Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2016, Ireland's population change decreased by 6.7% compared to 2015, reaching 7.0.

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 30.0% (from 10.0 in 2011).

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