Religion in Ireland

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Fast Facts and Religious Adherent Statistics
Population 5,224,884 (#122 in world) (2021 est.)
Demonym noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural)
adjective: Irish
Ethnic Groups Irish 82.2%, Irish travelers 0.7%, other White 9.5%, Asian 2.1%, Black 1.4%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.6% (2016 est.)
Religions Roman Catholic 78.3%, Church of Ireland 2.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Orthodox 1.3%, Muslim 1.3%, other 2.4%, none 9.8%, unspecified 2.6% (2016 est.)
Christianity 83.9% (2016 est.)
Roman Catholicism 78.3% (2016 est.)
Unaffiliated 9.8% (2016 est.)
Anglicanism 2.7% (2016 est.)
Eastern Orthodoxy 1.3% (2016 est.)
Islam 1.3% (2016 est.)

Sources

  1. “Ireland.” CIA World Factbook.
  2. “Ireland.” Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project.
  3. “Ireland.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
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Title Religion in Ireland
Published
Last UpdatedFebruary 13, 2021
URL religionfacts.com/ireland
Short URLrlft.co/5606
MLA Citation “Religion in Ireland.” ReligionFacts.com. 13 Feb. 2021. Web. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022. <religionfacts.com/ireland>