Derry & Strabane population grew at faster rate than any other district
Derry and Strabane's population grew at a faster rate than any other local authority last year.
It was up by 1 per cent (1,524) from 150,859 to 152,383 between June 2023 and June 2024.
New figures from the Registrar General show Derry & Strabane outstripped the North as a whole where the population grew by 7,473 (0.4 per cent) from 1,920382 to 1,927855.
Over the past ten years the population of Derry & Strabane scarcely budged, growing by only 3,076 (2.1 per cent) from 149,307 in June 2014 to 152,383 last year. The average annual rate of increase was only 0.2 per cent.
The number of live births in Derry & Strabane has declined steadily over the decade.
In 2014 there were 2,096 live births. Ten years later there were 1,681. The fertility rate (the average number of children born) locally declined from 2 to 1.75 over the period.
There were 1,439 deaths in Derry & Strabane.