List of English districts by population

List of the 314 districts of England (English Municipalities) ordered by population, according to estimated figures for 2019 from the Office for National Statistics.[1]

The list consists of the non-metropolitan districts (188), the London boroughs (32), metropolitan boroughs (36), unitary authorities (55) and those that are labelled as sui generis (2).

Map of England's districts

2011 RUCLAD Assignments in England[2]

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	English Region
More than 1,000,000 inhabitants
1	Birmingham	1,141,816	Metropolitan borough, City 1889	West Midlands	West Midlands
More than 500,000 inhabitants
2	Leeds	793,139	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
3	Sheffield	584,853	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
4	Cornwall	569,578	Unitary authority	Cornwall	South West
5	Manchester	552,858	Metropolitan borough, City 1853	Greater Manchester	North West
6	Buckinghamshire	543,973	Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire	South East
7	Bradford	539,776	Unitary authority, City 1897	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
8	County Durham	530,094	Unitary authority	County Durham	North East
9	Wiltshire	500,024	Unitary authority	Wiltshire	South West
400,000 to 500,000 inhabitants
10	Liverpool	498,042	Metropolitan borough, City 1880	Merseyside	North West
11	Bristol	463,377	Unitary authority, City 1542	Bristol	South West
12	Kirklees	439,787	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
300,000 to 400,000 inhabitants
13	Barnet	395,869	London borough	Greater London	London
14	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	395,331	Unitary authority	Dorset	South West
15	Croydon	386,710	London borough	Greater London	London
16	Cheshire East	384,152	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West
17	Dorset	378,508	Unitary authority	Dorset	South West
18	Coventry	371,521	Metropolitan borough, City 1345	West Midlands	West Midlands
19	Leicester	354,224	Unitary authority, City 1919	Leicestershire	East Midlands
20	Newham	353,134	London borough	Greater London	London
21	Wakefield	348,312	Metropolitan borough, City 1888	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
22	Cheshire West and Chester	343,071	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West
23	Ealing	341,806	London borough	Greater London	London
24	East Riding of Yorkshire	341,173	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
25	Enfield	333,794	London borough	Greater London	London
26	Nottingham	332,900	Unitary authority, City 1897	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
27	Bromley	332,336	London borough	Greater London	London
28	Brent	329,771	London borough	Greater London	London
29	Wandsworth	329,677	London borough	Greater London	London
30	Wigan	328,662	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
31	Sandwell	328,450	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
32	Lambeth	326,034	London borough	Greater London	London
33	Tower Hamlets	324,745	London borough	Greater London	London
34	Wirral	324,011	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
35	Shropshire	323,136	Unitary authority	Shropshire	West Midlands
36	Northumberland	322,434	Unitary authority	Northumberland	North East
37	Dudley	321,596	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
38	Southwark	318,830	London borough	Greater London	London
39	Doncaster	311,890	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
40	Hillingdon	306,870	London borough	Greater London	London
41	Lewisham	305,842	London borough	Greater London	London
42	Redbridge	305,222	London borough	Greater London	London
43	Newcastle upon Tyne	302,820	Metropolitan borough, City 1882	Tyne and Wear	North East
250,000 to 300,000 inhabitants
44	Stockport	293,423	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
45	Brighton & Hove	290,885	Unitary authority, City 2000	East Sussex	South East
46	Central Bedfordshire	288,648	Unitary authority	Bedfordshire	East of England
47	Greenwich	287,942	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
48	Bolton	287,550	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
49	Walsall	285,478	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
50	South Gloucestershire	285,093	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire	South West
51	Hackney	281,120	London borough	Greater London	London
52	Medway	278,556	Unitary authority	Kent	South East
53	Sunderland	277,705	Metropolitan borough, City 1992	Tyne and Wear	North East
54	Waltham Forest	276,983	London borough	Greater London	London
55	Sefton	276,410	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
56	Hounslow	271,523	London borough	Greater London	London
57	Camden	270,029	London borough	Greater London	London
58	Milton Keynes	269,457	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire	South East
59	Haringey	268,647	London borough	Greater London	London
60	Rotherham	265,411	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
61	Wolverhampton	263,357	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands	West Midlands
62	Plymouth	262,100	Unitary authority, City 1928	Devon	South West
63	Westminster	261,317	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London	London
64	Hull	259,778	Unitary authority, City 1299	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
65	Havering	259,552	London borough	Greater London	London
66	Salford	258,834	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester	North West
67	Derby	257,302	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire	East Midlands
68	Stoke-on-Trent	256,375	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire	West Midlands
69	Southampton	252,520	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire	South East
70	Harrow	251,160	London borough	Greater London	London
200,000 to 250,000
71	East Suffolk	249,461		Suffolk	East of England
72	Bexley	248,287	London borough	Greater London	London
73	Barnsley	246,866	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
74	Islington	242,467	London borough	Greater London	London
75	Trafford	237,354	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
76	Oldham	237,110	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
77	Tameside	226,493	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
78	Northampton	224,610	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
79	Rochdale	222,412	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
80	Swindon	222,193	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire	South West
81	Solihull	216,374	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
82	North Somerset	215,052	Unitary authority	Somerset	South West
83	Portsmouth	214,905	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire	South East
84	Luton	213,052	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire	East of England
85	Barking and Dagenham	212,906	London borough	Greater London	London
86	Calderdale	211,455	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
87	York	210,618	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
88	Warrington	210,014	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire	North West
89	North Tyneside	207,913	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
90	Merton	206,548	London borough	Greater London	London
91	Sutton	206,349	London borough	Greater London	London
92	Peterborough	202,259	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire	East of England
93	Gateshead	202,055	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
150,000 to 200,000
94	Richmond upon Thames	198,019	London borough	Greater London	London
95	Stockton-on-Tees	197,348	Unitary authority, Borough	County Durham and North Yorkshire	North East
96	Colchester	194,706	Borough	Essex	East of England
97	Bath and North East Somerset	193,282	Unitary authority	Somerset	South West
98	Herefordshire	192,801	Unitary authority	Herefordshire	West Midlands
99	Bury	190,990	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
100	Basildon	187,199	Borough	Essex	East of England
101	Charnwood	185,851	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
102	Hammersmith and Fulham	185,143	London borough	Greater London	London
103	Southend-on-Sea	183,125	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex	East of England
104	St Helens	180,585	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
105	New Forest	180,086		Hampshire	South East
106	Telford and Wrekin	179,854	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire	West Midlands
107	West Suffolk	179,045		Suffolk	East of England
108	Chelmsford	178,388	City (2012)	Essex	East of England
109	Huntingdonshire	177,963		Cambridgeshire	East of England
110	Kingston upon Thames	177,507	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
111	Basingstoke and Deane	176,582	Borough	Hampshire	South East
112	Thurrock	174,341	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex	East of England
113	Bedford	173,292	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire	East of England
114	North Lincolnshire	172,292	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
115	Maidstone	171,826	Borough	Kent	South East
116	Wokingham	171,119	Unitary authority	Berkshire	South East
117	South Somerset	168,345		Somerset	South West
118	Canterbury	165,394	City (TI)	Kent	South East
119	Reading	161,780	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
120	Wealden	161,475		East Sussex	South East
121	Harrogate	160,831	Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
122	Arun	160,758		West Sussex	South East
123	North East Lincolnshire	159,563	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
124	South Cambridgeshire	159,086		Cambridgeshire	East of England
125	West Berkshire	158,450	Unitary authority	Berkshire	South East
126	Kensington and Chelsea	156,129	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
127	Somerset West and Taunton	155,115		Somerset	South West
128	Dacorum	154,763	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
129	Braintree	152,604		Essex	East of England
130	Oxford	152,457	City (1542)	Oxfordshire	South East
131	Windsor and Maidenhead	151,422	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire	South East
132	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	151,383	Borough	Norfolk	East of England
133	Mid Sussex	151,022		West Sussex	South East
134	South Tyneside	150,976	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
135	Knowsley	150,862	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
136	Cherwell	150,503		Oxfordshire	South East
137	Swale	150,082	Borough	Kent	South East
125,000 to 150,000
138	East Hertfordshire	149,748		Hertfordshire	East of England
139	Blackburn with Darwen	149,696	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire	North West
140	Slough	149,539	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
141	Guildford	148,998	Borough	Surrey	South East
142	Reigate and Banstead	148,748	Borough	Surrey	South East
143	St Albans	148,452	City (1877)	Hertfordshire	East of England
144	Tendring	146,561		Essex	East of England
145	East Devon	146,284		Devon	South West
146	Lancaster	146,038	City (1937)	Lancashire	North West
147	Horsham	143,791		West Sussex	South East
148	Warwick	143,753		Warwickshire	West Midlands
149	Preston	143,135	City (2002)	Lancashire	North West
150	South Kesteven	142,424		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
151	South Oxfordshire	142,057		Oxfordshire	South East
152	Thanet	141,922		Kent	South East
153	Isle of Wight	141,771	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight	South East
154	East Lindsey	141,727		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
155	Middlesbrough	140,980	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire	North East
156	South Norfolk	140,880		Norfolk	East of England
157	Norwich	140,573	City (1195)	Norfolk	East of England
158	Breckland	139,968		Norfolk	East of England
159	Blackpool	139,446	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire	North West
160	Stafford	137,280		Staffordshire	West Midlands
161	Redcar and Cleveland	137,150	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire	North East
162	Ipswich	136,913	Borough	Suffolk	East of England
163	Elmbridge	136,795	Borough	Surrey	South East
164	Torbay	136,264	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon	South West
165	Vale of White Horse	136,007		Oxfordshire	South East
166	Teignbridge	134,163		Devon	South West
167	Eastleigh	133,584	Borough	Hampshire	South East
168	North Hertfordshire	133,570		Hertfordshire	East of England
169	Tonbridge and Malling	132,153	Borough	Kent	South East
170	Epping Forest	131,689		Essex	East of England
171	Exeter	131,405	City (TI)	Devon	South West
172	Broadland	130,783		Norfolk	East of England
173	Stratford-on-Avon	130,098		Warwickshire	West Midlands
174	Ashford	130,032	Borough	Kent	South East
175	Nuneaton and Bedworth	129,883	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
176	Newcastle-under-Lyme	129,441	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
177	Wychavon	129,433		Worcestershire	West Midlands
178	Halton	129,410	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire	North West
179	Gloucester	129,128	City (1541)	Gloucestershire	South West
180	Amber Valley	128,147	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
181	Ashfield	127,918		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
182	Waverley	126,328	Borough	Surrey	South East
183	Havant	126,220	Borough	Hampshire	South East
184	Test Valley	126,160	Borough	Hampshire	South East
100,000 to 125,000
185	Winchester	124,859	City (TI)	Hampshire	South East
186	Cambridge	124,798	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire	East of England
187	Sedgemoor	123,178		Somerset	South West
188	Welwyn Hatfield	123,043		Hertfordshire	East of England
189	Bracknell Forest	122,549	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
190	Newark and Sherwood	122,421		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
191	East Hampshire	122,308		Hampshire	South East
192	Chichester	121,129	Non-metropolitan district	West Sussex	South East
193	Sevenoaks	120,750		Kent	South East
194	Stroud	119,964		Gloucestershire	South West
195	East Staffordshire	119,754	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
196	Rushcliffe	119,184	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
197	Tunbridge Wells	118,724	Borough	Kent	South East
198	Chorley	118,216	Borough	Lancashire	North West
199	Dover	118,131		Kent	South East
200	Gedling	117,896	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
201	Bassetlaw	117,459		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
202	North Kesteven	116,915		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
203	Cheltenham	116,306	Borough	Gloucestershire	South West
204	Fareham	116,233	Borough	Hampshire	South East
205	Mendip	115,587		Somerset	South West
206	Erewash	115,371	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
207	West Lancashire	114,306		Lancashire	North West
208	Broxtowe	114,033	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
209	Hinckley and Bosworth	113,136	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
210	Folkestone and Hythe	112,996		Kent	South East
211	Dartford	112,606	Borough	Kent	South East
212	South Staffordshire	112,436		Staffordshire	West Midlands
213	Crawley	112,409	Borough	West Sussex	South East
214	Wyre	112,091	Borough	Lancashire	North West
215	South Ribble	110,788	Borough	Lancashire	North West
216	West Oxfordshire	110,643		Oxfordshire	South East
217	Worthing	110,570	Borough	West Sussex	South East
218	Mansfield	109,313		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
219	Rugby	108,935	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
220	Scarborough	108,757	Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
221	Carlisle	108,678	City (TI)	Cumbria	North West
222	South Derbyshire	107,261		Derbyshire	East Midlands
223	Gravesham	106,939	Borough	Kent	South East
224	Darlington	106,803	Unitary authority, Borough	County Durham	North East
225	South Lakeland	105,088		Cumbria	North West
226	Hertsmere	104,919	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
227	Chesterfield	104,900	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
228	North Norfolk	104,837		Norfolk	East of England
229	Lichfield	104,756		Staffordshire	West Midlands
230	Mid Suffolk	103,895		Suffolk	East of England
231	Eastbourne	103,745	Borough	East Sussex	South East
232	North West Leicestershire	103,611		Leicestershire	East Midlands
233	Lewes	103,268		East Sussex	South East
234	Fenland	101,850		Cambridgeshire	East of England
235	Kettering	101,776	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
236	Blaby	101,526		Leicestershire	East Midlands
237	North East Derbyshire	101,462		Derbyshire	East Midlands
238	Wyre Forest	101,291		Worcestershire	West Midlands
239	Worcester	101,222	City (1189)	Worcestershire	West Midlands
240	Woking	100,793	Borough	Surrey	South East
241	Cannock Chase	100,762		Staffordshire	West Midlands
75,000 to 100,000
242	Bromsgrove	99,881		Worcestershire	West Midlands
243	Spelthorne	99,844	Borough	Surrey	South East
244	Great Yarmouth	99,336	Borough	Norfolk	East of England
245	Lincoln	99,299	City (TI)	Lincolnshire	East Midlands
246	Staffordshire Moorlands	98,435		Staffordshire	West Midlands
247	Allerdale	97,761	Borough	Cumbria	North West
248	Broxbourne	97,279	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
249	North Devon	97,145		Devon	South West
250	Hart	97,073		Hampshire	South East
251	Watford	96,577	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
252	Rother	96,080		East Sussex	South East
253	West Lindsey	95,667		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
254	South Holland	95,019		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
254	Tewkesbury	95,019	Borough	Gloucestershire	South West
256	Rushmoor	94,599	Borough	Hampshire	South East
257	East Northamptonshire	94,527		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
258	South Northamptonshire	94,490		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
259	Harborough	93,807		Leicestershire	East Midlands
260	Hartlepool	93,663	Unitary authority, Borough	County Durham	North East
261	Three Rivers	93,323		Hertfordshire	East of England
262	High Peak	92,666	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
263	Hastings	92,661	Borough	East Sussex	South East
264	Pendle	92,112	Borough	Lancashire	North West
265	Babergh	92,036		Suffolk	East of England
266	Hambleton	91,594		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
267	Uttlesford	91,284		Essex	East of England
268	Selby	90,620		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
269	Castle Point	90,376	Borough	Essex	East of England
270	Cotswold	89,862		Gloucestershire	South West
271	East Cambridgeshire	89,840		Cambridgeshire	East of England
272	Runnymede	89,424	Borough	Surrey	South East
273	Surrey Heath	89,305	Borough	Surrey	South East
274	Burnley	88,920	Borough	Lancashire	North West
275	Tandridge	88,129		Surrey	South East
276	Stevenage	87,845	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
277	Rochford	87,368		Essex	East of England
278	Mole Valley	87,245		Surrey	South East
279	Harlow	87,067		Essex	East of England
280	South Hams	87,004		Devon	South West
281	Forest of Dean	86,791		Gloucestershire	South West
282	Daventry	85,950		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
283	Redditch	85,261	Borough	Worcestershire	West Midlands
284	Gosport	84,838	Borough	Hampshire	South East
285	Mid Devon	82,311		Devon	South West
286	Hyndburn	81,043	Borough	Lancashire	North West
287	Fylde	80,780	Borough	Lancashire	North West
288	Epsom and Ewell	80,627	Borough	Surrey	South East
289	Bolsover	80,562		Derbyshire	East Midlands
290	Wellingborough	79,707	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
291	Malvern Hills	78,698		Worcestershire	West Midlands
292	Brentwood	77,021	Borough	Essex	East of England
293	Tamworth	76,696	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
50,000 to 75,000
294	Derbyshire Dales	72,325		Derbyshire	East Midlands
295	Corby	72,218	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
296	Rossendale	71,482	Borough	Lancashire	North West
297	Boston	70,173	Borough	Lincolnshire	East Midlands
298	Torridge	68,267		Devon	South West
299	Copeland	68,183	Borough	Cumbria	North West
300	Barrow-in-Furness	67,049	Borough	Cumbria	North West
301	North Warwickshire	65,264	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
302	Maldon	64,926		Essex	East of England
303	Adur	64,301		West Sussex	South East
304	Ribble Valley	60,888	Borough	Lancashire	North West
305	Craven	57,142		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
306	Oadby and Wigston	57,015	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
307	West Devon	55,796	Borough	Devon	South West
308	Ryedale	55,380		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
309	Richmondshire	53,730		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
310	Eden	53,253		Cumbria	North West
311	Melton	51,209	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
Below 50,000
312	Rutland	39,927	Unitary authority	Rutland	East Midlands
313	City of London	9,721	City (TI), sui generis	City of London	London
314	Isles of Scilly	2,224	sui generis	Cornwall	South West

See also

• List of two-tier counties of England by population
• List of ceremonial counties of England by population
• List of English districts by area
• List of English districts and their ethnic composition
• List of English districts by population density
• List of districts in south east England by population
• List of towns and cities in England by population

References

1. "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2019". Office for National Statistics. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
2. "2011 Rural-Urban Classification of Local Authority Districts and Similar Geographic Units in England: A User Guide" (PDF).