Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Ireland's population change increased by 3.4% compared to 1997, reaching 6.0.

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

Ireland ranks 1st out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 25.0% (from 4.8 in 1993).

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