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11th July 2017
10:32am BST

Portugal (8.4), Greece (8.6), and Spain (8.7) also have low rates.
Overall the EU's population has increased from 510.2m to 511.8m in the last year. However, this increase was fuelled by immigration.
The EU natural rate of population change actually declined during the same period: 5.11m live births and 5.13m deaths.
In 2015, there were 65,909 births registered in Ireland.Explore more on these topics: