Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Ireland's population change decreased by 3.5% compared to 1981, reaching 11.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 3.3.

Ireland ranks 2nd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.8% (from 10.7 in 1977).

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