Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2008, Ireland's population change increased by 3.1% compared to 2007, reaching 16.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.6.

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 8.4% (from 15.4 in 2003).

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