Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1967, Ireland's population change increased by 9.6% compared to 1966, reaching 10.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 7.7.

Ireland ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.0% (from 9.9 in 1962).

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