Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2018, Ireland's population change decreased by 6.2% compared to 2017, reaching 6.1.

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 28.2% (from 8.5 in 2013).

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