Northern Ireland’s population as of June 30, 2022, was 1,910,500, Northern Ireland’s Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) said in its 2022 Mid-year Population Estimate, published on Thursday ...

Northern Ireland's population is projected to peak at 1.95m in 2033 before starting to decline, a report by the official statistics agency suggests. The projection from the NI Statistics and ...

For the first time in Northern Ireland’s history, new census figures show that Catholics outnumber Protestants. The results have been described as “a seminal moment” by leaders of Irish ...

Laurence Cooley receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The results of the 2021 Northern Ireland census have been released and they show that 42.3% of the population ...

By Megan Specia and Ed O’Loughlin LONDON — For the first time, Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland, census figures released on Thursday show — confirmation of a long ...

In a state whose boundaries were deliberately drawn to ensure a Protestant majority and, so the theory went, Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom, this is highly symbolic.

When the results of the Northern Ireland census are released on Thursday morning, they could show Catholics outnumber Protestants for the first time in the North’s history. However, no religious ...

Nineteen percent of respondents said they did not identify with any religion, an increase of 2% since 2011, when the last census was held. Citizens of Northern Ireland are entitled to claim Irish ...

Census figures outlining the religious make-up and sense of national identity of people in Northern Ireland will be published later. Long-term demographic trends suggest Census 2021 could be the ...