Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2017, Ireland's population change decreased by 7.1% compared to 2016, reaching 6.5.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 29.3% (from 9.2 in 2012).

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