Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Ireland's population change increased by 9.9% compared to 2001, reaching 7.8.

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

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 34.5% (from 5.8 in 1997).

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