Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1987, Ireland's population change decreased by 3.8% compared to 1986, reaching 7.6.

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

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 fallen by 30.9% (from 11.0 in 1982).

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