Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, Ireland's population change decreased by 2.9% compared to 2004, reaching 6.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.9.

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

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 17.1% (from 8.2 in 2000).

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