Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1979, Ireland's population change increased by 1.9% compared to 1978, reaching 21.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.2.

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 2.3% (from 22.0 in 1974).

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