In 2022, the population south of the border was 5.15 million and the population north of the border was 1.91 million.

The UK population at mid-year 2021 was estimated to be 67.0 million, an increase of 3.7 million (5.9%) on the population in mid-2011. Over the 10 years between 2011 and 2021, the population of ...

It added that the 5.15 million people living in Ireland in 2022 accounted for 73% of the island’s population, while the 1.91 million people in Northern Ireland accounted for 27%.