Births registered, Northern Ireland
Official statistics
Live births registered in Northern Ireland each calendar year since 1887, to mothers living in Northern Ireland, from NISRA.
Births registered
19,416
2024
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 14:50 UTCSource: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
138 periods, newest first
| Period | Births registered |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19,416 |
| 2023 | 19,962 |
| 2022 | 20,837 |
| 2021 | 22,071 |
| 2020 | 20,815 |
| 2019 | 22,447 |
| 2018 | 22,829 |
| 2017 | 23,075 |
| 2016 | 24,076 |
| 2015 | 24,215 |
| 2014 | 24,394 |
| 2013 | 24,277 |
| 2012 | 25,269 |
| 2011 | 25,273 |
| 2010 | 25,315 |
| 2009 | 24,910 |
| 2008 | 25,631 |
| 2007 | 24,451 |
| 2006 | 23,272 |
| 2005 | 22,328 |
| 2004 | 22,318 |
| 2003 | 21,648 |
| 2002 | 21,385 |
| 2001 | 21,962 |
| 2000 | 21,512 |
| 1999 | 22,957 |
| 1998 | 23,668 |
| 1997 | 24,087 |
| 1996 | 24,382 |
| 1995 | 23,693 |
| 1994 | 24,098 |
| 1993 | 24,722 |
| 1992 | 25,354 |
| 1991 | 26,028 |
| 1990 | 26,251 |
| 1989 | 25,831 |
| 1988 | 27,514 |
| 1987 | 27,653 |
| 1986 | 27,975 |
| 1985 | 27,427 |
| 1984 | 27,477 |
| 1983 | 27,026 |
| 1982 | 26,872 |
| 1981 | 27,166 |
| 1980 | 28,582 |
| 1979 | 28,178 |
| 1978 | 26,239 |
| 1977 | 25,437 |
| 1976 | 26,361 |
| 1975 | 26,130 |
| 1974 | 27,160 |
| 1973 | 29,200 |
| 1972 | 29,994 |
| 1971 | 31,765 |
| 1970 | 32,086 |
| 1969 | 32,428 |
| 1968 | 33,173 |
| 1967 | 33,415 |
| 1966 | 33,228 |
| 1965 | 33,890 |
| 1964 | 34,345 |
| 1963 | 33,414 |
| 1962 | 32,565 |
| 1961 | 31,915 |
| 1960 | 31,989 |
| 1959 | 30,809 |
| 1958 | 30,301 |
| 1957 | 30,108 |
| 1956 | 29,489 |
| 1955 | 28,965 |
| 1954 | 28,803 |
| 1953 | 28,984 |
| 1952 | 28,760 |
| 1951 | 28,477 |
| 1950 | 28,794 |
| 1949 | 29,106 |
| 1948 | 29,532 |
| 1947 | 31,254 |
| 1946 | 30,134 |
| 1945 | 29,007 |
| 1944 | 30,900 |
| 1943 | 31,521 |
| 1942 | 29,645 |
| 1941 | 26,887 |
| 1940 | 25,363 |
| 1939 | 25,240 |
| 1938 | 25,742 |
| 1937 | 25,412 |
| 1936 | 25,909 |
| 1935 | 24,742 |
| 1934 | 25,365 |
| 1933 | 24,601 |
| 1932 | 25,107 |
| 1931 | 25,673 |
| 1930 | 25,879 |
| 1929 | 25,410 |
| 1928 | 25,963 |
| 1927 | 26,676 |
| 1926 | 28,162 |
| 1925 | 27,686 |
| 1924 | 28,496 |
| 1923 | 30,097 |
| 1922 | 29,531 |
| 1921 | 29,710 |
| 1920 | 32,521 |
| 1919 | 27,496 |
| 1918 | 26,212 |
| 1917 | 24,949 |
| 1916 | 26,623 |
| 1915 | 28,082 |
| 1914 | 29,704 |
| 1913 | 29,880 |
| 1912 | 30,301 |
| 1911 | 30,407 |
| 1910 | 30,219 |
| 1909 | 30,640 |
| 1908 | 30,600 |
| 1907 | 30,969 |
| 1906 | 31,389 |
| 1905 | 31,405 |
| 1904 | 31,550 |
| 1903 | 31,290 |
| 1902 | 30,707 |
| 1901 | 30,782 |
| 1900 | 31,024 |
| 1899 | 31,727 |
| 1898 | 32,186 |
| 1897 | 32,329 |
| 1896 | 32,309 |
| 1895 | 31,742 |
| 1894 | 30,975 |
| 1893 | 31,329 |
| 1892 | 30,205 |
| 1891 | 31,239 |
| 1890 | 29,898 |
| 1889 | 30,439 |
| 1888 | 31,007 |
| 1887 | 31,188 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Check it yourself
- https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/births
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 9 November 2026, 14:48 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://ws-data.nisra.gov.uk/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/BRTHSSX/JSON-stat/2.0/enSHA-256 b29a0b45fab121541934573506b3b12939f5847e01edd073c73379652fc1fde5 · 15,782 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 14:50 UTC Run at 9 November 2026, 14:50 UTC; 138 of 138 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-09T14:48:40Z; 1 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 1 of 1 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 138 of 138 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's accreditation match |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 138 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 138 of 138 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's accreditation match |
| Pass | PxStat matrix is current | latest period 2024 ended 678 days before retrieval (limit 850); matrix updated 2026-03-02T9:30:00.000Z |
| Pass | PxStat CSV edition agrees | 138 of 138 figures match https://ws-data.nisra.gov.uk/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/BRTHSSX/CSV/1.0/en, where 414 of 414 cells equal the JSON-stat edition |
| Pass | Births by council agree (BRTHSLGD) | 12 of 12 figures of Births registered equal Northern Ireland's total of NISRA's births by council in https://ws-data.nisra.gov.uk/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/BRTHSLGD/JSON-stat/2.0/en |
| Pass | Girls and boys add up to all births | 138 of 138 cases of the years' births to girls and to boys add up to all births registered |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/births – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Births are counted by the year they were registered, not the year they happened, and only to mothers who lived in Northern Ireland when the birth was registered; a few each year are births from earlier years registered late. The totals include births registered under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.
- These are registrations to Northern Ireland's residents, so they are not on one chart with England and Wales's live births, which the ONS counts another way.