Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Ireland's population change increased by 7.5% compared to 2005, reaching 8.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.7.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 21.1% (from 7.1 in 2001).

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