# Fastest and slowest growing places in Northern Ireland (2025)

Lisburn and Castlereagh was the fastest growing of Northern Ireland’s 11 councils in 2025 (annual population change 0.5%).

Mid Ulster was the slowest growing (−0.3%). The middle council, Fermanagh and Omagh, had 0.0%.

Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates.

| Rank | Area | Annual population change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Lisburn and Castlereagh](https://openindex.co.uk/lisburn-and-castlereagh) | 0.5% |
| 2 | [Antrim and Newtownabbey](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey) | 0.3% |
| =3 | [Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon](https://openindex.co.uk/armagh-city-banbridge-and-craigavon) | 0.2% |
| =3 | [Derry City and Strabane](https://openindex.co.uk/derry-city-and-strabane) | 0.2% |
| =5 | [Ards and North Down](https://openindex.co.uk/ards-and-north-down) | 0.0% |
| =5 | [Fermanagh and Omagh](https://openindex.co.uk/fermanagh-and-omagh) | 0.0% |
| =5 | [Mid and East Antrim](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-and-east-antrim) | 0.0% |
| =8 | [Belfast](https://openindex.co.uk/belfast) | −0.1% |
| =8 | [Causeway Coast and Glens](https://openindex.co.uk/causeway-coast-and-glens) | −0.1% |
| =8 | [Newry, Mourne and Down](https://openindex.co.uk/newry-mourne-and-down) | −0.1% |
| 11 | [Mid Ulster](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster) | −0.3% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population-change)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population-change)

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