United Kingdom: Countries and Major Urban Areas (original) (raw)

Countries

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

Name Abbr. Status Capital AreaA (km²) PopulationCensus (C)1991-04-05 PopulationCensus (C)2001-04-29 PopulationCensus (C)2011-03-27 PopulationCensus (C)2021-03-21 PopulationEstimate (E)2024-06-30
England ENG Cntry London 130,278 47,055,205 49,138,831 53,012,456 56,490,048 58,620,101 13027800
Northern Ireland NIR Cntry Belfast 13,562 1,577,836 1,685,267 1,810,863 1,903,175 1,927,855 1356200 →
Scotland SCO Cntry Edinburgh 77,925 4,998,567 5,062,011 5,295,403 5,418,400 5,546,900 7792500 →
Wales (Cymru) WAL Cntry Cardiff 20,735 2,835,073 2,903,085 3,063,456 3,107,494 3,186,581 2073500 →
United Kingdom GBR Kingd London 242,500 56,466,680 58,789,194 63,182,178 66,920,000 69,281,437 →

Major Urban Areas

| | Name | Adm. | PopulationEstimate (E)2024-06-30 | | | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | 1 | London | ENG | 10,914,333 | | 2 | Manchester | ENG | 2,857,875 | | 3 | Birmingham | ENG | 2,685,039 | | 4 | Leeds | ENG | 1,931,411 | | 5 | Glasgow | SCO | 1,061,100 | | 6 | Liverpool | ENG | 927,000 | | 7 | Southampton | ENG | 917,596 | | 8 | Newcastle | ENG | 824,390 | | 9 | Nottingham | ENG | 784,649 | | 10 | Sheffield | ENG | 721,879 | | 11 | Bristol | ENG | 712,984 |

Contents: Urban Areas

The population of all British urban areas (i.e. built-up areas or Scottish settlements) with more than 50,000 inhabitants.

Name Adm. PopulationCensus (C)2001-04-29 PopulationCensus (C)2011-03-27 PopulationCensus (C)2021-03-21 PopulationEstimate (E)2024-06-30 Area
Aberdeen SCO 205,360 215,637 212,200 222,200 7809
Accrington ENG 119,176 120,816 124,876 129,885 3165
Amersham ENG 42,792 45,391 48,599 50,364 1632
Andover ENG 39,106 42,878 52,938 55,686 1357
Ashford ENG 59,613 73,697 83,213 87,727 2123
Aylesbury ENG 69,442 76,378 94,238 102,656 2320
Ayr SCO 62,460 62,668 62,100 62,300 2787
Banbury ENG 43,773 48,853 56,795 61,976 1517
Barnsley ENG 209,176 220,334 233,309 240,177 6352
Barrow-in-Furness ENG 58,943 56,516 55,251 55,778 1629 →
Barry (Barri) WAL 50,952 54,673 56,587 58,388 1581 →
Basildon ENG 136,739 145,105 158,187 164,486 4032
Basingstoke ENG 94,501 108,019 121,562 127,734 3150
Bath ENG 89,512 94,577 100,822 105,073 2552 →
Bedford ENG 103,266 108,977 124,878 129,789 2878
Belfast (incl. Newtownabbey, Dundonald, Newtownbreda) NIR 582,292 597,667 624,535 634,600 19884 →
Birkenhead ENG 319,658 325,450 331,588 342,420 9202
Birmingham ENG 2,275,460 2,437,235 2,590,363 2,685,039 57913
Blackburn ENG 136,143 145,916 152,877 160,637 3780
Blackpool ENG 236,190 239,732 241,657 249,615 6391
Bognor Regis ENG 61,694 63,779 69,700 71,160 1737 →
Bournemouth ENG 425,997 462,307 485,976 496,015 12941
Braintree ENG 44,825 52,888 55,259 57,710 1507
Brentwood ENG 47,925 52,586 55,358 57,013 1440 →
Bridgend WAL 52,090 60,270 66,749 68,465 2144
Bridgwater ENG 36,779 41,976 49,623 52,182 1297 →
Brighton and Hove ENG 459,263 498,327 518,745 529,646 9866
Bristol ENG 551,675 615,451 680,377 712,984 15034
Bromsgrove ENG 44,429 48,313 50,151 50,795 1616
Buckley WAL 60,336 62,608 62,951 63,044 2420
Burnley ENG 149,213 146,784 159,886 168,419 3609
Burton upon Trent ENG 108,188 121,880 133,833 142,144 4043
Cambridge ENG 138,682 157,810 181,137 187,131 4667
Cannock ENG 83,016 86,241 87,888 90,568 2448
Canterbury ENG 46,529 54,928 57,708 60,292 1468
Cardiff WAL 403,974 447,516 464,635 487,008 10856
Carlisle ENG 73,244 78,817 81,046 85,235 2287
Castleford ENG 56,822 60,712 67,329 70,343 1960
Chelmsford ENG 102,037 111,729 121,545 126,990 2936
Cheltenham ENG 110,343 116,495 120,553 123,575 2962 →
Chester ENG 85,147 89,718 96,510 99,978 2682
Chesterfield ENG 107,918 112,433 112,664 115,920 3616
Clacton-on-Sea ENG 51,284 50,548 53,208 55,568 1341 →
Colchester ENG 110,485 124,766 143,330 150,156 3825
Corby ENG 49,396 57,181 71,207 74,865 2734
Coventry ENG 339,350 358,628 388,758 412,903 9184
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown) NIR 62,004 70,977 79,865 82,500 4030 →
Crawley ENG 164,309 175,496 197,700 210,605 6145
Crewe ENG 72,746 77,104 82,746 89,711 2176
Cumbernauld (incl. Bonnybridge) SCO 76,000 78,782 78,600 78,600 3241
Dalkeith (incl. Bonnyrigg, Gorebridge) SCO 45,600 48,507 56,800 57,800 1923
Darlington ENG 86,574 92,355 93,278 97,122 2500 →
Derby ENG 243,150 270,797 290,131 306,007 7089
Derry (Londonderry) NIR 90,663 92,108 94,441 91,100 3729 →
Doncaster ENG 146,933 157,094 160,220 166,897 5093
Dundee SCO 155,530 157,548 156,500 159,200 5160
Dunfermline SCO 61,760 71,156 77,100 79,000 3063
Durham ENG 42,452 46,819 50,515 52,050 1484 →
Eastbourne ENG 106,818 117,760 123,478 127,172 2630
East Kilbride SCO 74,500 75,036 77,000 79,300 2656
Edinburgh SCO 454,910 483,346 511,700 536,300 13983
Exeter ENG 111,713 118,428 133,620 142,327 3254
Falkirk SCO 95,500 102,837 105,500 106,300 4837
Farnborough ENG 245,667 254,499 266,358 281,407 8190
Folkestone ENG 59,689 66,249 67,454 69,262 1793
Gillingham ENG 230,261 242,350 253,597 264,555 5124
Glasgow SCO 959,420 981,009 1,011,700 1,061,100 27944
Gloucester ENG 136,538 150,344 169,061 179,839 4484
Grays ENG 75,672 88,880 99,462 102,624 2766
Great Yarmouth ENG 58,032 63,434 65,091 65,758 1640
Greenock SCO 73,500 70,140 67,100 67,900 2079
Grimsby ENG 138,948 140,171 137,021 139,478 3966
Harrogate ENG 86,666 89,513 91,295 93,968 2563
Hartlepool ENG 85,556 88,516 87,984 92,703 2673 →
Hastings ENG 125,077 133,111 135,493 137,417 3459
Hereford ENG 55,832 59,748 61,014 61,960 1825 →
Herne Bay ENG 65,147 70,332 71,943 72,762 1997
Hertford ENG 41,552 44,928 48,424 50,384 1082
High Wycombe ENG 122,394 131,272 138,689 145,293 4033
Hinckley ENG 43,249 45,249 50,712 51,648 1470 →
Horsham ENG 47,930 51,169 56,900 58,350 1357
Inverness SCO 52,220 61,354 64,600 66,600 3239
Ipswich ENG 156,857 179,210 185,982 187,307 5204
Kettering ENG 58,010 63,886 73,588 77,387 1969
Kidderminster ENG 56,772 56,693 59,025 59,986 1749
Kilmarnock SCO 49,680 51,005 51,400 51,900 1833
Kingston upon Hull (Hull) ENG 299,771 312,694 323,634 335,459 8465
Kirkcaldy SCO 47,380 49,709 51,000 51,900 1998 →
Lancaster ENG 95,523 97,374 101,991 103,519 2343
Leeds ENG 1,636,324 1,760,843 1,860,546 1,931,411 44720
Leicester ENG 451,449 508,451 559,017 589,171 11508
Lincoln ENG 103,982 114,809 129,305 131,801 3397
Liverpool ENG 845,660 859,126 891,211 927,000 20429
Livingston SCO 61,070 65,246 65,300 66,800 3204
Llanelli WAL 45,676 49,067 49,486 50,116 1612
London ENG 8,674,737 9,790,590 10,558,797 10,914,333 165741
Loughborough ENG 54,922 59,627 64,884 66,373 1597 →
Lowestoft ENG 68,562 70,661 72,459 73,168 2191 →
Luton ENG 236,391 258,096 286,803 308,641 5390
Macclesfield ENG 60,480 63,080 64,199 66,257 1916
Maidenhead ENG 57,946 63,628 69,036 72,336 1897
Maidstone ENG 90,352 104,085 117,843 125,273 2723 →
Manchester ENG 2,344,790 2,537,025 2,720,316 2,857,875 59186
Mansfield ENG 156,610 169,415 179,797 184,496 5214
Margate ENG 119,083 125,572 131,114 132,020 2915
Middlesbrough ENG 365,144 376,623 383,613 405,357 11860
Milton Keynes ENG 189,711 228,549 264,349 280,086 6948
Motherwell (incl. Hamilton, Coatbridge) SCO 282,110 297,500 300,900 304,100 10647
Newbury ENG 60,458 66,869 71,829 74,420 2146
Newcastle upon Tyne ENG 739,716 772,002 790,636 824,390 18927
Newport WAL 291,133 305,774 318,852 328,890 9646
Northampton ENG 196,660 218,448 249,093 259,553 6414
Northwich ENG 45,016 47,713 53,629 56,450 1644
Norwich ENG 195,966 212,407 230,822 238,337 6672
Nottingham ENG 680,202 731,009 762,786 784,649 18261
Nuneaton ENG 88,107 91,427 99,372 105,197 2575
Oxford ENG 153,663 171,329 183,622 187,762 4034
Paignton ENG 111,209 113,222 121,598 122,667 3138
Peterborough ENG 137,552 162,430 192,178 199,859 4904
Plymouth ENG 243,908 259,588 268,292 276,622 6240
Pontefract ENG 43,245 44,535 48,816 50,753 1532
Preston ENG 291,211 312,644 328,924 348,278 9295
Reading ENG 302,697 317,390 355,514 373,578 8929
Redditch ENG 77,382 82,395 85,286 86,219 2325
Redhill ENG 54,883 61,671 66,248 70,977 1656
Royal Leamington Spa ENG 84,617 94,676 103,092 107,605 2630
Royal Tunbridge Wells ENG 59,792 68,568 69,560 71,484 1811
Rugby ENG 62,919 73,612 85,810 91,791 2600
Runcorn ENG 60,524 61,848 62,211 63,723 2111
Scarborough ENG 58,340 61,475 61,285 62,603 1609 →
Scunthorpe ENG 72,370 79,681 81,286 82,551 2957 →
Sheffield ENG 637,497 681,338 688,981 721,879 16689
Shrewsbury ENG 66,535 71,090 75,992 79,264 2313 →
Sittingbourne ENG 43,368 49,622 54,392 57,446 1406 →
Slough ENG 140,872 162,803 182,817 192,326 3588
Southampton ENG 794,666 852,236 888,145 917,596 20095
Southend-on-Sea ENG 276,023 294,686 304,798 313,524 6921
Southport ENG 91,405 91,703 94,421 96,394 2572 →
Stafford ENG 63,391 69,623 72,368 75,777 2263
Stevenage ENG 80,994 89,484 94,987 97,394 2234
Stirling SCO 45,630 48,051 48,600 50,700 2332
Stoke-on-Trent ENG 361,439 370,418 380,351 396,038 10601
Stroud ENG 57,114 59,379 61,252 63,042 2481
Sunderland ENG 337,358 334,022 332,932 349,143 8864
Swansea WAL 281,857 298,637 299,871 311,378 9838
Swindon ENG 158,694 186,481 211,691 220,646 5116
Tamworth ENG 78,848 81,388 83,666 86,076 2348
Taunton ENG 60,137 64,614 72,096 75,497 1994
Telford ENG 139,245 146,519 162,496 170,744 5680
Tonypandy (Rhondda) WAL 64,835 62,636 61,545 61,837 1293
Warrington ENG 158,146 166,423 174,954 179,065 4817 →
Wellingborough ENG 48,798 50,577 56,564 58,905 1682
Welwyn Garden City ENG 55,881 59,689 63,795 65,303 1900
Weston-super-Mare ENG 77,405 83,876 90,349 93,269 2056
Weymouth ENG 56,083 57,803 59,518 60,493 1637
Widnes ENG 55,502 60,931 62,792 63,927 2273 →
Wigan ENG 165,581 173,904 179,144 186,040 4629
Winchester ENG 42,693 46,185 49,981 52,625 1442
Worcester ENG 95,813 101,393 108,237 111,731 2662
Wrexham WAL 61,449 65,540 65,200 66,958 1784
Yeovil ENG 42,285 46,019 50,176 51,778 1334 →
York ENG 138,731 155,374 159,802 165,965 3511