Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Ireland's population change decreased by 2.9% compared to 1981, reaching 20.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 13.5.

Ireland ranks 2nd 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 3.3% (from 21.0 in 1977).

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