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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) 2020-06-30
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	67,081,234		→
England	ENG		London	130,278	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,550,138	13027800
Northern Ireland	NIR		Belfast	13,562	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,810,863	1,895,510	1356200	→
Scotland	SCO		Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,403	5,466,000	7792500	→
Wales (Cymru)	WAL		Cardiff	20,735	2,835,073	2,903,085	3,063,456	3,169,586	2073500	→

UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2020-06-30
1	London	ENG	9,088,994
2	Birmingham	ENG	1,159,888
3	Glasgow	SCO	632,330
4	Liverpool	ENG	589,774
5	Bristol	ENG	580,199
6	Manchester	ENG	567,334
7	Sheffield	ENG	557,039
8	Leeds	ENG	516,298
9	Edinburgh	SCO	506,560
10	Leicester	ENG	472,897

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) 2020-06-30	Area
Aberdeen	SCO	182,133	185,150	195,040	198,410	5853	→
Aldershot	ENG	...	55,470	57,211	59,162	1328	→
Altrincham	ENG	45,183	46,460	52,419	56,266	1402	→
Ashford	ENG	52,002	55,890	67,528	75,669	1747	→
Atherton	ENG	64,846	65,980	70,542	73,596	1620	→
Aylesbury	ENG	58,058	66,940	71,977	90,939	1546	→
Bamber Bridge	ENG	...	65,780	67,497	68,874	1905	→
Bangor	NIR	52,437	58,368	61,401	63,480	1956	→
Barnsley	ENG	88,939	87,460	91,297	99,642	2568	→
Barry	WAL	49,887	50,950	54,673	58,486	1423	→
Basildon	ENG	100,924	100,950	107,123	118,145	2552	→
Basingstoke	ENG	81,228	93,970	107,355	115,111	2918	→
Bath	ENG	85,202	89,760	94,782	105,730	2424	→
Batley	ENG	...	76,270	80,485	83,228	5674	→
Bebington	ENG	60,148	56,479	57,336	58,478	1716	→
Bedford	ENG	73,917	82,660	87,590	93,767	2017	→
Beeston	ENG	...	50,060	51,479	54,543	1693	→
Belfast	NIR	...	323,575	328,937	337,210	9152	→
Birkenhead	ENG	149,164	138,270	142,968	145,879	3444	→
Birmingham	ENG	965,928	995,480	1,085,810	1,159,888	22982	→
Blackburn	ENG	...	108,690	117,963	121,475	2927	→
Blackpool	ENG	146,262	148,300	147,663	145,007	3447	→
Bloxwich	ENG	...	47,205	47,288	52,408	1005	→
Bognor Regis	ENG	56,744	61,800	63,885	70,263	1656	→
Bolton	ENG	...	182,980	194,189	206,385	5526	→
Bootle	ENG	...	56,317	51,394	52,985	1374	→
Bournemouth	ENG	155,488	167,640	187,503	198,582	4026	→
Bracknell	ENG	60,895	74,090	77,256	86,179	2058	→
Bradford	ENG	305,101	309,020	349,561	368,485	8174	→
Brentwood	ENG	49,463	47,920	52,586	55,502	1423	→
Brighton and Hove	ENG	192,453	205,760	229,700	245,504	3153	→
Bristol	ENG	496,044	480,920	535,907	580,199	11246	→
Burnley	ENG	87,231	84,112	81,548	83,785	1894	→
Burton upon Trent	ENG	60,525	65,770	72,299	78,582	2054	→
Bury	ENG	70,306	74,540	77,211	80,120	2223	→
Cambridge (/ Milton)	ENG	109,912	127,290	145,818	149,155	3762	→
Cannock	ENG	60,106	64,970	67,768	71,228	1786	→
Canterbury	ENG	39,734	46,490	54,880	64,495	1282	→
Cardiff	WAL	276,464	296,960	335,145	356,425	7138	→
Carlisle	ENG	72,439	70,300	75,306	74,536	1892	→
Carlton	ENG	47,302	48,439	49,235	50,957	1098	→
Chatham	ENG	71,691	73,900	76,792	80,596	1595	→
Chelmsford	ENG	97,451	100,660	110,507	119,468	2571	→
Cheltenham	ENG	102,633	110,260	116,447	116,819	2887	→
Chester	ENG	84,254	81,650	86,011	87,881	2362	→
Chesterfield	ENG	...	85,110	88,483	89,466	2629	→
Christchurch	ENG	...	50,823	54,210	57,078	1831	→
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	45,065	51,284	50,548	53,661	1217	→
Colchester	ENG	96,063	105,130	119,441	140,027	3152	→
Corby	ENG	49,053	47,790	54,927	62,042	1951	→
Coventry	ENG	299,316	308,180	325,949	388,793	7358	→
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown)	NIR	53,434	57,651	64,193	71,560	3773	→
Crawley	ENG	88,203	99,660	106,943	111,983	2437	→
Crewe	ENG	63,351	67,760	71,722	75,002	1859	→
Crosby	ENG	52,869	51,790	50,044	49,814	1099	→
Cumbernauld	SCO	49,507	51,670	51,840	49,800	2152	→
Darlington	ENG	86,767	86,460	92,363	93,417	2255	→
Derby	ENG	223,836	228,140	255,394	264,430	5870	→
Derry (Londonderry)	NIR	72,334	83,652	83,125	85,080	3395	→
Dewsbury	ENG	50,168	57,780	62,945	67,313	1565	→
Doncaster	ENG	103,580	101,940	109,805	117,254	3109	→
Dudley	ENG	...	74,070	79,379	85,040	2335	→
Dundee	SCO	...	145,560	147,390	148,280	4631	→
Dunfermline	SCO	39,068	41,440	49,710	54,640	1923	→
Durham	ENG	36,937	43,220	47,785	56,920	1287	→
Eastbourne	ENG	94,793	98,460	109,185	114,603	2271	→
East Kilbride	SCO	70,579	73,990	74,400	75,110	2424	→
Eastleigh	ENG	66,614	72,400	78,716	84,150	2188	→
Edinburgh	SCO	400,632	431,230	459,630	506,560	11850	→
Ellesmere Port	ENG	...	62,510	61,090	62,334	2533	→
Esher	ENG	46,599	47,340	50,904	52,336	1725	→
Ewell	ENG	...	49,180	51,727	54,984	2162	→
Exeter	ENG	94,717	107,430	113,507	127,709	2733	→
Farnborough	ENG	52,535	64,980	65,034	64,770	1980	→
Filton	ENG	...	51,420	59,495	71,621	2024	→
Folkestone	ENG	45,587	45,060	51,337	54,130	1096	→
Gateshead	ENG	118,212	113,220	120,046	122,239	3017	→
Gillingham	ENG	94,923	99,370	104,157	108,785	2181	→
Glasgow	SCO	...	575,250	590,570	632,330	14550	→
Gloucester	ENG	114,003	123,590	136,362	148,167	3454	→
Gosport	ENG	67,802	69,270	71,529	73,209	1538	→
Gravesend	ENG	51,435	51,560	55,467	58,575	990	→
Grays	ENG	50,145	54,820	66,843	76,563	1809	→
Grimsby	ENG	90,703	87,580	88,243	88,105	2338	→
Guildford	ENG	65,998	70,000	77,057	88,094	2076	→
Halesowen	ENG	57,918	55,944	58,135	60,010	1557	→
Halifax	ENG	91,069	83,440	88,134	93,071	2037	→
Hamilton	SCO	49,988	48,790	53,190	54,390	1628	→
Harlow	ENG	...	78,890	82,059	87,420	1860	→
Harrogate	ENG	...	70,450	73,576	74,159	1808	→
Hartlepool	ENG	87,310	86,030	88,855	90,123	2351	→
Hastings	ENG	81,139	85,830	91,053	93,430	2116	→
Hemel Hempstead	ENG	87,379	89,160	94,932	103,458	2347	→
Hereford	ENG	54,326	56,370	60,415	64,037	1705	→
High Wycombe	ENG	106,123	111,580	120,256	123,317	3271	→
Hinckley	ENG	40,608	43,250	45,249	49,853	1285	→
Horsham	ENG	42,552	44,890	48,041	51,366	1158	→
Huddersfield	ENG	147,847	147,280	162,949	172,607	4675	→
Ipswich	ENG	130,157	127,790	144,957	147,851	3694	→
Keighley	ENG	49,567	48,920	53,331	53,718	1204	→
Kettering	ENG	47,186	51,060	56,226	60,987	1383	→
Kidderminster	ENG	54,644	55,610	55,530	57,828	1625	→
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	310,636	271,770	284,321	287,705	7363	→
Kingswinford	ENG	...	51,360	50,801	50,969	1304	→
Kirkcaldy	SCO	47,274	47,380	49,710	50,180	1886	→
Lancaster	ENG	44,497	46,330	48,085	52,935	1004	→
Leeds	ENG	424,194	445,260	474,632	516,298	11163	→
Leicester	ENG	377,700	389,830	443,760	472,897	9203	→
Lincoln	ENG	97,996	92,010	100,160	107,434	2749	→
Lisburn	NIR	...	43,755	45,410	49,890	1952	→
Littlehampton	ENG	50,408	50,930	55,706	59,388	1486	→
Liverpool	ENG	538,386	530,850	552,267	589,774	12331	→
Livingston	SCO	42,178	52,000	56,320	57,020	2714	→
London	ENG	6,715,769	7,242,154	8,250,205	9,088,994	129477	→
Loughborough	ENG	46,867	55,260	59,932	68,653	1449	→
Lowestoft	ENG	62,907	68,850	70,945	73,976	2154	→
Luton	ENG	171,671	191,810	211,228	222,043	4074	→
Macclesfield	ENG	53,616	54,440	56,581	56,125	1879	→
Maidenhead	ENG	59,605	57,930	63,580	68,128	1746	→
Maidstone	ENG	...	93,670	107,627	120,425	2545	→
Manchester	ENG	447,863	405,300	510,746	567,334	9845	→
Mansfield	ENG	71,858	70,450	77,551	83,043	2270	→
Margate	ENG	56,734	57,790	61,223	65,339	1260	→
Middlesbrough	ENG	184,773	175,130	174,700	177,609	4901	→
Milton Keynes	ENG	102,428	136,910	171,750	185,408	4567	→
Neath	WAL	45,965	48,150	50,658	51,581	1362	→
Newcastle (Newcastle upon Tyne)	ENG	255,362	247,710	268,064	290,688	5790	→
Newcastle-under-Lyme	ENG	73,731	73,910	75,082	79,527	1966	→
Newport	WAL	115,522	119,670	128,060	137,563	3472	→
Newtownabbey	NIR	58,231	62,022	65,555	67,200	2823	→
Northampton	ENG	183,082	197,750	215,173	230,070	5672	→
Norwich	ENG	171,304	173,870	186,682	199,245	5262	→
Nottingham	ENG	270,222	250,210	289,301	320,536	6250	→
Nuneaton	ENG	79,539	83,070	86,552	91,334	2108	→
Oldham	ENG	103,931	91,600	96,555	109,179	1687	→
Oxford	ENG	118,795	142,420	159,994	161,662	3269	→
Paignton	ENG	...	64,440	64,410	67,345	1845	→
Paisley	SCO	73,925	75,500	76,830	77,250	2665	→
Peterborough	ENG	134,788	137,200	161,707	179,349	4377	→
Plymouth	ENG	...	220,570	234,982	240,297	5254	→
Poole	ENG	138,479	144,800	154,718	159,759	4630	→
Portsmouth	ENG	...	219,700	238,137	248,748	3734	→
Preston	ENG	...	87,510	97,886	100,095	2143	→
Rayleigh	ENG	93,151	92,040	95,580	99,475	2952	→
Reading	ENG	213,474	206,060	218,705	228,471	5114	→
Redditch	ENG	75,607	76,950	81,919	83,208	2183	→
Rochdale	ENG	100,935	102,080	107,926	114,511	2534	→
Rochester	ENG	55,774	58,490	62,982	66,926	1440	→
Rotherham	ENG	...	105,720	109,691	111,158	3082	→
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	...	51,650	55,733	57,912	1141	→
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	...	49,860	57,772	61,427	1412	→
Rugby	ENG	61,106	62,580	70,628	77,285	1856	→
Runcorn	ENG	64,154	60,320	61,789	62,479	1978	→
Sale	ENG	...	122,990	134,022	138,025	3088	→
Salford	ENG	...	88,460	103,886	125,983	3144	→
Scarborough	ENG	57,536	58,610	61,749	61,866	1449	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	75,982	72,660	79,977	84,027	2671	→
Sheffield	ENG	457,805	479,460	518,090	557,039	12249	→
Shoreham-by-Sea	ENG	46,907	47,020	48,487	51,094	1094	→
Shrewsbury	ENG	64,219	67,130	71,715	77,144	2149	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	38,771	42,800	48,948	53,851	1178	→
Slough	ENG	121,811	133,860	155,298	164,793	3032	→
Smethwick	ENG	...	42,460	48,765	54,031	962	→
Solihull	ENG	118,103	118,240	123,187	128,342	3829	→
Southampton	ENG	210,138	234,280	253,651	270,333	5354	→
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	158,517	162,050	175,547	184,708	3615	→
Southport	ENG	90,959	91,400	91,703	93,905	2293	→
South Shields	ENG	...	78,170	75,337	76,807	1486	→
Stafford	ENG	61,885	62,440	68,472	71,424	1990	→
St Albans	ENG	80,376	73,660	82,146	88,448	1866	→
Stevenage	ENG	76,064	80,970	89,663	94,371	2152	→
St Helens	ENG	106,293	102,360	102,885	105,454	2646	→
Stockport	ENG	...	106,170	105,878	112,284	2465	→
Stockton-on-Tees	ENG	83,576	80,060	82,729	84,318	2173	→
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	266,543	262,350	270,726	278,365	7600	→
Stourbridge	ENG	61,041	61,800	63,298	65,083	1778	→
Sunderland	ENG	183,310	177,740	174,286	174,869	3914	→
Sutton Coldfield	ENG	106,001	102,200	109,015	107,108	4171	→
Swadlincote	ENG	36,859	37,980	45,000	50,412	1262	→
Swansea	WAL	171,038	167,440	179,485	185,033	4908	→
Swindon	ENG	145,236	155,700	182,441	192,923	4618	→
Tamworth	ENG	68,440	71,670	73,924	74,100	1792	→
Taunton	ENG	55,855	56,760	60,479	63,915	1632	→
Telford	ENG	114,251	135,700	142,723	153,143	4618	→
Torquay	ENG	...	47,250	49,094	51,320	1231	→
Tynemouth	ENG	61,595	62,880	67,519	69,770	1630	→
Wakefield	ENG	93,091	96,290	99,251	108,901	2927	→
Wallasey	ENG	60,895	58,710	60,284	60,992	1023	→
Walsall	ENG	...	59,170	67,594	73,719	1521	→
Walton-on-Thames	ENG	...	62,540	66,566	69,502	1882	→
Warrington	ENG	152,458	157,860	165,456	172,330	4489	→
Washington	ENG	...	67,500	67,085	67,046	1830	→
Watford	ENG	113,080	118,990	131,982	142,084	3492	→
Wellingborough	ENG	41,602	47,440	49,128	53,502	1307	→
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	45,452	45,660	48,380	51,248	1390	→
West Bridgford	ENG	33,843	43,400	45,509	50,207	1110	→
West Bromwich	ENG	...	66,980	72,945	79,157	1860	→
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	71,451	77,240	83,641	88,244	1884	→
Weymouth	ENG	51,012	53,140	54,539	55,212	1362	→
Widnes	ENG	57,162	55,680	61,464	64,670	1882	→
Wigan	ENG	98,070	98,480	103,608	107,673	2498	→
Willenhall	ENG	...	48,750	51,429	53,497	1226	→
Woking	ENG	101,484	96,420	105,367	107,493	3148	→
Wolverhampton	ENG	...	200,490	210,319	221,754	5260	→
Worcester	ENG	82,661	94,550	100,153	101,816	2423	→
Worthing	ENG	...	101,929	109,120	115,319	2458	→
Wrexham	WAL	55,404	57,620	61,603	61,259	1622	→
York	ENG	124,609	136,640	152,841	164,934	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).