Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2003, Ireland's population change increased by 3.8% compared to 2002, reaching 8.1.

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 35.0% (from 6.0 in 1998).

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