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Countries

The population of the British countries according to census results or 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 Census (C) 2021-03-21	Population Estimate (E) 2024-06-30
England	ENG	Cntry	London	130,278	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,490,048	58,620,101	13027800
Northern Ireland	NIR	Cntry	Belfast	13,562	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,810,863	1,903,175	1,927,855	1356200	→
Scotland	SCO	Cntry	Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,403	5,418,400	5,546,900	7792500	→
Wales (Cymru)	WAL	Cntry	Cardiff	20,735	2,835,073	2,903,085	3,063,456	3,107,494	3,186,581	2073500	→
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,920,000	69,281,437		→

UK Office for National Statistics.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2024-06-30
1	London	ENG	9,065,696
2	Birmingham	ENG	1,161,326
3	Glasgow	SCO	646,700
4	Leeds	ENG	564,705
5	Liverpool	ENG	529,561
6	Sheffield	ENG	526,005
7	Edinburgh	SCO	508,500
8	Manchester	ENG	506,453
9	Belfast	NIR	458,970
10	Bristol	ENG	444,562
11	Leicester	ENG	429,848

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.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21	Population Estimate (E) 2024-06-30	Area
Aberdeen	SCO	185,560	195,453	196,220	198,800	6270	→
Altrincham	ENG	40,697	46,478	49,661	50,606	1075	→
Andover	ENG	36,845	40,673	48,487	50,888	1241	→
Ashford	ENG	58,641	72,669	82,164	86,646	2078	→
Ashton-under-Lyne	ENG	43,236	45,198	48,604	50,529	956	→
Aylesbury	ENG	65,973	72,490	87,967	94,187	1719	→
Banbury	ENG	41,708	46,727	52,052	56,457	1382	→
Bangor	NIR	58,368	61,401	64,122	64,490	1956	→
Barnsley	ENG	63,430	66,945	71,422	73,872	1794	→
Barrow-in-Furness	ENG	58,943	56,516	55,251	55,778	1629	→
Barry (Barri)	WAL	50,952	54,673	56,587	58,388	1581	→
Basildon	ENG	99,793	105,093	115,964	120,808	2606	→
Basingstoke	ENG	90,352	103,697	117,207	123,409	2973	→
Bath	ENG	83,286	88,180	94,092	98,161	2284	→
Bebington	ENG	56,228	57,216	57,597	59,063	1780	→
Bedford	ENG	82,467	87,631	97,241	101,450	2236	→
Beeston	ENG	50,036	51,357	52,356	54,542	1347	→
Belfast (incl. Newtownabbey, Dundonald, Newtownbreda)	NIR	423,496	433,086	450,386	458,970	13373	→
Birkenhead	ENG	103,211	107,781	109,848	114,545	2658	→
Birmingham	ENG	958,302	1,047,931	1,121,408	1,161,326	22107	→
Blackburn	ENG	108,773	118,068	124,983	131,790	3103	→
Blackpool	ENG	148,848	148,640	149,056	153,244	3537	→
Bloxwich	ENG	47,205	47,288	51,879	54,368	1072	→
Bognor Regis	ENG	60,409	62,493	68,408	69,849	1666	→
Bolton	ENG	159,020	169,441	184,073	194,197	3859	→
Bootle	ENG	55,743	50,888	53,718	55,742	1306	→
Bournemouth	ENG	163,336	183,352	196,445	202,552	3877	→
Bracknell	ENG	67,412	70,321	78,660	81,656	1897	→
Bradford	ENG	275,856	314,584	333,931	347,767	6377	→
Brentwood	ENG	47,925	52,586	55,358	57,013	1440	→
Bridgend	WAL	39,142	46,200	51,785	53,296	1631	→
Bridgwater	ENG	35,358	40,169	47,852	50,349	1234	→
Brighton and Hove	ENG	247,816	273,369	277,106	283,870	4198	→
Bristol	ENG	340,561	384,843	425,232	444,562	7345	→
Burnley	ENG	73,803	71,450	78,270	82,594	1702	→
Burton upon Trent	ENG	61,278	67,574	76,270	81,605	2364	→
Bury	ENG	73,521	76,232	81,101	83,221	1962	→
Cambridge	ENG	113,038	130,275	152,725	157,697	3611	→
Cannock	ENG	58,027	61,057	63,054	65,259	1792	→
Canterbury	ENG	44,117	52,430	55,087	57,511	1359	→
Cardiff	WAL	295,567	333,847	348,546	368,065	7517	→
Carlisle	ENG	70,656	75,985	77,728	81,781	2143	→
Carlton	ENG	52,207	52,956	53,555	54,627	1435	→
Chatham	ENG	71,499	74,357	76,983	79,529	1403	→
Chelmsford	ENG	92,108	101,587	110,606	115,807	2556	→
Cheltenham	ENG	106,262	112,230	115,959	118,619	2809	→
Chester	ENG	81,810	86,450	92,742	96,599	2467	→
Chesterfield	ENG	73,728	76,776	76,402	78,301	2432	→
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	51,284	50,548	53,208	55,568	1341	→
Colchester	ENG	98,941	113,316	130,248	136,773	3432	→
Corby	ENG	47,985	55,439	68,164	70,950	2603	→
Coventry	ENG	299,151	315,810	344,322	364,878	7843	→
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown)	NIR	57,651	64,193	72,721	75,140	3773	→
Crawley	ENG	99,820	106,612	120,549	127,331	2561	→
Crewe	ENG	65,669	70,101	74,123	79,978	1893	→
Crosby	ENG	51,789	50,044	50,213	51,344	1152	→
Cumbernauld	SCO	51,670	51,839	50,340	50,500	2306	→
Darlington	ENG	86,322	92,087	93,037	96,723	2477	→
Dartford	ENG	50,823	56,736	69,134	73,162	1504	→
Derby	ENG	228,837	256,111	275,599	291,538	6538	→
Derry (Londonderry)	NIR	83,652	83,125	84,884	86,390	3395	→
Dewsbury	ENG	55,089	60,122	63,722	65,783	1558	→
Doncaster	ENG	76,068	84,103	87,457	92,949	3063	→
Dudley	ENG	55,840	59,352	64,275	67,599	1520	→
Dundee	SCO	145,560	147,389	146,840	148,100	4785	→
Dunfermline	SCO	41,580	49,776	55,480	57,000	2075	→
Durham	ENG	42,452	46,819	50,515	52,050	1484	→
Eastbourne	ENG	90,040	96,732	99,189	102,575	2006	→
East Kilbride	SCO	73,990	74,396	75,350	78,200	2538	→
Eastleigh	ENG	38,674	42,988	48,350	50,838	1165	→
Edinburgh	SCO	431,230	459,633	505,310	508,500	12378	→
Ellesmere Port	ENG	62,081	60,572	65,421	68,417	2663	→
Exeter	ENG	107,178	113,828	126,156	133,312	3028	→
Farnborough	ENG	57,863	58,077	60,652	63,123	1872	→
Folkestone	ENG	44,795	51,020	51,991	53,744	1285	→
Gateshead	ENG	112,844	119,626	115,316	119,893	3012	→
Gillingham	ENG	99,370	104,168	108,483	114,176	2189	→
Glasgow	SCO	575,180	590,578	631,690	646,700	14847	→
Gloucester	ENG	99,595	110,182	118,541	124,566	2814	→
Gosport	ENG	68,848	71,047	70,131	71,006	1544	→
Gravesend	ENG	51,217	55,131	58,102	60,250	1081	→
Grimsby	ENG	87,311	87,994	85,911	87,485	2474	→
Guildford	ENG	66,394	73,380	77,854	82,118	1997	→
Halesowen	ENG	55,944	58,135	60,097	61,156	1514	→
Halifax	ENG	81,477	85,963	88,109	91,710	1987	→
Hamilton	SCO	48,970	53,284	54,640	56,800	1929	→
Harlow	ENG	78,665	81,850	93,566	98,523	1986	→
Harrogate	ENG	71,886	74,029	75,507	77,313	2006	→
Hartlepool	ENG	85,556	88,516	87,984	92,703	2673	→
Hastings	ENG	85,219	90,471	91,480	91,746	2197	→
Hemel Hempstead	ENG	83,037	87,804	95,961	100,893	2260	→
Hereford	ENG	55,378	59,252	60,475	61,428	1767	→
High Wycombe	ENG	68,510	75,858	83,523	89,329	1849	→
Hinckley	ENG	43,249	45,249	50,712	51,648	1470	→
Horsham	ENG	44,620	47,738	50,223	51,541	1194	→
Huddersfield	ENG	123,797	137,461	141,692	149,473	3896	→
Huyton with Roby	ENG	60,509	56,340	59,846	63,020	1268	→
Ipswich	ENG	128,139	145,299	151,562	152,481	3911	→
Keighley	ENG	43,662	47,682	48,758	50,302	1122	→
Kettering	ENG	51,270	56,437	63,144	66,644	1712	→
Kidderminster	ENG	55,349	55,247	57,553	58,550	1600	→
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	247,212	260,291	270,806	279,237	6642	→
Kingswinford	ENG	51,416	50,845	51,904	52,944	1300	→
Kingswood (/ Fishponds)	ENG	136,392	147,090	160,260	166,748	3361	→
Kirkcaldy	SCO	47,380	49,709	50,340	51,900	1998	→
Lancaster	ENG	46,653	48,308	52,660	53,902	1085	→
Leeds	ENG	463,006	492,554	536,321	564,705	12010	→
Leicester	ENG	313,066	365,287	406,588	429,848	7435	→
Lincoln	ENG	85,888	93,968	104,565	106,102	2444	→
Lisburn	NIR	43,755	45,410	51,447	52,110	1952	→
Liverpool	ENG	459,668	485,890	506,552	529,561	11046	→
Livingston	SCO	52,000	56,323	57,360	57,200	2836	→
London	ENG	7,151,354	8,150,882	8,776,535	9,065,696	117179	→
Loughborough	ENG	54,922	59,627	64,884	66,373	1597	→
Lowestoft	ENG	67,413	69,562	71,327	71,992	2143	→
Luton	ENG	191,810	211,228	233,498	247,684	4137	→
Macclesfield	ENG	51,277	53,351	54,340	56,351	1429	→
Maidenhead	ENG	56,578	62,180	67,374	70,635	1704	→
Maidstone	ENG	82,342	95,876	109,490	116,887	2453	→
Manchester	ENG	324,165	426,300	470,411	506,453	7547	→
Mansfield	ENG	54,729	59,783	63,438	65,960	1931	→
Margate	ENG	56,594	59,966	63,322	63,505	1344	→
Middlesbrough	ENG	141,357	144,230	148,219	160,220	4397	→
Middleton	ENG	43,248	43,618	46,620	50,141	966	→
Milton Keynes	ENG	135,661	170,866	197,354	210,396	5176	→
Newcastle upon Tyne	ENG	248,076	268,597	286,468	304,542	6089	→
Newcastle-under-Lyme	ENG	74,187	75,399	76,503	79,601	2065	→
Newport	WAL	111,612	118,174	130,900	138,615	4040	→
Northampton	ENG	193,178	214,888	243,511	253,499	6083	→
Norwich	ENG	173,477	186,408	200,752	206,467	5604	→
Nottingham	ENG	244,377	282,941	299,797	307,075	6002	→
Nuneaton	ENG	78,761	81,417	88,813	94,354	2128	→
Oldham	ENG	91,064	96,026	110,718	116,362	1639	→
Oxford	ENG	141,226	159,035	170,798	174,953	3496	→
Paignton	ENG	62,761	62,753	67,488	68,334	1774	→
Paisley	SCO	75,500	76,834	76,990	81,800	2625	→
Peterborough	ENG	136,089	160,758	190,584	198,243	4860	→
Plymouth	ENG	243,624	259,221	266,983	274,607	6143	→
Poole	ENG	126,178	135,691	140,977	143,418	3944	→
Portsmouth	ENG	201,822	220,262	223,312	230,389	3455	→
Preston	ENG	82,742	93,357	94,508	100,502	1984	→
Reading	ENG	173,100	183,773	203,808	213,496	4252	→
Redditch	ENG	74,380	79,033	81,637	82,502	2171	→
Rochdale	ENG	98,552	104,360	111,261	116,602	2542	→
Rochester	ENG	58,490	62,982	67,274	69,968	1496	→
Rotherham	ENG	69,255	71,213	71,542	75,115	2063	→
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	45,694	49,914	51,323	51,906	986	→
Royal Sutton Coldfield (Sutton Coldfield)	ENG	86,545	91,933	93,369	93,515	2584	→
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	42,278	49,892	51,232	52,781	1266	→
Rugby	ENG	61,249	68,764	78,117	83,564	2433	→
Runcorn	ENG	59,944	61,260	61,635	63,139	2060	→
Sale	ENG	57,471	60,676	62,547	63,972	1249	→
Salford	ENG	70,557	84,284	108,409	127,065	1797	→
Scarborough	ENG	56,632	59,759	59,497	60,892	1516	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	72,370	79,681	81,286	82,551	2957	→
Sheffield	ENG	457,336	495,453	500,552	526,005	11473	→
Shrewsbury	ENG	66,535	71,090	75,992	79,264	2313	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	43,368	49,622	54,392	57,446	1406	→
Slough	ENG	126,879	147,664	166,877	175,821	2805	→
Smethwick	ENG	42,280	48,591	56,338	58,694	880	→
Solihull	ENG	100,369	104,905	107,728	111,658	3312	→
Southampton	ENG	218,141	237,591	249,604	260,184	4817	→
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	161,796	175,294	182,287	186,848	3642	→
Southport	ENG	91,405	91,703	94,421	96,394	2572	→
South Shields	ENG	78,173	75,337	73,325	74,784	1538	→
Stafford	ENG	62,789	68,878	71,673	75,051	2231	→
St Albans	ENG	64,240	70,920	75,537	77,027	1749	→
Stevenage	ENG	80,431	88,915	94,456	96,844	2195	→
St Helens	ENG	102,233	102,606	107,677	111,323	2881	→
Stockport	ENG	112,079	112,003	117,941	122,016	2393	→
Stockton-on-Tees	ENG	80,058	82,729	84,801	89,818	2393	→
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	242,939	251,199	260,602	272,409	7126	→
Stourbridge	ENG	55,035	55,981	56,935	57,759	1453	→
Sunderland	ENG	175,810	172,410	168,277	178,842	4060	→
Swansea	WAL	157,569	169,297	170,055	180,863	5080	→
Swindon	ENG	135,902	161,900	183,638	191,392	4040	→
Tamworth	ENG	71,491	73,751	76,092	78,400	2088	→
Taunton	ENG	54,518	58,097	61,674	64,181	1672	→
Telford	ENG	134,014	141,262	156,896	165,095	5519	→
Thundersley (/ South Benfleet)	ENG	47,806	48,513	49,881	50,563	1287	→
Torquay	ENG	46,650	48,563	52,037	52,266	1241	→
Tynemouth	ENG	57,548	60,892	60,600	62,187	1647	→
Wakefield	ENG	85,131	88,180	97,852	104,088	2847	→
Wallasey	ENG	84,347	86,488	85,611	87,335	1683	→
Walsall	ENG	58,868	67,276	70,778	76,153	1454	→
Warrington	ENG	158,146	166,423	174,954	179,065	4817	→
Washington	ENG	53,388	52,157	51,312	51,783	1662	→
Watford	ENG	103,675	115,898	131,326	138,007	2449	→
Wellingborough	ENG	46,819	48,504	54,412	56,295	1562	→
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	44,944	48,330	51,524	52,709	1293	→
West Bromwich	ENG	85,840	92,234	103,112	107,514	2239	→
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	73,898	79,617	84,628	86,820	1873	→
Weymouth	ENG	52,989	54,463	55,543	56,384	1542	→
Widnes	ENG	53,181	58,086	59,939	61,042	2201	→
Wigan	ENG	76,095	79,927	81,557	83,978	1920	→
Willenhall	ENG	44,932	47,597	49,587	51,492	1097	→
Winchester	ENG	41,365	45,060	48,478	51,078	1355	→
Woking	ENG	64,086	71,268	75,666	77,056	1899	→
Wokingham	ENG	42,381	42,891	50,320	53,334	1538	→
Wolverhampton	ENG	214,080	224,601	234,015	248,702	5796	→
Worcester	ENG	93,544	98,996	105,455	108,745	2560	→
Worthing	ENG	97,836	104,906	111,621	114,161	2307	→
Wythenshawe	ENG	83,566	91,805	97,635	100,588	2205	→
Yeovil	ENG	42,285	46,019	50,176	51,778	1334	→
York	ENG	120,866	137,800	141,671	148,331	2937	→

Cities and towns according to definitions of 2022 (England & Wales), 2020 (Scotland), and 2015 (Northern Ireland). Older population figures approximately correspond to these definitions. 2024 figures for Scottish localities are calculated by using the 2024 preliminary estimates for data zones.
UK National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.