Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Ireland's population change increased by 1.2% compared to 2003, reaching 8.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.6.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 43.9% (from 5.7 in 1999).

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