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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) 2018-06-30
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,435,550
England	ENG		London	130,278	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	55,977,178	13027800
Northern Ireland	NIR		Belfast	13,562	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,810,863	1,881,641	1356200	→
Scotland	SCO		Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,403	5,438,100	7792500	→
Wales (Cymru)	WAL		Cardiff	20,735	2,835,073	2,903,085	3,063,456	3,138,631	2073500	→

UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2018-06-30
1	London	ENG	8,992,166
2	Birmingham	ENG	1,159,114
3	Glasgow	SCO	623,260
4	Liverpool	ENG	583,132
5	Bristol	ENG	576,813
6	Manchester	ENG	557,344
7	Sheffield	ENG	549,362
8	Leeds	ENG	507,720
9	Edinburgh	SCO	498,050
10	Leicester	ENG	473,216

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) 2018-06-30	Area
Aberdeen	SCO	182,133	185,150	195,040	198,000	5853	→
Aldershot	ENG	...	55,470	57,211	58,576	1328	→
Altrincham	ENG	45,183	46,460	52,419	55,883	1402	→
Ashford	ENG	52,002	55,890	67,528	74,694	1747	→
Atherton	ENG	64,846	65,980	70,542	72,660	1620	→
Aylesbury	ENG	58,058	66,940	71,977	87,099	1546	→
Bamber Bridge	ENG	...	65,780	67,497	68,477	1905	→
Bangor	NIR	52,437	58,368	61,401	63,090	1956	→
Barnsley	ENG	88,939	87,460	91,297	98,075	2568	→
Barry	WAL	49,887	50,950	54,673	57,420	1423	→
Basildon	ENG	100,924	100,950	107,123	116,573	2552	→
Basingstoke	ENG	81,228	93,970	107,355	114,170	2918	→
Bath	ENG	85,202	89,760	94,782	103,361	2424	→
Batley	ENG	...	76,270	80,485	83,027	5674	→
Bebington	ENG	60,148	56,479	57,336	58,150	1716	→
Bedford	ENG	73,917	82,660	87,590	92,847	2017	→
Beeston	ENG	...	50,060	51,479	53,737	1693	→
Belfast	NIR	...	323,575	328,937	336,610	9152	→
Birkenhead	ENG	149,164	138,270	142,968	145,039	3444	→
Birmingham	ENG	965,928	995,480	1,085,810	1,159,114	22982	→
Blackburn	ENG	...	108,690	117,963	120,065	2927	→
Blackpool	ENG	146,262	148,300	147,663	145,446	3447	→
Bloxwich	ENG	...	47,205	47,288	51,724	1005	→
Bognor Regis	ENG	56,744	61,800	63,885	69,888	1656	→
Bolton	ENG	...	182,980	194,189	203,389	5526	→
Bootle	ENG	...	56,317	51,394	52,079	1374	→
Bournemouth	ENG	155,488	167,640	187,503	198,296	4026	→
Bracknell	ENG	60,895	74,090	77,256	84,469	2058	→
Bradford	ENG	305,101	309,020	349,561	363,604	8174	→
Brentwood	ENG	49,463	47,920	52,586	54,977	1423	→
Brighton and Hove	ENG	192,453	205,760	229,700	244,329	3153	→
Bristol	ENG	496,044	480,920	535,907	576,813	11246	→
Burnley	ENG	87,231	84,112	81,548	82,967	1894	→
Burton upon Trent	ENG	60,525	65,770	72,299	76,515	2054	→
Bury	ENG	70,306	74,540	77,211	79,876	2223	→
Cambridge (/ Milton)	ENG	109,912	127,290	145,818	149,643	3762	→
Cannock	ENG	60,106	64,970	67,768	70,198	1786	→
Canterbury	ENG	39,734	46,490	54,880	63,171	1282	→
Cardiff	WAL	276,464	296,960	335,145	351,884	7138	→
Carlisle	ENG	72,439	70,300	75,306	74,780	1892	→
Carlton	ENG	47,302	48,439	49,235	50,743	1098	→
Chatham	ENG	71,691	73,900	76,792	80,557	1595	→
Chelmsford	ENG	97,451	100,660	110,507	117,592	2571	→
Cheltenham	ENG	102,633	110,260	116,447	117,836	2887	→
Chester	ENG	84,254	81,650	86,011	87,780	2362	→
Chesterfield	ENG	...	85,110	88,483	89,282	2629	→
Christchurch	ENG	...	50,823	54,210	56,498	1831	→
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	45,065	51,284	50,548	53,685	1217	→
Colchester	ENG	96,063	105,130	119,441	136,268	3152	→
Corby	ENG	49,053	47,790	54,927	61,101	1951	→
Coventry	ENG	299,316	308,180	325,949	375,873	7358	→
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown)	NIR	53,434	57,651	64,193	70,250	3773	→
Crawley	ENG	88,203	99,660	106,943	112,529	2437	→
Crewe	ENG	63,351	67,760	71,722	74,240	1859	→
Crosby	ENG	52,869	51,790	50,044	50,197	1099	→
Cumbernauld	SCO	49,507	51,670	51,840	50,430	2152	→
Darlington	ENG	86,767	86,460	92,363	93,124	2255	→
Derby	ENG	223,836	228,140	255,394	264,253	5870	→
Derry (Londonderry)	NIR	72,334	83,652	83,125	85,050	3395	→
Dewsbury	ENG	50,168	57,780	62,945	66,506	1565	→
Doncaster	ENG	103,580	101,940	109,805	115,754	3109	→
Dudley	ENG	...	74,070	79,379	83,980	2335	→
Dundee	SCO	...	145,560	147,390	148,600	4631	→
Dunfermline	SCO	39,068	41,440	49,710	54,050	1923	→
Durham	ENG	36,937	43,220	47,785	53,717	1287	→
Eastbourne	ENG	94,793	98,460	109,185	113,918	2271	→
East Kilbride	SCO	70,579	73,990	74,400	75,390	2424	→
Eastleigh	ENG	66,614	72,400	78,716	82,728	2188	→
Edinburgh	SCO	400,632	431,230	459,630	498,050	11850	→
Ellesmere Port	ENG	...	62,510	61,090	61,629	2533	→
Esher	ENG	46,599	47,340	50,904	52,674	1725	→
Ewell	ENG	...	49,180	51,727	54,426	2162	→
Exeter	ENG	94,717	107,430	113,507	124,856	2733	→
Farnborough	ENG	52,535	64,980	65,034	65,802	1980	→
Filton	ENG	...	51,420	59,495	68,587	2024	→
Folkestone	ENG	45,587	45,060	51,337	53,451	1096	→
Gateshead	ENG	118,212	113,220	120,046	122,403	3017	→
Gillingham	ENG	94,923	99,370	104,157	108,621	2181	→
Glasgow	SCO	...	575,250	590,570	623,260	14550	→
Gloucester	ENG	114,003	123,590	136,362	147,357	3454	→
Gosport	ENG	67,802	69,270	71,529	73,782	1538	→
Gravesend	ENG	51,435	51,560	55,467	58,361	990	→
Grays	ENG	50,145	54,820	66,843	74,810	1809	→
Grimsby	ENG	90,703	87,580	88,243	88,565	2338	→
Guildford	ENG	65,998	70,000	77,057	85,970	2076	→
Halesowen	ENG	57,918	55,944	58,135	59,577	1557	→
Halifax	ENG	91,069	83,440	88,134	91,938	2037	→
Hamilton	SCO	49,988	48,790	53,190	54,230	1628	→
Harlow	ENG	...	78,890	82,059	86,721	1860	→
Harrogate	ENG	...	70,450	73,576	74,461	1808	→
Hartlepool	ENG	87,310	86,030	88,855	89,744	2351	→
Hastings	ENG	81,139	85,830	91,053	93,685	2116	→
Hemel Hempstead	ENG	87,379	89,160	94,932	102,364	2347	→
Hereford	ENG	54,326	56,370	60,415	63,935	1705	→
High Wycombe	ENG	106,123	111,580	120,256	123,987	3271	→
Horsham	ENG	42,552	44,890	48,041	50,934	1158	→
Huddersfield	ENG	147,847	147,280	162,949	171,506	4675	→
Ipswich	ENG	130,157	127,790	144,957	149,293	3694	→
Keighley	ENG	49,567	48,920	53,331	53,393	1204	→
Kettering	ENG	47,186	51,060	56,226	60,298	1383	→
Kidderminster	ENG	54,644	55,610	55,530	57,918	1625	→
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	310,636	271,770	284,321	288,651	7363	→
Kingswinford	ENG	...	51,360	50,801	51,010	1304	→
Kirkcaldy	SCO	47,274	47,380	49,710	50,180	1886	→
Lancaster	ENG	44,497	46,330	48,085	51,324	1004	→
Leeds	ENG	424,194	445,260	474,632	507,720	11163	→
Leicester	ENG	377,700	389,830	443,760	473,216	9203	→
Lincoln	ENG	97,996	92,010	100,160	106,047	2749	→
Littlehampton	ENG	50,408	50,930	55,706	58,858	1486	→
Liverpool	ENG	538,386	530,850	552,267	583,132	12331	→
Livingston	SCO	42,178	52,000	56,320	57,030	2714	→
London	ENG	6,715,769	7,242,154	8,250,205	8,992,166	129477	→
Loughborough	ENG	46,867	55,260	59,932	66,611	1449	→
Lowestoft	ENG	62,907	68,850	70,945	73,755	2154	→
Luton	ENG	171,671	191,810	211,228	222,457	4074	→
Macclesfield	ENG	53,616	54,440	56,581	56,287	1879	→
Maidenhead	ENG	59,605	57,930	63,580	67,793	1746	→
Maidstone	ENG	...	93,670	107,627	118,899	2545	→
Manchester	ENG	447,863	405,300	510,746	557,344	9845	→
Mansfield	ENG	71,858	70,450	77,551	82,091	2270	→
Margate	ENG	56,734	57,790	61,223	65,410	1260	→
Middlesbrough	ENG	184,773	175,130	174,700	177,012	4901	→
Milton Keynes	ENG	102,428	136,910	171,750	184,355	4567	→
Neath	WAL	45,965	48,150	50,658	51,084	1362	→
Newcastle upon Tyne	ENG	255,362	247,710	268,064	285,491	5790	→
Newcastle-under-Lyme	ENG	73,731	73,910	75,082	79,465	1966	→
Newport	WAL	115,522	119,670	128,060	134,920	3472	→
Newtownabbey	NIR	58,231	62,022	65,555	66,850	2823	→
Northampton	ENG	183,082	197,750	215,173	229,837	5672	→
Norwich	ENG	171,304	173,870	186,682	197,013	5262	→
Nottingham	ENG	270,222	250,210	289,301	313,778	6250	→
Nuneaton	ENG	79,539	83,070	86,552	89,635	2108	→
Oldham	ENG	103,931	91,600	96,555	107,033	1687	→
Oxford	ENG	118,795	142,420	159,994	163,938	3269	→
Paignton	ENG	...	64,440	64,410	66,905	1845	→
Paisley	SCO	73,925	75,500	76,830	77,310	2665	→
Peterborough	ENG	134,788	137,200	161,707	177,683	4377	→
Plymouth	ENG	...	220,570	234,982	240,962	5254	→
Poole	ENG	138,479	144,800	154,718	159,108	4630	→
Portsmouth	ENG	...	219,700	238,137	249,048	3734	→
Preston	ENG	...	87,510	97,886	99,427	2143	→
Rayleigh	ENG	93,151	92,040	95,580	99,345	2952	→
Reading	ENG	213,474	206,060	218,705	230,046	5114	→
Redditch	ENG	75,607	76,950	81,919	82,824	2183	→
Rochdale	ENG	100,935	102,080	107,926	112,816	2534	→
Rochester	ENG	55,774	58,490	62,982	66,245	1440	→
Rotherham	ENG	...	105,720	109,691	111,097	3082	→
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	...	51,650	55,733	57,812	1141	→
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	...	49,860	57,772	60,791	1412	→
Rugby	ENG	61,106	62,580	70,628	75,700	1856	→
Runcorn	ENG	64,154	60,320	61,789	62,116	1978	→
Sale	ENG	...	122,990	134,022	137,913	3088	→
Salford	ENG	...	88,460	103,886	118,894	3144	→
Scarborough	ENG	57,536	58,610	61,749	61,892	1449	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	75,982	72,660	79,977	83,072	2671	→
Sheffield	ENG	457,805	479,460	518,090	549,362	12249	→
Shoreham-by-Sea	ENG	46,907	47,020	48,487	50,817	1094	→
Shrewsbury	ENG	64,219	67,130	71,715	75,711	2149	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	38,771	42,800	48,948	53,091	1178	→
Slough	ENG	121,811	133,860	155,298	164,455	3032	→
Smethwick	ENG	...	42,460	48,765	53,047	962	→
Solihull	ENG	118,103	118,240	123,187	127,351	3829	→
Southampton	ENG	210,138	234,280	253,651	269,781	5354	→
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	158,517	162,050	175,547	184,437	3615	→
Southport	ENG	90,959	91,400	91,703	93,758	2293	→
South Shields	ENG	...	78,170	75,337	76,658	1486	→
Stafford	ENG	61,885	62,440	68,472	70,799	1990	→
St Albans	ENG	80,376	73,660	82,146	87,032	1866	→
Stevenage	ENG	76,064	80,970	89,663	93,979	2152	→
St Helens	ENG	106,293	102,360	102,885	104,951	2646	→
Stockport	ENG	...	106,170	105,878	110,562	2465	→
Stockton-on-Tees	ENG	83,576	80,060	82,729	84,696	2173	→
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	266,543	262,350	270,726	277,528	7600	→
Stourbridge	ENG	61,041	61,800	63,298	64,665	1778	→
Sunderland	ENG	183,310	177,740	174,286	175,021	3914	→
Sutton Coldfield	ENG	106,001	102,200	109,015	107,732	4171	→
Swansea	WAL	171,038	167,440	179,485	185,166	4908	→
Swindon	ENG	145,236	155,700	182,441	192,599	4618	→
Tamworth	ENG	68,440	71,670	73,924	73,908	1792	→
Taunton	ENG	55,855	56,760	60,479	63,100	1632	→
Telford	ENG	114,251	135,700	142,723	150,811	4618	→
Torquay	ENG	...	47,250	49,094	51,126	1231	→
Tynemouth	ENG	61,595	62,880	67,519	69,023	1630	→
Wakefield	ENG	93,091	96,290	99,251	106,325	2927	→
Wallasey	ENG	60,895	58,710	60,284	60,874	1023	→
Walsall	ENG	...	59,170	67,594	72,541	1521	→
Walton-on-Thames	ENG	...	62,540	66,566	68,808	1882	→
Warrington	ENG	152,458	157,860	165,456	172,192	4489	→
Washington	ENG	...	67,500	67,085	66,947	1830	→
Watford	ENG	113,080	118,990	131,982	141,428	3492	→
Wellingborough	ENG	41,602	47,440	49,128	53,012	1307	→
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	45,452	45,660	48,380	51,180	1390	→
West Bromwich	ENG	...	66,980	72,945	78,438	1860	→
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	71,451	77,240	83,641	88,157	1884	→
Weymouth	ENG	51,012	53,140	54,539	55,251	1362	→
Widnes	ENG	57,162	55,680	61,464	63,829	1882	→
Wigan	ENG	98,070	98,480	103,608	107,076	2498	→
Willenhall	ENG	...	48,750	51,429	53,144	1226	→
Woking	ENG	101,484	96,420	105,367	107,849	3148	→
Wolverhampton	ENG	...	200,490	210,319	219,992	5260	→
Worcester	ENG	82,661	94,550	100,153	103,355	2423	→
Worthing	ENG	...	101,929	109,120	114,662	2458	→
Wrexham	WAL	55,404	57,620	61,603	61,420	1622	→
York	ENG	124,609	136,640	152,841	163,571	3370	→

Cities and towns according to definitions of 2011 (England & Wales), 2016 (Scotland), and 2015 (Northern Ireland). Population figures before 2011 (Scotland: before 2018) approximately correspond to these definitions.
UK National Statistics (web), National Records of Scotland (web), The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (web).