Live births (total) by month

In 2007, Ireland's live births (total) by month increased by 9.1% compared to 2006, reaching 71,389.

Ireland accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 4,551,180.

Ireland ranks 16th 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 18.0% (from 60,521 in 2002).

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