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All British cities and towns (as urban areas or localities) of more than 50,000 inhabitants.
Countries
| | Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | A (kmē) | C 1991-04-05 | C 2001-04-29 | C 2011-03-27 |
| i | England | ENG | | London | 130,281 | 47,055,205 | 49,138,831 | 53,012,456 |
| i | Northern Ireland | NIR | | Belfast | 13,576 | 1,577,836 | 1,685,267 | 1,810,863 |
| i | Scotland | SCO | | Edinburgh | 77,925 | 4,998,567 | 5,062,011 | 5,295,000 |
| i | Wales (Cymru) | WAL | | Cardiff | 20,732 | 2,835,073 | 2,903,085 | 3,063,456 |
| | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBR | | London | 242,910 | 56,466,680 | 58,789,194 | 61,371,000 |
Principal Cities
| | Name | Adm. | CU UE-E 2008-06-30 |
| 1 | London | ENG | 7,619,800 |
| 2 | Birmingham | ENG | 1,010,400 |
| 3 | Glasgow | SCO | 637,000 |
| 4 | Leeds | ENG | 477,600 |
| 5 | Manchester | ENG | 465,900 |
| 6 | Bristol | ENG | 465,500 |
| 7 | Liverpool | ENG | 464,200 |
| 8 | Sheffield | ENG | 458,100 |
| 9 | Edinburgh | SCO | 452,200 |
Cities & Towns
| | Name | Adm. | CU C 1991-04-05 | CU C 2001-04-29 | CU UE-E 2008-06-30 |
| i | Aberdeen | SCO | 182,133 | 184,788 | 183,300 |
| i | Aldershot | ENG | 51,356 | 58,170 | 57,300 |
| i | Ashford | ENG | 52,002 | 58,936 | 65,100 |
| i | Aylesbury | ENG | 58,058 | 69,021 | 73,300 |
| i | Bangor | NIR | 52,437 | 58,368 | 60,400 |
| i | Barnsley | ENG | 75,120 | 71,599 | 74,100 |
| i | Barry | WAL | 49,887 | 50,661 | 53,000 |
| i | Basildon | ENG | 100,924 | 99,876 | 104,100 |
| i | Basingstoke | ENG | 77,837 | 90,171 | 95,500 |
| i | Bath | ENG | 85,202 | 90,144 | 96,100 |
| i | Batley | ENG | 48,030 | 49,448 | 51,400 |
| i | Bebington | ENG | 60,148 | 57,066 | 56,500 |
| i | Bedford | ENG | 73,917 | 82,488 | 86,800 |
| i | Beeston and Stapleford | ENG | 66,626 | 66,683 | 69,400 |
| i | Belfast | NIR | 279,237 | 276,705 | 267,742 |
| i | Benfleet | ENG | 49,701 | 48,539 | 50,400 |
| i | Birkenhead | ENG | 93,087 | 83,729 | 82,900 |
| i | Birmingham | ENG | 965,928 | 970,892 | 1,010,400 |
| i | Blackburn | ENG | 105,994 | 105,085 | 107,600 |
| i | Blackpool | ENG | 146,262 | 142,283 | 141,900 |
| i | Bletchley | ENG | 41,435 | 47,176 | 52,900 |
| i | Bognor Regis | ENG | 56,744 | 62,141 | 64,700 |
| i | Bolton | ENG | 139,020 | 139,403 | 140,300 |
| i | Bootle | ENG | 65,454 | 59,123 | 57,500 |
| i | Bournemouth | ENG | 155,488 | 167,527 | 168,000 |
| i | Bracknell | ENG | 60,895 | 70,795 | 74,100 |
| i | Bradford | ENG | 289,376 | 293,717 | 315,100 |
| i | Brentwood | ENG | 49,463 | 47,593 | 50,900 |
| i | Brighton | ENG | 124,851 | 134,293 | 139,100 |
| i | Bristol | ENG | 407,992 | 420,556 | 465,500 |
| i | Burnley | ENG | 74,661 | 73,021 | 71,200 |
| i | Bury | ENG | 62,633 | 60,718 | 61,600 |
| i | Cambridge (/ Milton) | ENG | 99,494 | 117,717 | 132,800 |
| i | Cannock | ENG | 60,106 | 65,022 | 66,900 |
| i | Cardiff | WAL | 272,129 | 292,150 | 310,800 |
| i | Carlisle | ENG | 72,439 | 71,773 | 73,900 |
| i | Castlereagh | NIR | ... | 54,636 | 54,394 |
| i | Chatham | ENG | 71,691 | 73,468 | 74,600 |
| i | Cheadle and Gatley | ENG | 58,457 | 57,507 | 56,800 |
| i | Chelmsford | ENG | 97,451 | 99,962 | 106,300 |
| i | Cheltenham | ENG | 91,301 | 98,875 | 100,700 |
| i | Cheshunt | ENG | 51,998 | 55,275 | 57,300 |
| i | Chester | ENG | 80,110 | 80,121 | 81,300 |
| i | Chesterfield | ENG | 71,945 | 70,260 | 71,700 |
| i | Clacton-on-Sea | ENG | 45,065 | 51,284 | 54,600 |
| i | Colchester | ENG | 96,063 | 104,390 | 121,300 |
| i | Corby | ENG | 49,053 | 49,222 | 51,600 |
| i | Coventry | ENG | 299,316 | 303,475 | 312,500 |
| i | Craigavon (incl. Lurgan & Portadown) | NIR | 53,434 | 57,651 | 65,136 |
| i | Crawley | ENG | 88,203 | 100,547 | 102,100 |
| i | Crewe | ENG | 63,351 | 67,683 | 71,600 |
| i | Crosby | ENG | 52,869 | 51,789 | 50,300 |
| i | Cumbernauld | SCO | 49,507 | 49,664 | 51,000 |
| i | Darlington | ENG | 86,767 | 86,082 | 88,400 |
| i | Dartford | ENG | 59,411 | 56,818 | 60,800 |
| i | Derby | ENG | 223,836 | 229,407 | 247,500 |
| i | Dewsbury | ENG | 50,168 | 54,341 | 56,500 |
| i | Doncaster | ENG | 71,595 | 67,977 | 69,100 |
| i | Dudley | ENG | 192,171 | 194,919 | 195,800 |
| i | Dundee | SCO | 157,808 | 154,674 | 151,300 |
| i | Dunstable | ENG | 49,666 | 50,775 | 53,900 |
| i | Eastbourne | ENG | 94,793 | 106,562 | 114,200 |
| i | East Kilbride | SCO | 70,579 | 73,796 | 73,000 |
| i | Eastleigh | ENG | 49,934 | 52,894 | 55,100 |
| i | Edinburgh | SCO | 400,632 | 430,082 | 452,200 |
| i | Ellesmere Port | ENG | 64,504 | 66,265 | 66,400 |
| i | Epsom and Ewell | ENG | 64,405 | 64,493 | 69,700 |
| i | Esher / Molesey | ENG | 46,599 | 50,344 | 54,700 |
| i | Exeter | ENG | 94,717 | 106,772 | 118,700 |
| i | Fareham / Portchester | ENG | 54,866 | 56,160 | 57,300 |
| i | Farnborough | ENG | 52,535 | 57,147 | 56,300 |
| i | Gateshead | ENG | 83,159 | 78,403 | 78,100 |
| i | Gillingham | ENG | 94,923 | 98,403 | 99,900 |
| i | Glasgow | SCO | 658,379 | 629,501 | 637,000 |
| i | Gloucester | ENG | 114,003 | 123,205 | 129,300 |
| i | Gosport | ENG | 67,802 | 69,348 | 72,700 |
| i | Gravesend | ENG | 51,435 | 53,045 | 54,400 |
| i | Grays | ENG | 50,145 | 64,173 | 67,900 |
| i | Greasby / Moreton | ENG | 56,077 | 53,905 | 53,400 |
| i | Great Yarmouth | ENG | 56,190 | 58,032 | 60,300 |
| i | Grimsby | ENG | 90,703 | 87,574 | 87,700 |
| i | Guildford | ENG | 65,998 | 69,400 | 72,600 |
| i | Halesowen | ENG | 57,918 | 55,273 | 55,600 |
| i | Halifax | ENG | 91,069 | 83,570 | 87,600 |
| i | Harlow (/ Sawbridgeworth) | ENG | 84,061 | 88,296 | 88,600 |
| i | Harrogate (/ Knaresborough) | ENG | 79,558 | 85,128 | 90,300 |
| i | Hartlepool | ENG | 87,310 | 86,075 | 89,100 |
| i | Hastings | ENG | 81,139 | 85,828 | 87,200 |
| i | Hemel Hempstead | ENG | 79,235 | 83,118 | 84,200 |
| i | Hereford | ENG | 54,326 | 56,373 | 57,800 |
| i | High Wycombe | ENG | 71,718 | 77,178 | 76,900 |
| i | Horsham | ENG | 42,552 | 47,804 | 51,200 |
| i | Hove | ENG | 67,602 | 72,335 | 74,900 |
| i | Huddersfield | ENG | 143,726 | 146,234 | 152,000 |
| i | Huyton-with-Roby | ENG | 56,500 | 54,766 | 54,900 |
| i | Ipswich | ENG | 130,157 | 138,718 | 145,000 |
| i | Keighley | ENG | 49,567 | 49,453 | 53,100 |
| i | Kettering | ENG | 47,186 | 51,063 | 56,600 |
| i | Kidderminster | ENG | 54,644 | 55,348 | 56,300 |
| i | Kingston upon Hull | ENG | 310,636 | 301,416 | 320,100 |
| i | Kingswood | ENG | 60,192 | 62,679 | 65,700 |
| i | Leeds | ENG | 424,194 | 443,247 | 477,600 |
| i | Leicester | ENG | 318,518 | 330,574 | 348,000 |
| i | Lincoln | ENG | 80,281 | 85,963 | 88,800 |
| i | Lisburn | NIR | ... | 71,403 | 72,315 |
| i | Littlehampton | ENG | 50,408 | 55,716 | 58,000 |
| i | Liverpool | ENG | 481,786 | 469,017 | 464,200 |
| i | Livingston | SCO | 42,178 | 50,826 | 55,000 |
| i | London | ENG | 6,638,109 | 7,172,091 | 7,619,800 |
| i | Londonderry (Derry) | NIR | 72,334 | 83,652 | 85,016 |
| i | Loughborough | ENG | 46,867 | 55,258 | 60,100 |
| i | Lowestoft | ENG | 62,907 | 68,340 | 71,600 |
| i | Luton | ENG | 171,671 | 185,543 | 193,000 |
| i | Macclesfield | ENG | 50,270 | 50,688 | 51,200 |
| i | Maidenhead | ENG | 59,605 | 58,848 | 62,900 |
| i | Maidstone | ENG | 90,878 | 89,684 | 93,900 |
| i | Manchester | ENG | 402,889 | 394,269 | 465,900 |
| i | Mansfield | ENG | 71,858 | 69,987 | 71,700 |
| i | Margate | ENG | 56,734 | 58,465 | 59,900 |
| i | Middlesbrough | ENG | 147,430 | 142,691 | 147,100 |
| i | Morecambe | ENG | 46,657 | 49,569 | 53,200 |
| i | Morley | ENG | 47,579 | 54,051 | 58,200 |
| i | Newcastle-under-Lyme | ENG | 73,731 | 74,427 | 76,100 |
| i | Newcastle upon Tyne | ENG | 189,150 | 189,863 | 200,200 |
| i | Newport | WAL | 115,522 | 116,143 | 119,200 |
| i | Newtownabbey | NIR | 58,231 | 62,022 | 61,713 |
| i | Northampton | ENG | 179,596 | 189,474 | 199,900 |
| i | Norwich | ENG | 171,304 | 174,047 | 194,400 |
| i | Nottingham | ENG | 270,222 | 249,584 | 273,300 |
| i | Nuneaton | ENG | 66,715 | 70,721 | 72,500 |
| i | Oldbury / Smethwick | ENG | 145,542 | 139,855 | 142,900 |
| i | Oldham | ENG | 103,931 | 103,544 | 104,700 |
| i | Oxford | ENG | 118,795 | 143,016 | 164,000 |
| i | Paisley | SCO | 73,925 | 74,170 | 72,800 |
| i | Peterborough | ENG | 134,788 | 136,292 | 143,300 |
| i | Plymouth | ENG | 245,295 | 243,795 | 256,000 |
| i | Poole | ENG | 138,479 | 144,800 | 145,400 |
| i | Portsmouth | ENG | 174,690 | 187,056 | 200,400 |
| i | Preston | ENG | 177,660 | 184,836 | 188,200 |
| i | Reading | ENG | 213,474 | 232,662 | 236,900 |
| i | Redditch | ENG | 73,372 | 74,803 | 75,900 |
| i | Reigate / Redhill | ENG | 47,602 | 50,436 | 53,700 |
| i | Rhondda | WAL | 59,947 | 59,602 | 60,100 |
| i | Rochdale | ENG | 94,313 | 95,796 | 96,300 |
| i | Rotherham | ENG | 121,380 | 117,262 | 119,900 |
| i | Royal Leamington Spa | ENG | 55,396 | 61,595 | 66,400 |
| i | Royal Tunbridge Wells | ENG | 60,272 | 60,095 | 62,000 |
| i | Rugby | ENG | 61,106 | 61,988 | 65,000 |
| i | Runcorn | ENG | 64,154 | 60,072 | 60,900 |
| i | Sale | ENG | 56,052 | 55,234 | 55,900 |
| i | Salford | ENG | 79,755 | 72,750 | 74,400 |
| i | Scunthorpe | ENG | 75,982 | 72,660 | 76,200 |
| i | Sheffield | ENG | 431,607 | 439,866 | 458,100 |
| i | Shrewsbury | ENG | 64,219 | 67,126 | 67,600 |
| i | Slough | ENG | 110,708 | 126,276 | 128,500 |
| i | Solihull | ENG | 94,531 | 94,753 | 97,600 |
| i | Southampton | ENG | 210,138 | 234,224 | 252,700 |
| i | Southend-on-Sea | ENG | 158,517 | 160,257 | 164,300 |
| i | Southport | ENG | 90,959 | 91,404 | 88,800 |
| i | South Shields | ENG | 83,704 | 82,854 | 82,200 |
| i | St. Helens | ENG | 106,293 | 102,629 | 103,000 |
| i | Stafford | ENG | 61,885 | 63,681 | 65,800 |
| i | Staines | ENG | 51,167 | 50,538 | 51,000 |
| i | St Albans | ENG | 80,376 | 82,429 | 85,400 |
| i | Stevenage | ENG | 76,064 | 81,482 | 81,800 |
| i | Stockport | ENG | 132,813 | 136,082 | 134,400 |
| i | Stockton-on-Tees | ENG | 83,576 | 80,060 | 86,100 |
| i | Stoke-on-Trent | ENG | 266,543 | 259,252 | 258,600 |
| i | Stourbridge | ENG | 55,624 | 55,480 | 55,800 |
| i | Sunderland | ENG | 183,310 | 177,739 | 177,400 |
| i | Sutton Coldfield | ENG | 106,001 | 105,452 | 108,600 |
| i | Swansea | WAL | 171,038 | 169,880 | 174,300 |
| i | Swindon | ENG | 145,236 | 155,432 | 166,500 |
| i | Tamworth | ENG | 68,440 | 71,650 | 72,800 |
| i | Taunton | ENG | 55,855 | 58,241 | 61,900 |
| i | Torquay | ENG | 59,587 | 62,968 | 65,100 |
| i | Wakefield | ENG | 73,955 | 76,886 | 78,600 |
| i | Wallasey | ENG | 60,895 | 58,710 | 58,200 |
| i | Walsall | ENG | 174,739 | 170,994 | 172,300 |
| i | Walton and Weybridge | ENG | 52,802 | 52,890 | 57,400 |
| i | Warrington | ENG | 82,812 | 80,661 | 82,800 |
| i | Washington | ENG | 56,848 | 53,388 | 53,300 |
| i | Waterlooville | ENG | 65,473 | 63,558 | 64,000 |
| i | Watford | ENG | 113,080 | 120,960 | 122,900 |
| i | West Bromwich | ENG | 146,386 | 136,940 | 140,000 |
| i | Weston-super-Mare | ENG | 69,372 | 78,044 | 85,500 |
| i | Widnes | ENG | 57,162 | 55,686 | 56,500 |
| i | Wigan | ENG | 85,819 | 81,203 | 82,600 |
| i | Woking / Byfleet | ENG | 98,138 | 101,127 | 103,800 |
| i | Wolverhampton | ENG | 257,943 | 251,462 | 251,300 |
| i | Wolverton / Stony Stratford | ENG | 55,733 | 60,359 | 67,700 |
| i | Worcester | ENG | 82,661 | 94,029 | 94,800 |
| i | Worthing | ENG | 95,732 | 96,964 | 99,600 |
| i | York | ENG | 124,609 | 137,505 | 148,300 |
- (1991) (2001) UK National Statistics (web), General Register Office for Scotland (web).
(2008) Own computations based on data from UK National Statistics (web).