Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1980, Ireland's population change increased by 3.5% compared to 1979, reaching 11.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 3.6.

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 11.2% (from 10.7 in 1975).

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