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Local Government Districts

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

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	Population Estimate (E) 2024-06-30
Antrim and Newtownabbey	ANA	Dist		571	116,015	118,571	128,361	138,567	145,661	148,100	57100	→
Ards and North Down	AND	Dist		457	...	136,244	149,221	156,672	163,659	165,415	45700	→
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	ABC	Dist		1,347	...	161,312	175,427	199,693	218,656	222,511	134700	→
Belfast	BLF	Dist		134	...	327,621	328,617	333,871	345,418	352,390	13400	→
Causeway Coast and Glens	CCG	Dist		1,980	110,122	118,873	131,564	140,877	141,746	141,954	198000	→
Derry City and Strabane	DCS	Dist		1,237	118,412	131,405	143,314	147,720	150,756	152,383	123700	→
Fermanagh and Omagh	FOM	Dist		2,847	92,167	99,842	105,479	113,161	116,812	117,687	284700	→
Lisburn and Castlereagh	LCR	Dist		503	...	112,354	124,302	134,841	149,106	151,669	50300	→
Mid and East Antrim	MEA	Dist		1,046	111,813	118,903	127,101	135,338	138,994	139,913	104600	→
Mid Ulster	MUL	Dist		1,821	...	111,999	119,000	138,590	150,293	152,718	182100	→
Newry, Mourne and Down	NMD	Dist		1,619	...	140,712	152,881	171,533	182,074	183,115	161900	→
Northern Ireland	NIR	Cntry	Belfast	13,562	1,481,959	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,810,863	1,903,175	1,927,855	1356200	→
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	55,767,381	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,920,000	69,281,437		→

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	450,386
2	Derry	DCS	84,884
3	Craigavon	ABC	72,721
4	Bangor	AND	64,122
5	Lisburn	LCR	51,447
6	Ballymena	MEA	31,308
7	Newtownards	AND	29,591
8	Newry	NMD	28,026
9	Carrickfergus	MEA	27,886
10	Antrim	ANA	25,464

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	3,529	94
Antrim	ANA	22,342	20,878	19,986	23,353	25,464	1305	→
Armagh	ABC	12,700	14,265	14,517	14,749	16,438	1029	→
Ballycastle	CCG	3,284	4,005	5,073	5,238	5,628	238	→
Ballyclare	ANA	6,159	7,108	8,772	9,919	10,848	495	→
Ballygowan	AND	...	2,289	2,670	2,957	3,083	80
Ballymena	MEA	28,166	28,112	28,704	29,467	31,308	1657	→
Ballymoney	CCG	5,679	7,818	9,009	10,393	10,903	502	→
Ballynahinch	NMD	3,721	4,591	5,334	5,715	6,335	367	→
Banbridge	ABC	9,650	11,448	14,748	16,653	17,248	695	→
Bangor	AND	46,585	52,437	58,368	61,401	64,122	1956	→
Belfast (incl. Newtownabbey, Dundonald, Newtownbreda)	BLF	...	...	423,496	433,086	450,386	13373	→
Bessbrook	NMD	...	...	...	2,739	3,004	108
Broughshane	MEA	1,503	1,873	2,349	2,851	3,067	115
Carrickfergus	MEA	17,633	22,786	27,192	27,903	27,886	1224	→
Carryduff	LCR	2,666	4,270	6,564	6,947	7,017	281	→
Castlederg	DCS	...	2,579	2,739	2,985	2,963	183
Castlewellan	NMD	2,105	2,133	2,367	2,792	2,822	91
Coalisland	MUL	3,324	3,802	4,872	5,700	6,323	400	→
Coleraine	CCG	15,967	20,721	24,042	24,630	24,560	1242	→
Comber	AND	7,600	8,333	8,952	9,078	9,512	350	→
Cookstown	MUL	7,649	9,842	10,566	11,620	12,549	707	→
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown)	ABC	53,049	53,434	57,651	64,193	72,721	3773	→
Crumlin	ANA	1,708	1,762	4,248	5,099	5,340	128	→
Cullybackey	MEA	2,098	2,167	2,388	2,569	2,614	119
Culmore	DCS	...	...	2,937	3,466	3,655	161
Derry (Londonderry)	DCS	62,697	72,334	83,652	83,125	84,884	3395	→
Donaghadee	AND	3,874	4,455	6,474	6,869	7,320	294	→
Downpatrick	NMD	8,245	10,113	10,320	10,874	11,541	666	→
Dromore	ABC	3,089	3,434	4,959	6,011	6,492	248	→
Dungannon	MUL	8,295	9,190	10,983	14,332	16,361	963	→
Dungiven	CCG	2,249	2,812	2,988	3,286	3,346	137
Eglinton	DCS	...	...	3,150	3,650	3,550	121
Enniskillen	FOM	10,429	11,436	13,560	13,790	14,120	1290	→
Greenisland	MEA	5,103	4,967	5,067	5,484	6,383	201	→
Hillsborough and Culcavy	LCR	1,190	2,407	3,396	3,953	4,160	214
Holywood	AND	9,462	9,252	12,027	11,332	10,735	631	→
Keady	ABC	2,561	2,467	2,937	3,036	3,327	196
Kilkeel	NMD	6,036	6,024	6,297	6,521	6,632	310	→
Killyleagh	NMD	2,094	2,221	2,490	2,928	2,785	91
Larne	MEA	18,224	17,575	18,210	18,705	18,794	922	→
Limavady	CCG	8,015	10,350	12,075	12,047	11,697	456	→
Lisburn	LCR	...	...	43,755	45,410	51,447	1952	→
Lisnaskea	FOM	...	2,367	2,730	2,960	3,006	282
Maghaberry	LCR	...	1,009	1,692	2,468	2,943	64	→
Maghera	MUL	1,953	2,876	3,648	4,217	4,222	204
Magherafelt	MUL	5,044	6,682	8,289	8,819	9,647	475	→
Millisle	AND	1,373	1,531	1,791	2,318	2,553	71	→
Moira	LCR	1,453	2,772	3,669	4,584	4,879	171
Newbuildings	DCS	1,815	2,025	2,496	2,599	2,829	103
Newcastle	NMD	6,246	7,214	7,431	7,743	8,293	335	→
Newry	NMD	22,182	24,765	27,300	26,893	28,026	1406	→
Newtownards	AND	20,531	23,869	27,795	28,039	29,591	1134	→
Omagh	FOM	14,627	17,280	19,836	19,682	20,353	1640	→
Portaferry	AND	2,148	2,324	2,478	2,514	2,372	93
Portrush	CCG	5,114	5,598	6,345	6,442	6,050	257	→
Portstewart	CCG	5,312	6,459	7,803	8,029	7,698	311	→
Randalstown	ANA	3,591	3,925	4,944	5,099	5,156	189	→
Rathfriland	ABC	2,243	2,126	2,061	2,472	2,489	83
Richhill	ABC	...	2,709	2,808	2,821	2,738	103
Rostrevor	NMD	1,852	2,269	2,433	2,788	2,617	107
Saintfield	NMD	1,419	2,168	2,955	3,406	3,578	143
Strabane	DCS	10,340	11,670	13,380	13,147	13,456	587	→
Strathfoyle	DCS	2,050	1,703	1,578	2,412	2,605	59	→
Tandragee	ABC	2,224	2,871	3,018	3,486	3,543	149
Waringstown	ABC	1,167	1,831	2,523	3,647	3,787	131
Warrenpoint (incl. Burren)	NMD	4,798	5,408	6,981	8,721	8,821	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. Belfast includes adjacent urban areas partly outside of Belfast LGD. Belfast City had a population of 276,705, 280,211, and 291,386 in 2001, 2011 and 2021, respectively. Newtownabbey had a population of 62,022, 65,555, and 67,112 in the same years.
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.