Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2009, Ireland's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 2008, reaching 10.4.

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 26.8% (from 8.2 in 2004).

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