evidence: More… - After the UK and the Republic of Ireland, the most common country of birth of residents in Northern Ireland was Poland (19,658 residents), followed by Lithuania, India, the USA and Germany. [...] As shown in Figure 6, after the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Poland is the most common country of birth in Northern Ireland with 19,658 residents, amounting to 24.2% of the population born outside of the UK and the Republic of Ireland (and 1.1% of the total population of Northern Ireland). This is followed by residents born in Lithuania (7,341), India (4,796), the USA (4,251) and Germany (3,908). Migrants from Eastern European countries that joined the EU between 2001 and 2011 have become an important part of the population born outside of the UK and the Republic of Ireland; in 2011, there were 35,720 residents born in the A8 and A2 EU Accession countries, representing 44% of those born outside the UK and ROI and 2% of the total resident population in Northern Ireland. [...] There were 50,376 residents of Northern Ireland who spoke a language other than English or Irish (Gaelic) as their main language in 2011. This represents 2.9% of the total resident population aged 3 and above. For those residents, the most commonly spoken language was Polish. In fact, 17,731 residents mainly spoke Polish in 2011, accounting for 35% of those who used a language other than English or Irish as their main spoken language (and 1% of the population aged 3 and above overall).