Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2019, Ireland's population change decreased by 6.6% compared to 2018, reaching 5.7.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 11 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 30.5% (from 8.2 in 2014).

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