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. 

See also

• Local Councils in Northern Ireland
• Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area
• Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population density
• Local Councils in Northern Ireland by community make-up
• List of English districts by population
• List of Scottish districts by population
• List of Welsh principal areas by population