Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1969, Ireland's population change increased by 3.1% compared to 1968, reaching 9.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.3.

Ireland ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.0% (from 11.0 in 1964).

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