Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Ireland's population change decreased by 12.3% compared to 1988, reaching 5.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.1.

Ireland ranks 3rd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 37.4% (from 9.1 in 1984).

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