Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1995, Ireland's population change decreased by 4.2% compared to 1994, reaching 4.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.2.

Ireland ranks 3rd out of 15 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 25.8% (from 6.2 in 1990).

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