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Local Government Districts

The population of the Local Government Districts (LGDs) of Northern Ireland according to census results.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1981-04-05	Population Census (C) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21
Antrim and Newtownabbey	ANA	Dist		571	116,015	118,551	128,361	138,567	145,661	57100	→
Ards and North Down	AND	Dist		457	...	...	149,221	156,672	163,659	45700	→
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	ABC	Dist		1,347	...	...	175,427	199,693	218,656	134700	→
Belfast	BLF	Dist		134	...	...	328,617	333,871	345,418	13400	→
Causeway Coast and Glens	CCG	Dist		1,980	110,122	118,992	131,564	140,877	141,746	198000	→
Derry City and Strabane	DCS	Dist		1,237	118,412	131,512	143,314	147,720	150,756	123700	→
Fermanagh and Omagh	FOM	Dist		2,847	92,167	99,842	105,479	113,161	116,812	284700	→
Lisburn and Castlereagh	LCR	Dist		503	...	...	124,302	134,841	149,106	50300	→
Mid and East Antrim	MEA	Dist		1,046	111,813	118,810	127,101	135,338	138,994	104600	→
Mid Ulster	MUL	Dist		1,821	...	...	119,000	138,590	150,293	182100	→
Newry, Mourne and Down	NMD	Dist		1,619	...	...	152,881	171,533	182,074	161900	→
Northern Ireland	NIR	Cntry	Belfast	13,562	1,481,959	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,810,863	1,903,175	1356200	→
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	55,767,381	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,920,000		→

UK Office for National Statistics, The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21
1	Belfast	BLF	384,704
2	Derry	DCS	85,279
3	Craigavon	ABC	72,301
4	Newtownabbey	ANA	67,599
5	Bangor	AND	64,596
6	Lisburn	LCR	51,447
7	Ballymena	MEA	31,205
8	Newtownards	AND	29,677
9	Newry	NMD	28,530
10	Carrickfergus	MEA	28,141

Contents: Cities & Settlements

The population of all cities and settlements in Northern Ireland with more than 2,500 inhabitants according to census results.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1981-04-05	Population Census (C) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21	Area
Ahoghill	MEA	...	...	3,027	3,403	3,537	94
Antrim	ANA	22,342	20,878	19,986	23,353	25,606	1305	→
Armagh	ABC	12,700	14,265	14,517	14,749	16,310	1029	→
Ballycastle	CCG	3,284	4,005	5,073	5,238	5,628	238	→
Ballyclare	ANA	6,159	7,108	8,772	9,919	10,850	495	→
Ballygowan	AND	...	2,289	2,670	2,957	3,138	80
Ballymena	MEA	28,166	28,112	28,704	29,467	31,205	1657	→
Ballymoney	CCG	5,679	7,818	9,009	10,393	11,048	502	→
Ballynahinch	NMD	3,721	4,591	5,334	5,715	6,164	367	→
Banbridge	ABC	9,650	11,448	14,748	16,653	17,400	695	→
Bangor	AND	46,585	52,437	58,368	61,401	64,596	1956	→
Belfast (incl. Dundonald, Newtownbreda, Derriaghy)	BLF	...	...	361,474	368,108	384,704	10552	→
Bessbrook	NMD	...	...	...	2,739	2,892	108
Broughshane	MEA	1,503	1,873	2,349	2,851	3,097	115
Carrickfergus	MEA	17,633	22,786	27,192	27,903	28,141	1224	→
Carryduff	LCR	2,666	4,270	6,564	6,947	7,173	281	→
Castlederg	DCS	...	2,579	2,739	2,985	2,980	183
Castlewellan	NMD	2,105	2,133	2,367	2,792	2,900	91
Coalisland	MUL	3,324	3,802	4,872	5,700	6,200	400	→
Coleraine	CCG	15,967	20,721	24,042	24,630	24,483	1242	→
Comber	AND	7,600	8,333	8,952	9,078	9,529	350	→
Cookstown	MUL	7,649	9,842	10,566	11,620	12,546	707	→
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown)	ABC	53,049	53,434	57,651	64,193	72,301	3773	→
Crumlin	ANA	1,708	1,762	4,248	5,099	5,366	128	→
Cullybackey	MEA	2,098	2,167	2,388	2,569	2,659	119
Culmore	DCS	...	...	2,937	3,466	3,600	161
Derry (Londonderry)	DCS	62,697	72,334	83,652	83,125	85,279	3395	→
Donaghadee	AND	3,874	4,455	6,474	6,869	7,325	294	→
Downpatrick	NMD	8,245	10,113	10,320	10,874	11,545	666	→
Dromore	ABC	3,089	3,434	4,959	6,011	6,395	248	→
Dungannon	MUL	8,295	9,190	10,983	14,332	16,282	963	→
Dungiven	CCG	2,249	2,812	2,988	3,286	3,346	137
Eglinton	DCS	...	...	3,150	3,650	3,571	121
Enniskillen	FOM	10,429	11,436	13,560	13,790	14,086	1290	→
Greenisland	MEA	5,103	4,967	5,067	5,484	5,800	201	→
Hillsborough and Culcavy	LCR	1,190	2,407	3,396	3,953	4,000	214
Holywood	AND	9,462	9,252	12,027	11,332	10,757	631	→
Keady	ABC	2,561	2,467	2,937	3,036	3,100	196
Kilkeel	NMD	6,036	6,024	6,297	6,521	6,633	310	→
Killyleagh	NMD	2,094	2,221	2,490	2,928	2,787	91
Larne	MEA	18,224	17,575	18,210	18,705	18,853	922	→
Limavady	CCG	8,015	10,350	12,075	12,047	11,729	456	→
Lisburn	LCR	...	...	43,755	45,410	51,447	1952	→
Lisnaskea	FOM	...	2,367	2,730	2,960	3,020	282
Maghera	MUL	1,953	2,876	3,648	4,217	4,235	204
Magherafelt	MUL	5,044	6,682	8,289	8,819	9,300	475	→
Moira	LCR	1,453	2,772	3,669	4,584	4,891	171
Newbuildings	DCS	1,815	2,025	2,496	2,599	2,837	103
Newcastle	NMD	6,246	7,214	7,431	7,743	8,298	335	→
Newry	NMD	22,182	24,765	27,300	26,893	28,530	1406	→
Newtownabbey	ANA	58,666	58,231	62,022	65,555	67,599	2823	→
Newtownards	AND	20,531	23,869	27,795	28,039	29,677	1134	→
Omagh	FOM	14,627	17,280	19,836	19,682	20,458	1640	→
Portaferry	AND	2,148	2,324	2,478	2,514	2,372	93
Portrush	CCG	5,114	5,598	6,345	6,442	6,150	257	→
Portstewart	CCG	5,312	6,459	7,803	8,029	7,854	311	→
Randalstown	ANA	3,591	3,925	4,944	5,099	5,151	189	→
Rathfriland	ABC	2,243	2,126	2,061	2,472	2,492	83
Richhill	ABC	...	2,709	2,808	2,821	2,738	103
Rostrevor	NMD	1,852	2,269	2,433	2,788	2,502	107
Saintfield	NMD	1,419	2,168	2,955	3,406	3,588	143
Strabane	DCS	10,340	11,670	13,380	13,147	13,507	587	→
Tandragee	ABC	2,224	2,871	3,018	3,486	3,545	149
Waringstown	ABC	1,167	1,831	2,523	3,647	3,866	131
Warrenpoint / Burren	NMD	4,798	5,408	6,981	8,721	9,091	357	→
Whitehead	MEA	3,546	3,761	3,711	3,786	3,537	120

Settlements as defined in 2015. Population figures before 2001 approximately correspond to this definition. Boundaries and population of Belfast includes "Metropolitan Castlereagh" and "Metropolitan Lisburn", i.e. some areas outside of Belfast LGD. Coalisland, Culmore, Greenisland, Hillsborough and Culcavy, Keady, Killyleagh, Magherafelt, and Rathfriland are not listed as settlements by NISRA census 2021 publicatons.
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.