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
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%)
Religion (Religion or Religion Brought Up In)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%)
