Northern Ireland

Constituent / territory of United Kingdom.

EuropeCapital: Belfast
2026 population
1.9M
Rank #152 globally
Area
14k km²
Metros tracked
11
61% of population in metros
Composite score
12.7
Rank #86 globally

National Teams

Northern Ireland on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.

Men's FootballUEFA
Northern Ireland
FIFA #70
ELO #64
WC apps 3
No World Cups
CricketFull Member
Ireland
Test #10
ODI #12
T20I #13
Matches 400
All-island team for Ireland and Northern Ireland
Rugby UnionSix Nations
Ireland
World #3
6N titles 24
Tests 720
No World Cups
All-island team for Ireland and Northern Ireland
Olympics
Great Britain
Games 49
Medals 1,058
Summer #1 (G/M) 1/1
329 golds
Competes as Great Britain; the team was Great Britain & Ireland before Irish independence

Local Government Districts

11 entries listed under Northern Ireland. Click any to see its metros and footprint.

Mid and East Antrim3Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon2Fermanagh and Omagh2Antrim and Newtownabbey1Ards and North Down1Belfast1Causeway Coast and Glens1Derry City and Strabane1Lisburn and Castlereagh1Mid Ulster1Newry, Mourne and Down1

Northern Ireland metro footprint

11 metros
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11 polygons

Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.

11 tracked metros

RankMetroScoreTier
#276Belfast★ Capital▲ Largest9.4Established Metro
#1263Derry1.1Emerging Metro
#1627Enniskillen0.7Local Metro
#2623Lurgan0.3Local Metro
#2762Portadown0.3Local Metro
#2793Dungannon0.3Local Metro
#2796Ballymena0.3Local Metro
#2797Coleraine0.3Local Metro
#2827Larne0.3Local Metro
#4134Newry0.0Local Metro
#4227Omagh0.0Local Metro