Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2020, Ireland's population change decreased by 17.5% compared to 2019, reaching 4.7.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 7 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 37.3% (from 7.5 in 2015).

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