Greater Manchester

Metropolitan County in United Kingdom

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1981-06-30	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Estimate 2021-06-30	Population Estimate 2025-06-30
Greater Manchester	Metropolitan County	2,618,200	2,553,600	2,516,100	2,685,386	2,869,531	3,017,590
Bolton	Metropolitan Borough	262,100	261,300	261,300	277,296	296,169	309,732	→
Bury	Metropolitan Borough	177,100	178,300	180,700	185,422	193,866	199,271	→
Manchester	Metropolitan Borough	459,200	432,700	422,900	502,902	550,630	588,256	→
Oldham	Metropolitan Borough	221,400	218,500	218,500	225,157	242,003	251,915	→
Rochdale	Metropolitan Borough	208,200	203,900	206,400	211,929	224,127	237,641	→
Salford	Metropolitan Borough	249,200	230,800	217,000	234,487	270,866	297,004	→
Stockport	Metropolitan Borough	292,600	288,600	284,600	283,253	295,268	304,879	→
Tameside	Metropolitan Borough	218,600	218,000	213,100	219,727	231,220	240,822	→
Trafford	Metropolitan Borough	222,900	215,800	210,200	227,091	235,586	240,981	→
Wigan	Metropolitan Borough	307,000	305,600	301,500	318,122	329,796	347,089	→
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	56,357,500	57,438,700	59,113,000	63,285,145	66,983,488	69,487,000

Source: UK National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

Explanation: Population estimates for Northern Ireland in 2025 are not yet available.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	1,494,423
Females	1,523,167