List of districts in Northern Ireland by population

This is a list of Local Government Districts in Northern Ireland by population. The figures are mid-year estimates for 2010 from the Office for National Statistics.

Rank Council Population Style
1 Belfast 268,700 City
2 Lisburn 117,800 City
3 Derry 109,800 City
4 Newry and Mourne 99,900 District
5 Craigavon 93,600 Borough
6 Newtownabbey 83,600 Borough
7 North Down 79,900 Borough
8 Ards 78,200 Borough
9 Down 70,800 District
10 Castlereagh 67,000 Borough
11 Ballymena 63,500 Borough
12 Fermanagh 63,100 District
13 Armagh 59,400 City and District
14 Dungannon and South Tyrone 57,700 Borough
15 Coleraine 56,800 Borough
16 Antrim 54,100 Borough
17 Omagh 52,900 District
18 Banbridge 48,000 District
19 Magherafelt 44,700 District
20 Carrickfergus 40,200 Borough
21 Strabane 40,100 District
22 Cookstown 36,700 District
23 Limavady 33,600 Borough
24 Larne 31,700 Borough
25 Ballymoney 30,600 Borough
26 Moyle 17,000 District

References

"Table 8a Mid-2010 Population Estimates: Selected age groups for local authorities in the United Kingdom; estimated resident population.". Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2010. Office for National Statistics. 3 June 2011. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-231847. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 

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