Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2011, Ireland's population change increased by 1.6% compared to 2010, reaching 6.2.

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 7.5% (from 6.7 in 2006).

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