Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Ireland's population change increased by 14.0% compared to 2006, reaching 9.8.

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

Ireland ranks 1st out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 25.6% (from 7.8 in 2002).

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