Editing Northern Ireland (section)

===Population===

[[File:Northern Ireland – religion or religion brought up in (Christianity; 2011).png|thumb|2011 census: differences in proportions of those who are, or were brought up, either Catholic or Protestant/Other Christians]]

The population of Northern Ireland has risen yearly since 1978. The population at the time of the 2021 census was 1.9&nbsp;million, having grown 5% over the previous decade.<ref name="2021 census main points">{{cite web |title=Main statistics for Northern Ireland |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-demography-and-households.pdf |website=NISRA |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922093432/https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-demography-and-households.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The population in 2011 was 1.8&nbsp;million, a rise of 7.5% over the previous decade.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/key_stats_bulletin_2011.pdf |title=Census Key Stats bulletin |publisher=[[NISRA]] |year=2012 |access-date=11 December 2012 |archive-date=3 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203000751/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/key_stats_bulletin_2011.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The current population makes up 2.8% of the UK's population (67&nbsp;million) and 27% of the island of Ireland's population (7.03&nbsp;million). The population density is 135 inhabitants / km<sup>2</sup>.

As of the 2021 census, the population of Northern Ireland is almost entirely [[White people|white]] (96.6%).<ref name="Ethnic group census 2022">{{cite web |title=Main statistics for Northern Ireland |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-ethnic-group.pdf |website=NISRA |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922093434/https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-ethnic-group.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, 86.5% of the population were born in Northern Ireland, with 4.8% born in Great Britain, 2.1% born in the Republic of Ireland, and 6.5% born elsewhere (more than half of them in another European country).<ref name="Country of birth census 2022">{{cite web |title=Main statistics for Northern Ireland |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-country-of-birth.pdf |website=NISRA |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922093436/https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-country-of-birth.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021 the largest non-white ethnic groups were [[Black people in Ireland|black]] (0.6%), [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian]] (0.5%), and [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] (0.5%).<ref name="Ethnic group census 2022"/> In 2011, 88.8% of the population were born in Northern Ireland, 4.5% in Great Britain, and 2.9% in the Republic of Ireland. 4.3% were born elsewhere; triple the amount there were in 2001.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28031873 "NI migrant population triples in decade, says study"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020140657/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28031873 |date=20 October 2018 }}. BBC News. 26 June 2014.</ref>

As of the 2021 Census 1,165,168 (61.2%) residents lived in an urban environment and 738,007 (38.8%) lived in a non-urban environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Status |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=URBAN_STATUS |website=NISRA |access-date=29 July 2024}}</ref>