Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1973, Ireland's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 1972, reaching 11.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 5.0.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.7% (from 9.6 in 1968).

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