Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Ireland's population change decreased by 4.5% compared to 2006, reaching 6.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7.

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 14.7% (from 7.5 in 2002).

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