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Demographics of NI: How is our population ageing?
19 September 2025
FactCheckNI is researching and publishing a short series of articles exploring the demographics of Northern Ireland, examining changes in population age, religion and place of

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Explainer: Where were the people who live here born?
4 September 2025
FactCheckNI is planning a short series of articles looking at the demographics of Northern Ireland, examining changes in population age, religion and place of birth.

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Does NI have a much higher fertility rate than the rest of the UK, with more births than deaths in every year of its existence?
20 September 2024
In an article for the Belfast Telegraph published on 5 September, journalist John Laverty claimed that: “[For] every year of its existence, Northern Ireland has

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Does Northern Ireland have a majority Catholic population?
10 November 2023
The National Catholic Reporter published an article with the headline: “Northern Ireland has majority Catholic population for first time, UK census shows.” Is this right?

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Would 35 million people live in Ireland if it was as densely populated as England?
5 April 2023
On 25 March, Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey claimed on social media: “Had we English levels of density we’d have a population of 35 million.” Mr

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Does Northern Ireland have the highest number of children in care since 1995?
8 February 2022
In January 2022, 3,566 children in Northern Ireland were recorded as being in care, which is the highest recorded figure since 1995, according to Department