evidence: Percentage of births born outside of wedlock in Northern Ireland - [...] For the first century that Northern Ireland existed, the majority or plurality of its population identified with Protestantism, and with its founding, the region was intended to have a permanent Protestant majority.[41] With the 2021 census, Catholics outnumbered Protestants for the first time. [...] - ^ "Racial Equality (The Executive Office)". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 25 June 2023.