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| Total population | |
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| 1,810,863 89% of the population of Northern Ireland are native-born 29.44% of Northern Ireland’s population identified as Northern Irish[1] | |
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| Throughout Northern Ireland; and to a lesser degree the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain (highest proportions in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne) | |
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| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (45.7% Roman Catholic, 43.7% Protestant, especially Presbyterianism, Anglicanism and Methodism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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The people of Northern Ireland are all people born in Northern Ireland and having, at the time of their birth, at least one parent who is a British citizen, an Irish citizen or is otherwise entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence, under the Belfast Agreement. Under the agreement, people of Northern Ireland have the right to identify either as Irish or British, or both, and their entitlement to Irish citizenship and British citizenship is recognised by the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom.[2]
Most Northern Irish people either identify as Northern Irish, Irish or British, or a combination thereof.[3]
- ^ https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/2011-census-results-key-statistics-northern-ireland-report-11-december-2012.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ The Good Friday Agreement guarantees the "recognition of the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship is accepted by both Governments".
"Agreement reached in the multi-party negotiations". Conflict Archive on the Internet. University of Ulster. 10 April 1998. Retrieved 13 May 2008. - ^ Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2018