District councils in Northern Ireland by population

This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population. The figures are mid-year estimates for 2008 from the Office for National Statistics [1].

Rank	Council	Population	Style
1	Belfast	268,300	City
2	Lisburn	114,800	City
3	Derry	109,100	City
4	Newry and Mourne	97,300	City and Borough
5	Craigavon	90,800	Borough
6	Newtownabbey	82,700	Borough
7	North Down	78,900	Borough
8	Ards	77,600	Borough
9	Down	69,800	District
10	Castlereagh	66,200	Borough
11	Ballymena	62,700	Borough
12	Fermanagh	62,000	District
13	Armagh	58,200	City and District
14	Coleraine	57,000	Borough
15	Dungannon and South Tyrone	55,400	Borough
16	Antrim	53,200	Borough
17	Omagh	52,100	District
18	Banbridge	47,000	District
19	Magherafelt	43,800	District
20	Carrickfergus	40,000	Borough
21	Strabane	39,600	District
22	Cookstown	35,900	District
23	Limavady	34,100	Borough
24	Larne	31,300	Borough
25	Ballymoney	30,100	Borough
26	Moyle	16,900	District

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