Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2001, Ireland's population change increased by 16.4% compared to 2000, reaching 7.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.4.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 13 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 36.5% (from 5.2 in 1996).

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