Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1984, Ireland's population change decreased by 6.2% compared to 1983, reaching 9.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.6.

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 fallen by 20.9% (from 11.5 in 1979).

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