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Countries

The population of the British countries according to census results or latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21
England	ENG	Cntry	London	130,278	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,490,048	13027800
Northern Ireland	NIR	Cntry	Belfast	13,562	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,810,863	1,903,175	1356200	→
Scotland	SCO	Cntry	Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,403	5,418,400	7792500	→
Wales (Cymru)	WAL	Cntry	Cardiff	20,735	2,835,073	2,903,085	3,063,456	3,107,494	2073500	→
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,920,000		→

UK Office for National Statistics.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21
1	London	ENG	8,776,535
2	Birmingham	ENG	1,121,408
3	Glasgow	SCO	631,690
4	Leeds	ENG	536,321
5	Liverpool	ENG	506,552
6	Edinburgh	SCO	505,310
7	Sheffield	ENG	500,552
8	Manchester	ENG	470,411
9	Bristol	ENG	425,232
10	Leicester	ENG	406,588

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all British cities and towns (i.e. built-up areas or their subdivisions in England in Wales, localities in Scotland and settlements in Northern Ireland) with more than 50,000 inhabitants.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21	Area
Aberdeen	SCO	185,560	195,453	196,220	6270	→
Ashford	ENG	58,641	72,669	82,164	2078	→
Aylesbury	ENG	65,973	72,490	87,967	1719	→
Banbury	ENG	41,708	46,727	52,052	1382	→
Bangor	NIR	58,368	61,401	64,596	1956	→
Barnsley	ENG	63,430	66,945	71,422	1794	→
Barrow-in-Furness	ENG	58,943	56,516	55,251	1629	→
Barry (Barri)	WAL	50,952	54,673	56,587	1581	→
Basildon	ENG	99,793	105,093	115,964	2606	→
Basingstoke	ENG	90,352	103,697	117,207	2973	→
Bath	ENG	83,286	88,180	94,092	2284	→
Bebington	ENG	56,228	57,216	57,597	1780	→
Bedford	ENG	82,467	87,631	97,241	2236	→
Beeston	ENG	50,036	51,357	52,356	1347	→
Belfast (incl. Dundonald, Newtownbreda, Derriaghy)	NIR	361,474	368,108	384,704	10552	→
Birkenhead	ENG	103,211	107,781	109,848	2658	→
Birmingham	ENG	958,302	1,047,931	1,121,408	22107	→
Blackburn	ENG	108,773	118,068	124,983	3103	→
Blackpool	ENG	148,848	148,640	149,056	3537	→
Bloxwich	ENG	47,205	47,288	51,879	1072	→
Bognor Regis	ENG	60,409	62,493	68,408	1666	→
Bolton	ENG	159,020	169,441	184,073	3859	→
Bootle	ENG	55,743	50,888	53,718	1306	→
Bournemouth	ENG	163,336	183,352	196,445	3877	→
Bracknell	ENG	67,412	70,321	78,660	1897	→
Bradford	ENG	275,856	314,584	333,931	6377	→
Brentwood	ENG	47,925	52,586	55,358	1440	→
Bridgend	WAL	39,142	46,200	51,785	1631	→
Brighton and Hove	ENG	247,816	273,369	277,106	4198	→
Bristol	ENG	340,561	384,843	425,232	7345	→
Burnley	ENG	73,803	71,450	78,270	1702	→
Burton upon Trent	ENG	61,278	67,574	76,270	2364	→
Bury	ENG	73,521	76,232	81,101	1962	→
Cambridge	ENG	113,038	130,275	152,725	3611	→
Cannock	ENG	58,027	61,057	63,054	1792	→
Canterbury	ENG	44,117	52,430	55,087	1359	→
Cardiff	WAL	295,567	333,847	348,546	7517	→
Carlisle	ENG	70,656	75,985	77,728	2143	→
Carlton	ENG	52,207	52,956	53,555	1435	→
Chatham	ENG	71,499	74,357	76,983	1403	→
Chelmsford	ENG	92,108	101,587	110,606	2556	→
Cheltenham	ENG	106,262	112,230	115,959	2809	→
Chester	ENG	81,810	86,450	92,742	2467	→
Chesterfield	ENG	73,728	76,776	76,402	2432	→
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	51,284	50,548	53,208	1341	→
Colchester	ENG	98,941	113,316	130,248	3432	→
Corby	ENG	47,985	55,439	68,164	2603	→
Coventry	ENG	299,151	315,810	344,322	7843	→
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown)	NIR	57,651	64,193	72,301	3773	→
Crawley	ENG	99,820	106,612	120,549	2561	→
Crewe	ENG	65,669	70,101	74,123	1893	→
Crosby	ENG	51,789	50,044	50,213	1152	→
Cumbernauld	SCO	51,670	51,839	50,340	2306	→
Darlington	ENG	86,322	92,087	93,037	2477	→
Dartford	ENG	50,823	56,736	69,134	1504	→
Derby	ENG	228,837	256,111	275,599	6538	→
Derry (Londonderry)	NIR	83,652	83,125	85,279	3395	→
Dewsbury	ENG	55,089	60,122	63,722	1558	→
Doncaster	ENG	76,068	84,103	87,457	3063	→
Dudley	ENG	55,840	59,352	64,275	1520	→
Dundee	SCO	145,560	147,389	146,840	4785	→
Dunfermline	SCO	41,580	49,776	55,480	2075	→
Durham	ENG	42,452	46,819	50,515	1484	→
Eastbourne	ENG	90,040	96,732	99,189	2006	→
East Kilbride	SCO	73,990	74,396	75,350	2538	→
Edinburgh	SCO	431,230	459,633	505,310	12378	→
Ellesmere Port	ENG	62,081	60,572	65,421	2663	→
Esher	ENG	8,819	9,244	53,370	545	→
Exeter	ENG	107,178	113,828	126,156	3028	→
Farnborough	ENG	57,863	58,077	60,652	1872	→
Folkestone	ENG	44,795	51,020	51,991	1285	→
Gateshead	ENG	112,844	119,626	115,316	3012	→
Gillingham	ENG	99,370	104,168	108,483	2189	→
Glasgow	SCO	575,180	590,578	631,690	14847	→
Gloucester	ENG	99,595	110,182	118,541	2814	→
Gosport	ENG	68,848	71,047	70,131	1544	→
Gravesend	ENG	51,217	55,131	58,102	1081	→
Grimsby	ENG	87,311	87,994	85,911	2474	→
Guildford	ENG	66,394	73,380	77,854	1997	→
Halesowen	ENG	55,944	58,135	60,097	1514	→
Halifax	ENG	81,477	85,963	88,109	1987	→
Hamilton	SCO	48,970	53,284	54,640	1929	→
Harlow	ENG	78,665	81,850	93,566	1986	→
Harrogate	ENG	71,886	74,029	75,507	2006	→
Hartlepool	ENG	85,556	88,516	87,984	2673	→
Hastings	ENG	85,219	90,471	91,480	2197	→
Hemel Hempstead	ENG	83,037	87,804	95,961	2260	→
Hereford	ENG	55,378	59,252	60,475	1767	→
High Wycombe	ENG	68,510	75,858	83,523	1849	→
Hinckley	ENG	43,249	45,249	50,712	1470	→
Horsham	ENG	44,620	47,738	50,223	1194	→
Huddersfield	ENG	123,797	137,461	141,692	3896	→
Huyton with Roby	ENG	60,509	56,340	59,846	1268	→
Ipswich	ENG	128,139	145,299	151,562	3911	→
Kettering	ENG	51,270	56,437	63,144	1712	→
Kidderminster	ENG	55,349	55,247	57,553	1600	→
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	247,212	260,291	270,806	6642	→
Kingswinford	ENG	51,416	50,845	51,904	1300	→
Kingswood (/ Fishponds)	ENG	136,392	147,090	160,260	3361	→
Kirkcaldy	SCO	47,380	49,709	50,340	1998	→
Lancaster	ENG	46,653	48,308	52,660	1085	→
Leeds	ENG	463,006	492,554	536,321	12010	→
Leicester	ENG	313,066	365,287	406,588	7435	→
Lincoln	ENG	85,888	93,968	104,565	2444	→
Lisburn	NIR	43,755	45,410	51,447	1952	→
Liverpool	ENG	459,668	485,890	506,552	11046	→
Livingston	SCO	52,000	56,323	57,360	2836	→
London	ENG	7,151,354	8,150,882	8,776,535	117179	→
Loughborough	ENG	54,922	59,627	64,884	1597	→
Lowestoft	ENG	67,413	69,562	71,327	2143	→
Luton	ENG	191,810	211,228	233,498	4137	→
Macclesfield	ENG	51,277	53,351	54,340	1429	→
Maidenhead	ENG	56,578	62,180	67,374	1704	→
Maidstone	ENG	82,342	95,876	109,490	2453	→
Manchester	ENG	324,165	426,300	470,411	7547	→
Mansfield	ENG	54,729	59,783	63,438	1931	→
Margate	ENG	56,594	59,966	63,322	1344	→
Middlesbrough	ENG	141,357	144,230	148,219	4397	→
Milton Keynes	ENG	135,661	170,866	197,354	5176	→
Newcastle upon Tyne	ENG	248,076	268,597	286,468	6089	→
Newcastle-under-Lyme	ENG	74,187	75,399	76,503	2065	→
Newport	WAL	111,612	118,174	130,900	4040	→
Newtownabbey	NIR	62,022	65,555	67,599	2823	→
Northampton	ENG	193,178	214,888	243,511	6083	→
Norwich	ENG	173,477	186,408	200,752	5604	→
Nottingham	ENG	244,377	282,941	299,797	6002	→
Nuneaton	ENG	78,761	81,417	88,813	2128	→
Oldham	ENG	91,064	96,026	110,718	1639	→
Oxford	ENG	141,226	159,035	170,798	3496	→
Paignton	ENG	62,761	62,753	67,488	1774	→
Paisley	SCO	75,500	76,834	76,990	2625	→
Peterborough	ENG	136,089	160,758	190,584	4860	→
Plymouth	ENG	243,624	259,221	266,983	6143	→
Poole	ENG	126,178	135,691	140,977	3944	→
Portsmouth	ENG	201,822	220,262	223,312	3455	→
Preston	ENG	82,742	93,357	94,508	1984	→
Reading	ENG	173,100	183,773	203,808	4252	→
Redditch	ENG	74,380	79,033	81,637	2171	→
Rochdale	ENG	98,552	104,360	111,261	2542	→
Rochester	ENG	58,490	62,982	67,274	1496	→
Rotherham	ENG	69,255	71,213	71,542	2063	→
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	45,694	49,914	51,323	986	→
Royal Sutton Coldfield (Sutton Coldfield)	ENG	86,545	91,933	93,369	2584	→
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	42,278	49,892	51,232	1266	→
Rugby	ENG	61,249	68,764	78,117	2433	→
Runcorn	ENG	59,944	61,260	61,635	2060	→
Sale	ENG	57,471	60,676	62,547	1249	→
Salford	ENG	70,557	84,284	108,409	1797	→
Scarborough	ENG	56,632	59,759	59,497	1516	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	72,370	79,681	81,286	2957	→
Sheffield	ENG	457,336	495,453	500,552	11473	→
Shrewsbury	ENG	66,535	71,090	75,992	2313	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	43,368	49,622	54,392	1406	→
Slough	ENG	126,879	147,664	166,877	2805	→
Smethwick	ENG	42,280	48,591	56,338	880	→
Solihull	ENG	100,369	104,905	107,728	3312	→
Southampton	ENG	218,141	237,591	249,604	4817	→
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	161,796	175,294	182,287	3642	→
Southport	ENG	91,405	91,703	94,421	2572	→
South Shields	ENG	78,173	75,337	73,325	1538	→
Stafford	ENG	62,789	68,878	71,673	2231	→
St Albans	ENG	64,240	70,920	75,537	1749	→
Stevenage	ENG	80,431	88,915	94,456	2195	→
St Helens	ENG	102,233	102,606	107,677	2881	→
Stockport	ENG	112,079	112,003	117,941	2393	→
Stockton-on-Tees	ENG	80,058	82,729	84,801	2393	→
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	242,939	251,199	260,602	7126	→
Stourbridge	ENG	55,035	55,981	56,935	1453	→
Sunderland	ENG	175,810	172,410	168,277	4060	→
Swansea	WAL	157,569	169,297	170,055	5080	→
Swindon	ENG	135,902	161,900	183,638	4040	→
Tamworth	ENG	71,491	73,751	76,092	2088	→
Taunton	ENG	54,518	58,097	61,674	1672	→
Telford	ENG	134,014	141,262	156,896	5519	→
Thundersley (/ South Benfleet)	ENG	47,806	48,513	49,881	1287	→
Torquay	ENG	46,650	48,563	52,037	1241	→
Tynemouth	ENG	57,548	60,892	60,600	1647	→
Wakefield	ENG	85,131	88,180	97,852	2847	→
Wallasey	ENG	84,347	86,488	85,611	1683	→
Walsall	ENG	58,868	67,276	70,778	1454	→
Warrington	ENG	158,146	166,423	174,954	4817	→
Washington	ENG	53,388	52,157	51,312	1662	→
Watford	ENG	103,675	115,898	131,326	2449	→
Wellingborough	ENG	46,819	48,504	54,412	1562	→
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	44,944	48,330	51,524	1293	→
West Bromwich	ENG	85,840	92,234	103,112	2239	→
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	73,898	79,617	84,628	1873	→
Weymouth	ENG	52,989	54,463	55,543	1542	→
Widnes	ENG	53,181	58,086	59,939	2201	→
Wigan	ENG	76,095	79,927	81,557	1920	→
Woking	ENG	64,086	71,268	75,666	1899	→
Wokingham	ENG	42,381	42,891	50,320	1538	→
Wolverhampton	ENG	214,080	224,601	234,015	5796	→
Worcester	ENG	93,544	98,996	105,455	2560	→
Worthing	ENG	97,836	104,906	111,621	2307	→
Wythenshawe	ENG	83,566	91,805	97,635	2205	→
Yeovil	ENG	42,285	46,019	50,176	1334	→
York	ENG	120,866	137,800	141,671	2937	→

Cities and towns according to definitions of 2022 (England & Wales), 2020 (Scotland), and 2015 (Northern Ireland). Older population figures approximately correspond to these definitions.
UK National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.