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It is the second-largest city on the island of Ireland (after Dublin), with an estimated population of 348,005 in 2022, [2] and a metropolitan area population of 671,559. [5] First chartered as an English settlement in 1613, the town's early growth was driven by an influx of Scottish Presbyterians.
Population pyramid of Belfast in 2021. The age demographics of Belfast is different to the rest of the constituent country, 18% were aged 0 to 14, 37% aged 15 to 39 ...
Belfast is the most population-dense of the 11 local government districts by far, at 2,617 per km 2 - it has the highest population (345,418) [16] and least land area (133km 2) [17] of any district, and takes in Belfast City itself as well as much of the Metropolitan Castlereagh settlement (formerly part of the Castlereagh local government ...
Belfast City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland.The council serves an estimated population of 348,005 (2022), [1] the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland, while being the smallest by area.
The continuous built-up area centred on Belfast, which is contained within these six districts, is defined as the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area. [3] The Belfast metropolitan urban area had a population of 579,276 in 2001 [4] and a population of 626,339 in 2021, [5] or 89% of the total population of the metropolitan area.
Population threshold No. Total pop. % Mean pop. Band A - Belfast Contains Belfast City only 1 291,386 15.31 291,386 Band B - Derry City Contains Derry City only 1 84,884 4.46 84,884 Band C - Large town >18,000 14 552,950 29.05 39,496 Band D - Medium town 10,000-17,999 12 145,896 7.67 12,158 Band E - Small town 5,000-9,999 16 112,647 5.92 7,040
The population of Ireland in 2024 was approximately 7.2 million (5.35 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.91 million in Northern Ireland). Although these figures demonstrate significant growth over recent years, the population of Ireland remains below the record high of 8,175,124 in the 1841 census.
Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 3,086 square kilometres (1,192 sq mi) and has a population of 651,321, [7] as of the 2021 census. County Antrim has a population density of 211 people per square kilometre or 546 people per square mile. [8] It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland.