Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1997, Ireland's population change increased by 11.5% compared to 1996, reaching 5.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.3.

Ireland ranks 2nd out of 15 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.8% (from 5.7 in 1992).

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