Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2013, Ireland's population change increased by 1.6% compared to 2012, reaching 6.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.0.

Ireland ranks 26th 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 1.6% (from 6.3 in 2008).

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