Population structure indicators at national level

In 2002, Ireland's population structure indicators at national level decreased by 1.6% compared to 2001, reaching 18.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 26.3.

Ireland ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.9% (from 20.3 in 1997).

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