Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1995, Ireland's population change increased by 0.7% compared to 1994, reaching 13.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5.

Ireland ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.6% (from 15.1 in 1990).

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