Live births (total) by month

In 2024, Ireland's live births (total) by month decreased by 2.4% compared to 2023, reaching 53,158.

Ireland accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,552,919.

Ireland ranks 17th 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 10.3% (from 59,289 in 2019).

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