Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Ireland's population change increased by 3.4% compared to 2005, reaching 15.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.0% (from 15.0 in 2001).

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