Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1977, Ireland's population change increased by 0.5% compared to 1976, reaching 21.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.6.

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 7.1% (from 22.6 in 1972).

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