List of United Kingdom cities, towns and districts by population
The following is a list of cities, towns and districts in order of population in the United Kingdom.
This list provides population figures according to local authority area (the population residing in the area managed by a particular authority, such as Birmingham City Council), the standard measurement used in the UK. This is different from the internationally used measurement of continuous urban area. If that were the case, Manchester's population would be much higher - the Greater Manchester County for example has 2.5 million people, with millions more in the surrounding area. Leeds and Bradford would merge into one conurbation and London's population would well exceed 10 million.
|
Rank |
Name |
Population est. |
|
1 |
London |
7,074,265 |
|
2 |
Birmingham |
1,020,589 |
|
3 |
Leeds |
726,939 |
|
4 |
Glasgow |
616,430 |
|
5 |
Sheffield |
530,375 |
|
6 |
Bradford |
483,422 |
|
7 |
Liverpool |
467,995 |
|
8 |
Edinburgh |
448,850 |
|
9 |
Manchester |
430,818 |
|
10 |
Bristol |
399,633 |
|
11 |
Kirklees |
388,807 |
|
12 |
Fife |
349,300 |
|
13 |
Wirral |
329,179 |
|
14 |
Cardiff |
327,706 |
|
15 |
North Lanarkshire |
325,940 |
|
16 |
Wakefield |
317,342 |
|
17 |
Dudley |
312,194 |
|
18 |
Wigan |
309,786 |
|
19 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
308,689 |
|
20 |
South Lanarkshire |
307,450 |
|
21 |
Coventry |
306,503 |
|
22 |
Belfast |
297,300 |
|
23 |
Leicester |
294,830 |
|
24 |
Sunderland |
294,261 |
|
25 |
Sandwell |
292,196 |
|
26 |
Doncaster |
291,804 |
|
27 |
Stockport |
291,080 |
|
28 |
Sefton |
289,739 |
|
29 |
Nottingham |
283,969 |
|
30 |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
282,338 |
|
31 |
Kingston-upon-Hull |
266,775 |
|
32 |
Bolton |
265,449 |
|
33 |
Walsall |
262,593 |
|
34 |
Plymouth |
255,826 |
|
35 |
Rotherham |
255,342 |
|
36 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
254,438 |
|
37 |
Wolverhampton |
244,453 |
|
38 |
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff |
240,117 |
|
39 |
South Gloucestershire |
235,129 |
|
40 |
Derby |
233,708 |
|
41 |
Swansea |
230,180 |
|
42 |
Salford |
229,179 |
|
43 |
Aberdeenshire |
227,430 |
|
44 |
Barnsley |
227,213 |
|
45 |
Tameside |
220,722 |
|
46 |
Oldham |
220,172 |
|
47 |
Trafford |
218,893 |
|
48 |
Aberdeen |
217,260 |
|
49 |
Southampton |
214,859 |
|
50 |
Highland |
208,700 |
|
51 |
Rochdale |
207,563 |
|
52 |
Solihull |
203,922 |
|
53, |
Gateshead |
200,968 |
|
54 |
Milton Keynes |
197,131 |
|
55 |
North Tyneside |
193,619 |
|
56 |
Calderdale |
192,844 |
|
57 |
Northampton |
192,382 |
|
58 |
Warrington |
191,084 |
|
59 |
Portsmouth |
190,548 |
|
60 |
North Somerset |
185,340 |
|
61 |
Bury |
181,873 |
|
62 |
Luton |
181,468 |
|
63 |
St Helens |
179,483 |
|
64 |
Stockton-on-Tees |
179,009 |
|
65 |
Renfrewshire |
178,550 |
|
66 |
York |
175,095 |
|
67 |
Thamesdown |
174,598 |
|
68 |
Southend-on-Sea |
172,266 |
|
69 |
New Forest |
169,513 |
|
70 |
Caerphilly |
169,125 |
|
71 |
Carmarthenshire |
169,108 |
|
72 |
Bath and North East Somerset |
164,725 |
|
73 |
Wycombe |
164,045 |
|
74 |
Basildon |
163,280 |
|
75 |
Bournemouth |
160,749 |
|
76 |
Peterborough |
158,674 |
|
77 |
North East Lincolnshire |
158,503 |
|
78 |
Chelmsford |
156,601 |
|
79 |
Brighton |
156,124 |
|
80 |
South Tyneside |
156,078 |
|
81 |
Charnwood |
155,724 |
|
82 |
Aylesbury Vale |
154,927 |
|
83 |
Colchester |
154,176 |
|
84 |
Knowsley |
154,053 |
|
85 |
North Lincolnshire |
152,767 |
|
86 |
Huntingdonshire |
152,742 |
|
87 |
Macclesfield |
152,604 |
|
88 |
Blackpool |
152,459 |
|
89 |
West Lothian |
150,770 |
|
90 |
South Somerset |
150,710 |
|
91 |
Dundee |
150,250 |
|
92 |
Basingstoke and Deane |
147,914 |
|
93 |
Harrogate |
147,635 |
|
94 |
Dumfries and Galloway |
147,600 |
|
95 |
Middlesbrough |
146,778 |
|
96 |
Flintshire |
144,918 |
|
97 |
Rochester-upon-Medway |
144,478 |
|
98 |
The Wrekin |
144,154 |
|
99 |
West Berkshire |
143,727 |
|
100 |
Falkirk |
143,040 |
|
101 |
Reading |
142,851 |
|
102 |
Wokingham |
142,361 |
|
103 |
Windsor and Maidenhead |
141,548 |
|
104 |
Maidstone |
140,664 |
|
105 |
Redcar & Cleveland |
139,785 |
|
106 |
North Ayrshire |
139,520 |
|
107 |
Blackburn |
139,491 |
|
108 |
Poole |
139,226 |
|
109 |
Wealden |
138,030 |
|
110 |
Arun |
137,978 |
|
111 |
Bedford |
137,451 |
|
112 |
Oxford |
137,343 |
|
113 |
Newport |
137,011 |
|
114 |
Lancaster |
136,948 |
|
115 |
Canterbury |
136,481 |
|
116 |
Preston |
134,818 |
|
117 |
Dacorum |
134,733 |
|
118 |
Neath Port Talbot |
134,468 |
|
119 |
Cherwell |
132,687 |
|
120 |
Perth and Kinross |
132,570 |
|
121 |
Thurrock |
132,283 |
|
122 |
Tendring |
132,265 |
|
123 |
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk |
131,214 |
|
124 |
St Albans |
130,267 |
|
125 |
Bridgend |
130,080 |
|
126 |
South Cambridgeshire |
128,422 |
|
127 |
Braintree |
126,236 |
|
128 |
Norwich |
126,221 |
|
129 |
Thanet |
125,543 |
|
130 |
Isle of Wight |
125,466 |
|
131 |
Mid Sussex |
125,329 |
|
132 |
South Oxfordshire |
124,637 |
|
133 |
Guildford |
124,567 |
|
134 |
Elmbridge |
124,539 |
|
135 |
Stafford |
124,531 |
|
136 |
Powys |
124,418 |
|
137 |
East Hertfordshire |
123,553 |
|
138 |
Torbay |
123,413 |
|
139 |
Wrexham |
123,308 |
|
140 |
East Devon |
123,105 |
|
141 |
East Lindsey |
123,058 |
|
142 |
Halton |
123,038 |
|
143 |
Warwick |
122,506 |
|
144 |
East Ayrshire |
122,350 |
|
145 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
122,314 |
|
146 |
North Wiltshire |
121,747 |
|
147 |
South Kesteven |
119,951 |
|
148 |
Epping Forest |
119,512 |
|
149 |
Vale of Glamorgan |
119,358 |
|
150 |
Reigate & Banstead |
119,307 |
|
151 |
Chester |
119,221 |
|
152 |
Mid Bedfordshire |
118,945 |
|
153 |
Suffolk Coastal |
118,681 |
|
154 |
Horsham |
118,569 |
|
155 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
118,340 |
|
156 |
Gwynedd |
117,775 |
|
157 |
Swale |
117,562 |
|
158 |
Havant and Waterloo |
117,341 |
|
159 |
Teignbridge |
116,743 |
|
160 |
Cambridge |
116,701 |
|
161 |
Vale Royal |
115,233 |
|
162 |
Amber Valley |
115,224 |
|
163 |
North Hertfordshire |
114,941 |
|
164 |
South Ayrshire |
114,630 |
|
165 |
Waverley |
114,133 |
|
166 |
Broadland |
113,896 |
|
167 |
Crewe & Nantwich |
113,670 |
|
168 |
Breckland |
113,654 |
|
169 |
Ipswich |
113,642 |
|
170 |
Pembrokeshire |
113,597 |
|
171 |
Vale of White Horse |
112,545 |
|
172 |
Salisbury |
112,534 |
|
173 |
Gedling |
112,194 |
|
174 |
Eastleigh |
111,732 |
|
175 |
Broxtowe |
111,429 |
|
176 |
Stratford-on-Avon |
111,211 |
|
177 |
South Bedfordshire |
110,949 |
|
178 |
Angus |
110,780 |
|
179 |
East Hampshire |
110,761 |
|
180 |
East Dunbartonshire |
110,750 |
|
181 |
Conway |
110,596 |
|
182 |
Sevenoaks |
110,476 |
|
183 |
Slough |
110,462 |
|
184 |
Bracknell Forest |
110,092 |
|
185 |
West Lancashire |
109,763 |
|
186 |
West Wiltshire |
108,889 |
|
187 |
Ashfield |
108,558 |
|
188 |
Lisburn |
108,400 |
|
189 |
Scarborough |
108,258 |
|
190 |
Stroud |
108,022 |
|
191 |
Wychavon |
108,009 |
|
192 |
Waveney |
107,731 |
|
193 |
Exeter |
107,729 |
|
194 |
Dover |
107,398 |
|
195 |
Test Valley |
107,182 |
|
196 |
Gloucester |
106,834 |
|
197 |
Erewash |
106,818 |
|
198 |
Cheltenham |
106,692 |
|
199 |
Bassetlaw |
106,303 |
|
200 |
Scottish Borders |
106,100 |
See also
- List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population
- List urbations in the United Kingdom
- UK topics