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Countries

The population of the British countries according to census results and 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 Estimate (E) 2019-06-30
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,796,807
England	ENG		London	130,278	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,286,961	13027800
Northern Ireland	NIR		Belfast	13,562	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,810,863	1,893,667	1356200	→
Scotland	SCO		Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,403	5,463,300	7792500	→
Wales (Cymru)	WAL		Cardiff	20,735	2,835,073	2,903,085	3,063,456	3,152,879	2073500	→

UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2019-06-30
1	London	ENG	9,047,570
2	Birmingham	ENG	1,160,254
3	Glasgow	SCO	629,920
4	Liverpool	ENG	586,889
5	Bristol	ENG	577,246
6	Manchester	ENG	563,561
7	Sheffield	ENG	552,143
8	Leeds	ENG	511,164
9	Edinburgh	SCO	504,020
10	Leicester	ENG	472,558

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 according to census results and latest estimates.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Estimate (E) 2019-06-30	Area
Aberdeen	SCO	182,133	185,150	195,040	198,480	5853	→
Aldershot	ENG	...	55,470	57,211	58,511	1328	→
Altrincham	ENG	45,183	46,460	52,419	56,112	1402	→
Ashford	ENG	52,002	55,890	67,528	75,262	1747	→
Atherton	ENG	64,846	65,980	70,542	73,130	1620	→
Aylesbury	ENG	58,058	66,940	71,977	88,950	1546	→
Bamber Bridge	ENG	...	65,780	67,497	68,641	1905	→
Bangor	NIR	52,437	58,368	61,401	63,290	1956	→
Barnsley	ENG	88,939	87,460	91,297	98,924	2568	→
Barry	WAL	49,887	50,950	54,673	57,920	1423	→
Basildon	ENG	100,924	100,950	107,123	117,681	2552	→
Basingstoke	ENG	81,228	93,970	107,355	114,402	2918	→
Bath	ENG	85,202	89,760	94,782	103,614	2424	→
Batley	ENG	...	76,270	80,485	83,292	5674	→
Bebington	ENG	60,148	56,479	57,336	58,427	1716	→
Bedford	ENG	73,917	82,660	87,590	93,378	2017	→
Beeston	ENG	...	50,060	51,479	54,131	1693	→
Belfast	NIR	...	323,575	328,937	338,160	9152	→
Birkenhead	ENG	149,164	138,270	142,968	145,775	3444	→
Birmingham	ENG	965,928	995,480	1,085,810	1,160,254	22982	→
Blackburn	ENG	...	108,690	117,963	120,932	2927	→
Blackpool	ENG	146,262	148,300	147,663	145,821	3447	→
Bloxwich	ENG	...	47,205	47,288	52,240	1005	→
Bognor Regis	ENG	56,744	61,800	63,885	70,309	1656	→
Bolton	ENG	...	182,980	194,189	205,411	5526	→
Bootle	ENG	...	56,317	51,394	52,835	1374	→
Bournemouth	ENG	155,488	167,640	187,503	197,383	4026	→
Bracknell	ENG	60,895	74,090	77,256	85,067	2058	→
Bradford	ENG	305,101	309,020	349,561	366,187	8174	→
Brentwood	ENG	49,463	47,920	52,586	55,285	1423	→
Brighton and Hove	ENG	192,453	205,760	229,700	244,917	3153	→
Bristol	ENG	496,044	480,920	535,907	577,246	11246	→
Burnley	ENG	87,231	84,112	81,548	83,364	1894	→
Burton upon Trent	ENG	60,525	65,770	72,299	77,536	2054	→
Bury	ENG	70,306	74,540	77,211	80,300	2223	→
Cambridge (/ Milton)	ENG	109,912	127,290	145,818	148,861	3762	→
Cannock	ENG	60,106	64,970	67,768	70,724	1786	→
Canterbury	ENG	39,734	46,490	54,880	63,637	1282	→
Cardiff	WAL	276,464	296,960	335,145	354,178	7138	→
Carlisle	ENG	72,439	70,300	75,306	74,889	1892	→
Carlton	ENG	47,302	48,439	49,235	50,815	1098	→
Chatham	ENG	71,691	73,900	76,792	80,820	1595	→
Chelmsford	ENG	97,451	100,660	110,507	118,759	2571	→
Cheltenham	ENG	102,633	110,260	116,447	117,073	2887	→
Chester	ENG	84,254	81,650	86,011	87,983	2362	→
Chesterfield	ENG	...	85,110	88,483	89,469	2629	→
Christchurch	ENG	...	50,823	54,210	56,779	1831	→
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	45,065	51,284	50,548	53,768	1217	→
Colchester	ENG	96,063	105,130	119,441	138,131	3152	→
Corby	ENG	49,053	47,790	54,927	61,740	1951	→
Coventry	ENG	299,316	308,180	325,949	382,073	7358	→
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown)	NIR	53,434	57,651	64,193	71,020	3773	→
Crawley	ENG	88,203	99,660	106,943	112,198	2437	→
Crewe	ENG	63,351	67,760	71,722	74,949	1859	→
Crosby	ENG	52,869	51,790	50,044	50,193	1099	→
Cumbernauld	SCO	49,507	51,670	51,840	50,120	2152	→
Darlington	ENG	86,767	86,460	92,363	93,305	2255	→
Derby	ENG	223,836	228,140	255,394	264,654	5870	→
Derry (Londonderry)	NIR	72,334	83,652	83,125	85,300	3395	→
Dewsbury	ENG	50,168	57,780	62,945	66,875	1565	→
Doncaster	ENG	103,580	101,940	109,805	116,834	3109	→
Dudley	ENG	...	74,070	79,379	84,813	2335	→
Dundee	SCO	...	145,560	147,390	149,010	4631	→
Dunfermline	SCO	39,068	41,440	49,710	54,360	1923	→
Durham	ENG	36,937	43,220	47,785	55,507	1287	→
Eastbourne	ENG	94,793	98,460	109,185	114,809	2271	→
East Kilbride	SCO	70,579	73,990	74,400	75,460	2424	→
Eastleigh	ENG	66,614	72,400	78,716	83,470	2188	→
Edinburgh	SCO	400,632	431,230	459,630	504,020	11850	→
Ellesmere Port	ENG	...	62,510	61,090	62,305	2533	→
Esher	ENG	46,599	47,340	50,904	52,286	1725	→
Ewell	ENG	...	49,180	51,727	54,816	2162	→
Exeter	ENG	94,717	107,430	113,507	125,819	2733	→
Farnborough	ENG	52,535	64,980	65,034	65,370	1980	→
Filton	ENG	...	51,420	59,495	70,004	2024	→
Folkestone	ENG	45,587	45,060	51,337	53,949	1096	→
Gateshead	ENG	118,212	113,220	120,046	122,249	3017	→
Gillingham	ENG	94,923	99,370	104,157	108,584	2181	→
Glasgow	SCO	...	575,250	590,570	629,920	14550	→
Gloucester	ENG	114,003	123,590	136,362	147,509	3454	→
Gosport	ENG	67,802	69,270	71,529	73,361	1538	→
Gravesend	ENG	51,435	51,560	55,467	58,640	990	→
Grays	ENG	50,145	54,820	66,843	75,940	1809	→
Grimsby	ENG	90,703	87,580	88,243	88,323	2338	→
Guildford	ENG	65,998	70,000	77,057	86,611	2076	→
Halesowen	ENG	57,918	55,944	58,135	59,669	1557	→
Halifax	ENG	91,069	83,440	88,134	92,923	2037	→
Hamilton	SCO	49,988	48,790	53,190	54,400	1628	→
Harlow	ENG	...	78,890	82,059	87,189	1860	→
Harrogate	ENG	...	70,450	73,576	74,152	1808	→
Hartlepool	ENG	87,310	86,030	88,855	90,074	2351	→
Hastings	ENG	81,139	85,830	91,053	93,539	2116	→
Hemel Hempstead	ENG	87,379	89,160	94,932	102,870	2347	→
Hereford	ENG	54,326	56,370	60,415	63,783	1705	→
High Wycombe	ENG	106,123	111,580	120,256	123,813	3271	→
Horsham	ENG	42,552	44,890	48,041	51,265	1158	→
Huddersfield	ENG	147,847	147,280	162,949	171,809	4675	→
Ipswich	ENG	130,157	127,790	144,957	148,742	3694	→
Keighley	ENG	49,567	48,920	53,331	53,538	1204	→
Kettering	ENG	47,186	51,060	56,226	60,749	1383	→
Kidderminster	ENG	54,644	55,610	55,530	57,929	1625	→
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	310,636	271,770	284,321	288,028	7363	→
Kingswinford	ENG	...	51,360	50,801	51,099	1304	→
Kirkcaldy	SCO	47,274	47,380	49,710	50,220	1886	→
Lancaster	ENG	44,497	46,330	48,085	51,932	1004	→
Leeds	ENG	424,194	445,260	474,632	511,164	11163	→
Leicester	ENG	377,700	389,830	443,760	472,558	9203	→
Lincoln	ENG	97,996	92,010	100,160	106,415	2749	→
Littlehampton	ENG	50,408	50,930	55,706	59,171	1486	→
Liverpool	ENG	538,386	530,850	552,267	586,889	12331	→
Livingston	SCO	42,178	52,000	56,320	57,040	2714	→
London	ENG	6,715,769	7,242,154	8,250,205	9,047,570	129477	→
Loughborough	ENG	46,867	55,260	59,932	67,956	1449	→
Lowestoft	ENG	62,907	68,850	70,945	73,800	2154	→
Luton	ENG	171,671	191,810	211,228	221,502	4074	→
Macclesfield	ENG	53,616	54,440	56,581	56,366	1879	→
Maidenhead	ENG	59,605	57,930	63,580	68,117	1746	→
Maidstone	ENG	...	93,670	107,627	119,905	2545	→
Manchester	ENG	447,863	405,300	510,746	563,561	9845	→
Mansfield	ENG	71,858	70,450	77,551	82,698	2270	→
Margate	ENG	56,734	57,790	61,223	65,697	1260	→
Middlesbrough	ENG	184,773	175,130	174,700	177,354	4901	→
Milton Keynes	ENG	102,428	136,910	171,750	184,824	4567	→
Neath	WAL	45,965	48,150	50,658	51,433	1362	→
Newcastle (Newcastle upon Tyne)	ENG	255,362	247,710	268,064	287,535	5790	→
Newcastle-under-Lyme	ENG	73,731	73,910	75,082	79,683	1966	→
Newport	WAL	115,522	119,670	128,060	136,078	3472	→
Newtownabbey	NIR	58,231	62,022	65,555	67,300	2823	→
Northampton	ENG	183,082	197,750	215,173	230,031	5672	→
Norwich	ENG	171,304	173,870	186,682	197,212	5262	→
Nottingham	ENG	270,222	250,210	289,301	315,987	6250	→
Nuneaton	ENG	79,539	83,070	86,552	90,429	2108	→
Oldham	ENG	103,931	91,600	96,555	108,606	1687	→
Oxford	ENG	118,795	142,420	159,994	162,291	3269	→
Paignton	ENG	...	64,440	64,410	67,179	1845	→
Paisley	SCO	73,925	75,500	76,830	77,560	2665	→
Peterborough	ENG	134,788	137,200	161,707	178,805	4377	→
Plymouth	ENG	...	220,570	234,982	239,677	5254	→
Poole	ENG	138,479	144,800	154,718	159,449	4630	→
Portsmouth	ENG	...	219,700	238,137	248,929	3734	→
Preston	ENG	...	87,510	97,886	99,760	2143	→
Rayleigh	ENG	93,151	92,040	95,580	99,556	2952	→
Reading	ENG	213,474	206,060	218,705	229,482	5114	→
Redditch	ENG	75,607	76,950	81,919	83,010	2183	→
Rochdale	ENG	100,935	102,080	107,926	113,893	2534	→
Rochester	ENG	55,774	58,490	62,982	66,505	1440	→
Rotherham	ENG	...	105,720	109,691	111,481	3082	→
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	...	51,650	55,733	57,831	1141	→
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	...	49,860	57,772	61,284	1412	→
Rugby	ENG	61,106	62,580	70,628	76,419	1856	→
Runcorn	ENG	64,154	60,320	61,789	62,326	1978	→
Sale	ENG	...	122,990	134,022	138,206	3088	→
Salford	ENG	...	88,460	103,886	122,657	3144	→
Scarborough	ENG	57,536	58,610	61,749	61,835	1449	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	75,982	72,660	79,977	83,583	2671	→
Sheffield	ENG	457,805	479,460	518,090	552,143	12249	→
Shoreham-by-Sea	ENG	46,907	47,020	48,487	51,116	1094	→
Shrewsbury	ENG	64,219	67,130	71,715	76,621	2149	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	38,771	42,800	48,948	53,554	1178	→
Slough	ENG	121,811	133,860	155,298	164,770	3032	→
Smethwick	ENG	...	42,460	48,765	53,663	962	→
Solihull	ENG	118,103	118,240	123,187	127,898	3829	→
Southampton	ENG	210,138	234,280	253,651	269,750	5354	→
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	158,517	162,050	175,547	185,111	3615	→
Southport	ENG	90,959	91,400	91,703	93,902	2293	→
South Shields	ENG	...	78,170	75,337	76,862	1486	→
Stafford	ENG	61,885	62,440	68,472	71,307	1990	→
St Albans	ENG	80,376	73,660	82,146	87,749	1866	→
Stevenage	ENG	76,064	80,970	89,663	94,081	2152	→
St Helens	ENG	106,293	102,360	102,885	105,127	2646	→
Stockport	ENG	...	106,170	105,878	111,694	2465	→
Stockton-on-Tees	ENG	83,576	80,060	82,729	84,492	2173	→
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	266,543	262,350	270,726	278,137	7600	→
Stourbridge	ENG	61,041	61,800	63,298	64,931	1778	→
Sunderland	ENG	183,310	177,740	174,286	174,807	3914	→
Sutton Coldfield	ENG	106,001	102,200	109,015	107,531	4171	→
Swansea	WAL	171,038	167,440	179,485	185,460	4908	→
Swindon	ENG	145,236	155,700	182,441	192,408	4618	→
Tamworth	ENG	68,440	71,670	73,924	73,957	1792	→
Taunton	ENG	55,855	56,760	60,479	63,833	1632	→
Telford	ENG	114,251	135,700	142,723	152,222	4618	→
Torquay	ENG	...	47,250	49,094	51,339	1231	→
Tynemouth	ENG	61,595	62,880	67,519	69,678	1630	→
Wakefield	ENG	93,091	96,290	99,251	107,546	2927	→
Wallasey	ENG	60,895	58,710	60,284	60,866	1023	→
Walsall	ENG	...	59,170	67,594	73,224	1521	→
Walton-on-Thames	ENG	...	62,540	66,566	69,213	1882	→
Warrington	ENG	152,458	157,860	165,456	172,684	4489	→
Washington	ENG	...	67,500	67,085	67,086	1830	→
Watford	ENG	113,080	118,990	131,982	141,651	3492	→
Wellingborough	ENG	41,602	47,440	49,128	53,165	1307	→
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	45,452	45,660	48,380	51,357	1390	→
West Bromwich	ENG	...	66,980	72,945	78,982	1860	→
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	71,451	77,240	83,641	88,485	1884	→
Weymouth	ENG	51,012	53,140	54,539	55,279	1362	→
Widnes	ENG	57,162	55,680	61,464	64,568	1882	→
Wigan	ENG	98,070	98,480	103,608	107,732	2498	→
Willenhall	ENG	...	48,750	51,429	53,334	1226	→
Woking	ENG	101,484	96,420	105,367	107,854	3148	→
Wolverhampton	ENG	...	200,490	210,319	220,873	5260	→
Worcester	ENG	82,661	94,550	100,153	102,791	2423	→
Worthing	ENG	...	101,929	109,120	115,191	2458	→
Wrexham	WAL	55,404	57,620	61,603	61,269	1622	→
York	ENG	124,609	136,640	152,841	164,369	3370	→

Cities and towns according to definitions of 2011 (England & Wales), 2016 (Scotland), and 2015 (Northern Ireland). Population figures before 2011 (Scotland: before 2019) approximately correspond to these definitions.
UK National Statistics (web), National Records of Scotland (web), The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (web).