Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2011, Ireland's population change decreased by 3.8% compared to 2010, reaching 10.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.3.

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 16.3% (from 8.6 in 2006).

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