The combined population of Ireland and Northern Ireland increased by 1.5 million between 2002 and 2022, a newly published ...

And with the booming population came a boom in Belfast’s music— by 2021, this waterside city was a UNESCO City of Music. “Up until the late 1960s, everybody wanted to play Belfast, ...

Belfast is the most diverse local government district (7.1%) followed by Mid Ulster (4%) and Lisburn and Castlereagh (3.9%). In May 2022 it was announced the population had risen to 1.9 million ...

In terms of population make-up, 13.5% (257,000) were born outside Northern Ireland, with 105,000 having come to live in the region in the last 10 years, and 66,000 having arrived between 2001 and ...

The previous census, in 2011, showed that while self-identified Protestants still outnumbered Catholics by 48.4 percent to 45.1 percent, they were for the first time no longer an absolute majority ...