Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Ireland's population change decreased by 9.9% compared to 1984, reaching 8.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.3.

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 fallen by 31.1% (from 11.9 in 1980).

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