Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Ireland's population change increased by 2.8% compared to 1977, reaching 11.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.0.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.8% (from 11.2 in 1973).

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