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