Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1971, Ireland's population change decreased by 6.1% compared to 1970, reaching 10.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5.

Ireland ranks 9th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.3% (from 12.2 in 1966).

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