Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1975, Ireland's population change decreased by 0.9% compared to 1974, reaching 10.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.5.

Ireland ranks 2nd out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.9% (from 10.4 in 1970).

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