00 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2016 census </Th> <Td> 4,761,865 (123rd) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Density </Th> <Td> 67.7 / km (175.3 / sq mi) (142nd) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP (PPP) </Th> <Td> 2018 estimate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> $382 billion (56th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Per capita </Th> <Td> $79,925 (7th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP (nominal) </Th> <Td> 2018 estimate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> $385 billion (42nd) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Per capita </Th> <Td> $80,641 (4th) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gini (2014) </Th> <Td> 30.0 medium 23rd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> HDI (2015) </Th> <Td> 0.923 very high 8th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Currency </Th> <Td> Euro (€) (EUR) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Time zone </Th> <Td> GMT / WET (UTC ⁠) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Summer (DST) </Th> <Td> IST / WEST (UTC + 1) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date format </Th> <Td> dd / mm / yyyy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Drives on the </Th> <Td> left </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Calling code </Th> <Td> + 353 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 3166 code </Th> <Td> IE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Internet TLD </Th> <Td>. ie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ol> <Li> ^ Article 4 of the Constitution of Ireland declares that the name of the state is Ireland; Section 2 of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 declares that Republic of Ireland is "the description of the State". </Li> <Li> ^ The . eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states . </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Ireland Éire (Irish) </Th> </Tr>

The republic of ireland gained independence from britain