Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2015, Ireland's population change decreased by 8.5% compared to 2014, reaching 7.5.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 13 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 27.9% (from 10.4 in 2010).

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