Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Ireland's population change increased by 2.4% compared to 1998, reaching 8.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.1.

Ireland ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.2% (from 8.6 in 1994).

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