Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1969, Ireland's population change increased by 0.9% compared to 1968, reaching 11.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.7.

Ireland ranks 5th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.9% (from 11.4 in 1964).

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