Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Ireland's population change decreased by 5.0% compared to 1998, reaching 5.7.

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

Ireland ranks 1st out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.8% (from 4.8 in 1994).

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