Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1975, Ireland's population change decreased by 4.1% compared to 1974, reaching 21.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.0.

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 fallen by 3.2% (from 21.8 in 1970).

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