people supported northern ireland being in the uk so it would secure the area for the long term. we have seen the catholic population grow over the years and now for the first time we see the number of catholics, the number of people from a catholic background, is greater than the number of people from a protestant background. so these figures have shown today that the people who have said they are either catholic or brought up catholic is now 45.7% of the population of northern ireland. the figure for people who are protestants or brought up protesta nts or brought u p protesta nts, protestants or brought up protestants, 43.5%. another key statistic, national identity. 31.9% say they identified as only british, 29.1% say only irish. 20% said they identified as northern irish, that
northern ireland s place in the uk, so the idea was that it would secure northern ireland s place in the uk for the long term. censuses have been held every ten years and over the course of the last century we have seen the catholic population gradually grow, and now for the first time we have seen that the number of catholics, the number of people from a catholic background is greater than the number of people from a protestant background. so these figures have shown today that these figures have shown today that the people who have said they were either catholic or brought up catholic is 45.7% of the population of northern ireland. the bigger the people who brought a protestant, 43.5%. another key statistic, national identity. 31.9% said they identified as only british, 29.1% said only irish. 20% said they
the figure for people here protestants are brought up protesta nts a re brought u p protesta nts, protestants are brought up protestants, 43.5%. another key statistic, national identity. 31% said they identified as only british, 29.1% said only irish. 20% said they identified as northern irish, that can be seen as perhaps somewhere in the middle, between british and irish identities. more people start identifying as being british and irish, but for the first time, more catholics than protestants. protests which started in iran have now taken place in cities across the world, over the death in custody of a young woman who was detained by the morality police for allegedly violating the islamic republic s dress code. emily brown reports. an eruption of demonstrations in iran since the death of a woman for allegedly
iater~ the boy has been named locally as kha ri the boy has been named locally as khayri mclean. there are more catholics than protestants in northern ireland for the first time since its creation a century ago. the latest census figures show 45.1% are catholic and 43.5% are protestant. 0ur correspondent chris page is in belfast talk us through the significance of this? an historic shift. the census results published today show that 45.7% of people here are catholics or were brought up as catholics. the figure for protestants is 43.5%. so people from a catholic background are the bigger group for the first time. people were also asked about national identity. 31.9% said they identified as british only that s a drop compared with previous census figures, when 29.1% said they were irish only. it s worth noting that a growing
but what is crystal clear is the population of northern ireland is growing and becoming more diverse. the overall figure is now almost 2 million, and that includes a record number of people who were born outside the uk or ireland. there is, more than 100,000 in total. in terms of religion, people from a catholic background now outnumber those from a protestant background. let s look at the numbers. 45.7% compared to 43.5%. and if we bring on the figures from the last sentences, you can see the change in the past decade. right, onto another issue but the question about national identity. the response, it was mixed. 32% said they have a british only identity, 29% said irish only, and 20% said northern irish only. you may render people were given the