Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2012, Ireland's population change decreased by 3.7% compared to 2011, reaching 15.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.0.

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 fallen by 3.7% (from 16.2 in 2007).

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