Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1966, Ireland's population change decreased by 2.7% compared to 1965, reaching 21.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.5.

Ireland ranks 3rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.4% (from 21.2 in 1961).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.