Fertility indicators

In 1973, Ireland's fertility indicators decreased by 3.4% compared to 1972, reaching 3.71.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.6% (from 3.77 in 1968).

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