Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2009, Ireland's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 2008, reaching 6.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.8.

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 10.0% (from 7.0 in 2004).

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