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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 Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2019-06-30
1	London	ENG	10,685,892
2	Manchester	ENG	2,704,043
3	Birmingham	ENG	2,578,428
4	Leeds	ENG	1,866,039
5	Glasgow	SCO	1,007,350
6	Liverpool	ENG	902,967
7	Southampton	ENG	901,494
8	Newcastle	ENG	804,675
9	Nottingham	ENG	777,497
10	Sheffield	ENG	722,456
11	Bristol	ENG	670,275

Contents: Urban Areas

The population of all British urban areas (i.e. built-up areas or Scottish settlements) 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	193,379	197,870	208,190	212,480	6949
Accrington	ENG	121,081	123,370	125,059	128,482	3000
Ashford	ENG	52,002	60,380	74,733	83,422	1905
Aylesbury	ENG	58,058	69,240	74,748	91,864	1648
Ayr	SCO	62,500	62,450	62,670	62,480	2656
Banbury	ENG	39,906	43,570	48,651	51,218	1204
Barnsley	ENG	214,280	212,000	223,281	238,250	5972
Barry	WAL	49,887	50,950	54,673	57,920	1423	→
Basildon	ENG	131,317	136,310	144,859	157,038	3712
Basingstoke	ENG	81,228	94,190	107,642	114,711	2940
Bath	ENG	85,202	89,760	94,782	103,614	2424	→
Bedford	ENG	92,150	102,100	106,940	114,509	2482
Belfast	NIR	...	579,276	595,879	616,860	29700	→
Birkenhead	ENG	334,711	319,490	325,264	330,912	8822
Birmingham	ENG	2,290,105	2,279,280	2,440,986	2,578,428	59888
Blackburn	ENG	135,858	136,640	146,521	148,658	3561
Blackpool	ENG	234,128	236,120	239,409	241,221	6126
Bognor Regis	ENG	56,744	61,800	63,885	70,309	1656	→
Bournemouth	ENG	404,453	429,700	466,266	486,085	13098
Braintree	ENG	35,414	45,160	53,477	55,588	1311
Brentwood	ENG	49,463	47,920	52,586	55,285	1423	→
Bridgend	WAL	45,253	51,250	58,380	62,510	1951
Brighton and Hove	ENG	414,329	437,010	474,485	502,573	8945
Bristol	ENG	524,410	553,280	617,280	670,275	14442
Bromsgrove	ENG	40,338	45,210	49,117	52,470	1533
Buckley	WAL	55,515	61,210	63,576	65,295	2132
Burnley	ENG	149,906	151,830	149,422	154,212	3572
Burton upon Trent	ENG	100,587	108,480	122,199	132,410	3504
Cambridge (/ Milton)	ENG	120,327	139,260	158,434	162,006	4214
Cannock	ENG	77,710	83,740	86,121	89,191	2193
Canterbury	ENG	39,734	46,840	55,240	64,064	1320
Cardiff	WAL	378,849	403,580	447,287	470,573	10234
Carlisle	ENG	72,439	73,060	78,470	78,416	2011
Castleford	ENG	57,311	56,580	60,509	65,710	1715
Chelmsford	ENG	97,451	101,620	111,511	119,730	2618
Cheltenham	ENG	102,633	110,260	116,447	117,073	2887	→
Chester	ENG	84,254	86,100	90,524	94,339	2552
Chesterfield	ENG	107,345	108,340	113,057	114,424	3464
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	45,065	51,284	50,548	53,768	1217	→
Coatbridge	SCO	86,000	84,640	90,160	90,300	2384
Colchester	ENG	99,656	107,550	121,859	140,654	3265
Corby	ENG	49,053	49,220	56,810	65,985	2051
Coventry	ENG	331,248	339,970	359,262	415,673	8129
Craigavon (incl. Lurgan, Portadown)	NIR	...	57,651	64,193	71,020	0	→
Crawley	ENG	152,772	168,980	180,508	192,472	5809
Crewe	ENG	68,131	71,790	75,556	79,070	2007
Cumbernauld	SCO	49,507	51,670	51,840	50,120	2152	→
Dalkeith (incl. Bonnyrigg, Gorebridge)	SCO	42,516	45,290	48,180	54,140	1666
Darlington	ENG	86,767	86,460	92,363	93,305	2255	→
Derby	ENG	237,368	242,820	270,468	280,001	6410
Derry (Londonderry)	NIR	...	90,663	91,602	91,170	3718	→
Doncaster	ENG	148,754	147,850	158,141	165,160	4352
Dundee	SCO	...	155,530	157,550	159,270	4992
Dunfermline	SCO	...	61,220	70,940	75,220	2792
Durham	ENG	36,937	43,220	47,785	55,507	1287	→
Eastbourne	ENG	94,793	106,850	118,219	125,615	2513
East Kilbride	SCO	70,579	73,990	74,400	75,460	2424	→
Edinburgh	SCO	420,893	453,710	482,270	528,560	12520
Exeter	ENG	98,125	111,520	117,763	130,366	2849
Falkirk	SCO	...	92,020	99,610	102,890	4352
Farnborough	ENG	232,645	244,330	252,397	257,926	7846
Folkestone	ENG	60,156	59,830	66,429	69,493	1676
Gillingham	ENG	222,388	231,760	243,931	255,909	5216
Glasgow	SCO	...	935,760	957,620	1,007,350	26470
Gloucester	ENG	126,149	136,860	150,053	162,489	4036
Grays	ENG	61,803	76,220	89,755	101,015	2635
Great Yarmouth	ENG	64,260	58,030	63,434	74,778	1536
Greenock	SCO	...	73,850	70,200	66,330	2078
Grimsby	ENG	136,456	133,760	134,160	133,055	3526
Hamilton	SCO	80,481	77,850	82,430	84,300	2757
Harrogate	ENG	79,558	85,230	89,060	89,594	2290
Hartlepool	ENG	87,310	86,030	88,855	90,074	2412	→
Hastings	ENG	120,044	125,400	133,422	138,662	3320
Hereford	ENG	54,326	56,370	60,415	63,783	1705	→
Herne Bay	ENG	60,768	65,250	70,485	74,112	1906
High Wycombe	ENG	120,653	124,320	133,204	136,363	3920
Horsham	ENG	42,552	48,200	51,472	57,474	1261
Inverness	SCO	48,979	52,220	61,330	62,900	2797	→
Ipswich	ENG	146,214	156,400	178,835	184,121	4914
Kettering	ENG	52,735	57,800	63,675	70,527	1649
Kidderminster	ENG	54,644	57,090	57,059	59,418	1688
Kilmarnock	SCO	48,603	49,780	51,070	51,050	1648
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	310,636	301,410	314,018	317,813	8258
Kirkcaldy	SCO	47,274	47,390	49,710	50,220	1886	→
Lancaster	ENG	91,154	95,200	97,150	102,484	2259
Leeds	ENG	1,598,345	1,652,570	1,777,934	1,866,039	48779
Leicester	ENG	426,380	452,090	508,916	543,803	10937
Lincoln	ENG	103,601	104,020	114,879	123,780	3265
Liverpool	ENG	872,465	850,760	864,122	902,967	19961
Livingston	SCO	...	61,070	65,250	65,660	3038
Llanelli	WAL	44,953	46,220	49,591	50,963	1508
London	ENG	8,085,300	8,669,040	9,787,426	10,685,892	173786
Loughborough	ENG	46,867	55,260	59,932	67,956	1449	→
Lowestoft	ENG	62,907	68,850	70,945	73,800	2154	→
Luton	ENG	221,337	236,320	258,018	274,359	5071
Macclesfield	ENG	60,383	61,320	63,954	64,057	2068
Maidenhead	ENG	59,605	59,120	64,831	69,676	1854
Maidstone	ENG	...	93,670	107,627	119,905	2545	→
Manchester	ENG	2,370,400	2,360,500	2,553,379	2,704,043	63025
Mansfield	ENG	154,966	158,840	171,958	182,531	4835
Margate	ENG	116,745	118,930	125,370	132,254	2789
Middlesbrough	ENG	369,609	365,230	376,663	383,691	10819
Milton Keynes	ENG	161,109	191,680	229,941	245,404	6252
Motherwell	SCO	121,000	119,200	124,540	125,210	4515
Newbury	ENG	53,999	61,420	68,258	71,672	1984
Newcastle (Newcastle upon Tyne)	ENG	749,480	741,870	774,891	804,675	18052
Newport	WAL	284,924	292,610	306,844	319,112	8422
Northampton	ENG	183,082	198,380	215,963	230,720	5788
Northwich	ENG	39,580	44,760	47,421	51,165	1441
Norwich	ENG	185,420	196,610	213,166	229,067	6190
Nottingham	ENG	658,261	678,710	729,977	777,497	17636
Nuneaton	ENG	86,247	89,370	92,698	96,525	2300
Oxford	ENG	128,163	153,890	171,380	173,893	3738
Paignton	ENG	102,576	113,480	115,410	120,577	3147
Peterborough	ENG	134,788	138,660	163,379	180,431	4424
Plymouth	ENG	245,295	244,870	260,203	265,792	5973
Preston	ENG	282,137	292,070	313,332	325,841	8241
Reading	ENG	277,502	303,220	318,014	338,106	8370
Redditch	ENG	75,607	77,300	82,253	83,393	2223
Redhill	ENG	47,602	50,410	56,621	61,467	1570
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	77,872	85,110	95,172	99,896	2238
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	60,272	60,100	68,910	72,509	1690
Rugby	ENG	61,106	62,850	73,150	79,465	1912
Runcorn	ENG	64,154	61,360	62,872	63,393	2034
Scarborough	ENG	57,536	58,610	61,749	61,835	1449	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	75,982	72,660	79,977	83,583	2671	→
Sheffield	ENG	632,604	641,370	685,368	722,456	16748
Shrewsbury	ENG	64,219	67,130	71,715	76,621	2149	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	38,771	42,800	48,948	53,554	1178	→
Slough	ENG	126,662	141,790	163,777	173,699	3414
Southampton	ENG	740,486	797,960	855,569	901,494	19203
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	273,379	276,720	295,310	309,698	7183
Southport	ENG	90,959	91,400	91,703	93,902	2293	→
Stafford	ENG	61,885	63,040	69,217	71,999	2046
Stevenage	ENG	76,064	81,540	90,232	94,611	2190
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	367,976	363,770	372,775	384,736	10390
Stroud	ENG	52,609	57,851	60,155	62,279	2469
Sunderland	ENG	346,528	338,860	335,415	338,506	8348
Swansea	WAL	282,706	283,460	300,352	309,025	8755
Swindon	ENG	145,236	158,580	185,609	196,322	4706
Tamworth	ENG	72,988	79,290	81,964	82,097	2068
Taunton	ENG	55,855	60,570	64,621	69,877	1785
Telford	ENG	119,340	140,930	147,980	157,585	4768
Tonypandy (Rhondda)	WAL	59,947	64,789	62,545	62,886	1275
Warrington	ENG	152,458	157,860	165,456	172,684	4489	→
Wellingborough	ENG	41,602	48,800	50,577	54,641	1399
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	55,964	56,490	59,910	63,908	1888
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	71,451	77,920	84,452	89,371	1930
Weymouth	ENG	53,235	56,040	57,691	58,651	1446
Widnes	ENG	57,162	55,680	61,464	64,568	1882	→
Wigan	ENG	174,406	167,020	175,405	182,100	4375
Worcester	ENG	82,661	95,990	101,659	104,421	2467
Wrexham	WAL	57,207	61,760	65,692	65,356	1736
York	ENG	124,609	137,460	153,717	165,342	3402

Urban areas according to definitions of 2011 (England & Wales), 2016 (Scotland), and 2005 (Northern Ireland). Population figures before 2011 (Scotland: before 2019) approximately correspond to these definitions.
UK National Statistics (web), General Records of Scotland (web), The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (web).