Northern Ireland population at 30 June 2010

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The Northern Ireland population at 30 June 2010 is estimated to be 1.799 million people, the Statistics and Research Agency said today.
~ Thursday, 30 June 2011

This is the last official population estimate released before the publication of the first results of the 2011 Census.

In the period 2004-8, net migration accounted for 50% of population growth. With migration currently in the balance, population growth is now solely due to natural change.

Responding to the findings a Statistics and Research Agency spokesperson said: “Migration to Northern Ireland has fallen over the last three years. Last year the overall impact of migration on the total number of people living in Northern Ireland was zero. Despite that 22,500 people came to live here and 22,500 left Northern Ireland to live elsewhere. This in contrast to the years between 2004 and 2008 when there was marked population growth due to migration – when a net total of 32,000 people were added to the population.”