IE · 1979 · demo_fmonth

Live births (total) by month

Ireland, 1979

Live births (total) by month
72,539
Ireland, 1979
▲ 3.2% vs 1978 (70,299)
Analysis

In 1979, Ireland's live births (total) by month increased by 3.2% compared to 1978, reaching 72,539.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 5,742,881.

Ireland ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.3% (from 68,907 in 1974).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 1979
#16 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 1979
1.3%
EU-27: 5,742,881
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