Natural population change in Ireland
Births minus deaths in Ireland came to 3.4 per 1,000 people in 2025.
Ireland, 2025
3.4
Change from 2024
0per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
-3.0 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
-2.5 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
4th of 43
Natural population change in Ireland over time
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Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4 per 1,000 people | -3.0 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 3.4 per 1,000 people | -2.8 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | -2.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | -2.8 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 5.1 per 1,000 people | -2.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 4.7 per 1,000 people | -2.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 5.7 per 1,000 people | -1.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 6.1 per 1,000 people | -1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 6.5 per 1,000 people | -0.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 7.0 per 1,000 people | -0.4 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 7.5 per 1,000 people | -0.7 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 8.2 per 1,000 people | 0.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 8.5 per 1,000 people | -0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 9.2 per 1,000 people | -0.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 10.0 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 10.4 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 10.4 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 10.4 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 9.8 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 8.6 per 1,000 people | 0.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 8.0 per 1,000 people | 0.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 8.2 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 8.1 per 1,000 people | 0.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 7.8 per 1,000 people | 0.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 7.1 per 1,000 people | 0.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7.5 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −4.1.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Ireland has the 4th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was -3.0 per 1,000 people.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
Crude birth rate
9.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
6.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
5,440,278 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
5,440,278 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.47 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat