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Despite this, the total fertility rate is still below replacement depending on when the measurement is taken. The Irish fertility rate is still the highest of any European country. [6] This increase is significantly fuelled by non-Irish immigration – in 2009, one-quarter of all babies born in Ireland were born to foreign-born mothers. [7]
[70] [71] The Bolsheviks also wanted to get more support from ethnic minority groups within the Soviet Union, many of whom were previously oppressed under Tsarist rule. [71] The Soviet Union continued to ask about ethnicity for the rest of its existence, and Russia also asked about ethnicity in its two post-Soviet censuses of 2002 and 2010. [72]
There is a large gender gap with 10% more females than males receiving Level 4 or above qualification. About 55% of women in their 20s have achieved Level 4. The number of young adults with no qualifications is less than 8%, compared to an overall 23.8%.
The total number of national minority populations in Europe is estimated at 105 million people, or 14% of 770 million Europeans in 2002. [1] The Russians are the most populous among Europeans, with a population of roughly 120 million. [2] There are no universally accepted and precise definitions of the terms "ethnic group" and "nationality".
According to the 2022 Irish census, 4,444,145 or 87.4% of the total population declared their race as “White Irish” and Other White, [103] this was a decline from 92.4% in 2016 and 94.24% in 2011. [104] [105] [103] [106] People who identified as “White Irish” in 2022 were 3,893,056 or 76.5% of the total population, a decline from 87.4% ...
Despite the drop since 2001, this is still the greatest concentration of Irish-born—as distinct from persons of Irish ancestry—abroad anywhere in the world and was equivalent to 7.2% of the population of the island of Ireland (7.1 million) in 2021, or 6.1% of the Republic of Ireland population and 10% of the Northern Irish population.
Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. [1] The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of various kinds, including those characterized by close kinship relations. [2]
Irish emigration to Western Europe, especially to Great Britain, has continued at a greater or lesser pace since then. Today, the ethnic Irish are the single largest minority group in both England and Scotland, most of whom eventually made it back to Ireland. The dispersal of the Irish has been mainly to Britain or to countries colonised by ...