Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2000, Ireland's population change increased by 7.0% compared to 1999, reaching 6.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.5.

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 32.6% (from 4.6 in 1995).

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