Natural population change in Ireland

Natural population change in Ireland was 18,644 in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 2.8% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

2025, persons18,644
Change on 2024+2.8%
Rank1st of 27EU countries ranked
Series high47,2132010
Series low18,1282024

Natural population change in Ireland, 2000 to 2025

10K20K30K40K50K20002004200820122016202020252000: 23,398 persons2001: 27,642 persons2002: 30,820 persons2003: 32,455 persons2004: 33,307 persons2005: 33,112 persons2006: 36,937 persons2007: 43,272 persons2008: 46,899 persons2009: 47,174 persons2010: 47,213 persons2011: 45,577 persons2012: 42,488 persons2013: 39,450 persons2014: 38,043 persons2015: 35,409 persons2016: 33,174 persons2017: 31,406 persons2018: 29,882 persons2019: 28,330 persons2020: 23,572 persons2021: 26,261 persons2022: 19,411 persons2023: 19,482 persons2024: 18,128 persons2025: 18,644 persons
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population (demo_gind). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 26 values
Periodpersons
202518,644
202418,128
202319,482
202219,411
202126,261
202023,572
201928,330
201829,882
201731,406
201633,174
201535,409
201438,043
201339,450
201242,488
201145,577
201047,213
200947,174
200846,899
200743,272
200636,937
200533,112
200433,307
200332,455
200230,820
200127,642
200023,398

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Ireland18,644
European Union (27)-1,352,705

Rankings

Definition

Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

How to cite

Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population (demo_gind). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_gind/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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What is the natural population change in Ireland?

Natural population change in Ireland was 18,644 in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 2.8% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Population change, natural change of population (demo_gind). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest natural population change in Ireland?

47,213 in 2010, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

Natural population change elsewhere in European Union (27)

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