Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Ireland's population change increased by 5.9% compared to 2006, reaching 16.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.4.

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 5.2% (from 15.4 in 2002).

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