Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population

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This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population. The figures are mid-year estimates for 2006 from the Office for National Statistics[1].

Rank	Council	Population	Type
1	Belfast	267,400	City
2	Lisburn	112,900	City
3	Derry	107,900	City
4	Newry and Mourne	93,400	District
5	Craigavon	86,800	Borough
6	Newtownabbey	81,200	Borough
7	North Down	78,700	Borough
8	Ards	76,200	Borough
9	Down	68,300	District
10	Castlereagh	65,600	Borough
11	Ballymena	61,400	Borough
12	Fermanagh	60,600	District
13	Armagh	56,800	City and District
14	Coleraine	56,700	Borough
15	Dungannon and South Tyrone	52,300	Borough
16	Antrim	51,500	Borough
17	Omagh	51,000	District
18	Banbridge	45,500	District
19	Magherafelt	42,400	District
20	Carrickfergus	39,700	Borough
21	Strabane	39,100	District
22	Cookstown	34,800	District
23	Limavady	34,300	Borough
24	Larne	31,300	Borough
25	Ballymoney	29,200	Borough
26	Moyle	16,500	District

[edit] 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

v • d • e Districts of Northern Ireland (Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971) Antrim · Ards · Armagh · Ballymena · Ballymoney · Banbridge · Belfast · Carrickfergus · Castlereagh · Coleraine · Cookstown · Craigavon · Derry · Down · Dungannon and South Tyrone · Fermanagh · Larne · Limavady · Lisburn · Magherafelt · Moyle · Newry and Mourne · Newtownabbey · North Down · Omagh · Strabane