Demographics of Northern Ireland from the 2001 United Kingdom census
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This article discusses the Demographics of Northern Ireland
as presented by the United Kingdom
Census
in 2001.
See List of United Kingdom nations by population for a breakdown of regional population statistics
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
as presented by the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
in 2001.
See List of United Kingdom nations by population for a breakdown of regional population statistics
- Population
- total: 1,685,267
- Place of birth
- Northern Ireland: 1,534,268 (91.0%)
- England: 61,609 (3.7%)
- Scotland: 16,772 (1.0%)
- Wales: 3,008 (0.2%)
- Republic of Ireland: 39,051 (2.3%)
- Elsewhere in the EU: 10,355 (0.6%)
- Elsewhere: 20,204 (1.2%)
- Ethnicity
- White: 1,670,988 (99.15%)
- Chinese: 4,145 (0.25%)
- Mixed: 3,319 (0.20%)
- Irish Traveller: 1,710 (0.10%)
- Indian: 1,567 (0.09%)
- Other Ethnic Group: 1,290 (0.08%)
- Pakistani: 666 (0.04%)
- Black African: 494 (0.03%)
- Other Black: 387 (0.02%)
- Black Caribbean: 255 (0.02%)
- Bangladeshi: 252 (0.01%)
- Other Asian: 194 (0.01%)
- ReligionReligionReligion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
- Protestant and Other Christian: 895,377 (53.1%)
- Roman Catholic: 737,412 (43.8%)
- None: 45,909 (2.7%)
- Other Religions and Philosophies: 6,569 (0.4%)