Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1991, Ireland's population change decreased by 1.6% compared to 1990, reaching 6.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 1.4.

Ireland ranks 3rd out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.8% (from 7.9 in 1986).

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