Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1974, Ireland's population change decreased by 1.3% compared to 1973, reaching 22.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.4.

Ireland ranks 1st 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 2.3% (from 21.5 in 1969).

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