Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1974, Ireland's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 1973, reaching 11.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Ireland ranks 7th 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 3.5% (from 11.5 in 1969).

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