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Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month in Ireland

Ireland: Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month was 30.85 births per million people in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
30.85 births per million people
Change on year
down 11.4%
Rank
12th
of 40 regions
All-time high
63.41 births per million people
in 1979
All-time low
30.85 births per million people
in 2022
Years of data
45
1978–2022

Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month in Ireland, 1978–2022

02040601978200020221978: 62 births per million people1979: 63.4 births per million people1980: 63.1 births per million people1981: 60.8 births per million people1982: 59.9 births per million people1983: 55.8 births per million people1984: 53.5 births per million people1985: 52 births per million people1986: 51.8 births per million people1987: 47.7 births per million people1988: 44.8 births per million people1989: 44.3 births per million people1990: 44.5 births per million people1991: 42.8 births per million people1992: 42.3 births per million people1993: 39.9 births per million people1994: 38.8 births per million people1995: 38.8 births per million people1996: 40.6 births per million people1997: 41.7 births per million people1998: 43.1 births per million people1999: 41.4 births per million people2000: 40.9 births per million people2001: 43.7 births per million people2002: 45 births per million people2003: 44 births per million people2004: 44.4 births per million people2005: 43.1 births per million people2006: 45.3 births per million people2007: 48 births per million people2008: 48.4 births per million people2009: 47.8 births per million people2010: 47.9 births per million people2011: 46.6 births per million people2012: 44.2 births per million people2013: 43.2 births per million people2014: 42.7 births per million people2015: 41.3 births per million people2016: 39.7 births per million people2017: 37.1 births per million people2018: 35.6 births per million people2019: 34.1 births per million people2020: 32.7 births per million people2021: 34.8 births per million people2022: 30.8 births per million people

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per million people.

Analysis

In 2022, peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month in Ireland stood at 30.85 births per million people. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.4% on the previous year and down 30.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month in Ireland peaked at 63.41 births per million people in 1979 and was at its lowest, 30.85 births per million people, in 2022.

That places Ireland 12th out of 40 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 62.69 births per million people 61.96 births per million people 63.41 births per million people 2
1980s 53.36 births per million people 44.32 births per million people 63.09 births per million people 10
1990s 41.38 births per million people 38.77 births per million people 44.53 births per million people 10
2000s 45.07 births per million people 40.92 births per million people 48.37 births per million people 10
2010s 41.24 births per million people 34.14 births per million people 47.93 births per million people 10
2020s 32.79 births per million people 30.85 births per million people 34.82 births per million people 3

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 9 New Zealand 32.46 births per million people compare
  2. 10 Slovakia 31.23 births per million people compare
  3. 11 Czechia 30.97 births per million people compare
  4. 13 United States 30.84 births per million people compare
  5. 15 Hungary 29.11 births per million people compare

See the full ranking of 40 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month in Ireland?
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month in Ireland was 30.85 births per million people in 2022, according to Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month recorded in Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 63.41 births per million people in 1979.
What is the lowest peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 30.85 births per million people in 2022.
How does Ireland rank for peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month?
Ireland ranks 12th out of 40 regions with data for 2022.
Is peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ireland data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month
Unit
births per million people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
40 places, 3,607 data points, 1840–2024
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The highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.