Ireland

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Halloween grew out of Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival marking the end of harvest and the start of winter. (source)

of people are 65 or older: 16.2%
people aged 65 or older: 888.9K
will be 65 or older in 2050: 26.1%
is how long people live after 60, on average: 24.5 years
of people 65+ live alone: 24.7%; women 28.4%, men 20.7%
of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like: 7.7%

Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2016 census

3 languages, 1 of them endangered

Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.

List and years: ich.unesco.org

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