List of English districts by population

List of the 326 districts of England (English Municipalities) by population, estimated figures for 2017 from the Office for National Statistics.^[1]

The list consists of the non-metropolitan districts (201), the London boroughs (32), metropolitan boroughs (36), unitary authorities (55) and those that are labelled as sui generis (2).

Map of England's districts by population

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	English Region
More than 1,000,000 inhabitants
1	Birmingham	1,137,100	Metropolitan borough, City 1889	West Midlands	West Midlands
More than 500,000 inhabitants
2	Leeds	784,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
3	Sheffield	577,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
4	Cornwall	561,300	Unitary authority	Cornwall	South West
5	Manchester	545,500	Metropolitan borough, City 1853	Greater Manchester	North West
6	Bradford	534,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1897	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
7	Co. Durham	523,700	Unitary authority	County Durham	North East
400,000 to 500,000 inhabitants
8	Wiltshire	496,000	Unitary authority	Wiltshire	South West
9	Liverpool	491,500	Metropolitan borough, City 1880	Merseyside	North West
10	Bristol	459,300	Unitary authority, City 1542	Bristol	South West
11	Kirklees	437,100	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
300,000 to 400,000 inhabitants
12	Barnet	387,800	London borough	Greater London	London
13	Croydon	384,800	London borough	Greater London	London
14	Cheshire East	378,800	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West
15	Coventry	360,100	Metropolitan borough, City 1345	West Midlands	West Midlands
16	Leicester	353,500	Unitary authority, City 1919	Leicestershire	East Midlands
17	Newham	348,000	London borough	Greater London	London
18	Ealing	342,700	London borough	Greater London	London
19	Wakefield	340,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1888	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
20	East Riding of Yorkshire	338,100	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
21	Cheshire West and Chester	338,000	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West
22	Enfield	332,700	London borough	Greater London	London
23	Bromley	329,400	London borough	Greater London	London
24	Nottingham	329,200	Unitary authority, City 1897	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
25	Brent	329,100	London borough	Greater London	London
26	Sandwell	325,500	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
27	Wigan	324,700	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
28	Lambeth	324,000	London borough	Greater London	London
29	Wandsworth	323,300	London borough	Greater London	London
30	Wirral	322,800	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
31	Dudley	319,400	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
32	Northumberland	319,000	Unitary authority	Northumberland	North East
33	Shropshire	317,500	Unitary authority	Shropshire	West Midlands
34	Southwark	314,200	London borough	Greater London	London
35	Doncaster	308,900	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
36	Tower Hamlets	308,000	London borough	Greater London	London
37	Hillingdon	302,300	London borough	Greater London	London
38	Redbridge	301,800	London borough	Greater London	London
39	Lewisham	301,300	London borough	Greater London	London
250,000 to 300,000 inhabitants
40	Newcastle upon Tyne	295,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1882	Tyne and Wear	North East
41	Stockport	291,000	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
42	Brighton & Hove	288,200	Unitary authority, City 2000	East Sussex	South East
43	Bolton	284,800	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
44	Greenwich	282,800	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
45	Walsall	281,300	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
46	Central Bedfordshire	280,000	Unitary authority	Bedfordshire	East of England
47	South Gloucestershire	279,000	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire	South West
48	Medway	277,600	Unitary authority	Kent	South East
49	Sunderland	277,200	Metropolitan borough, City 1992	Tyne and Wear	North East
50	Hackney	275,900	London borough	Greater London	London
51	Waltham Forest	275,500	London borough	Greater London	London
52	Sefton	274,600	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
53	Haringey	271,200	London borough	Greater London	London
54	Hounslow	269,100	London borough	Greater London	London
55	Milton Keynes	267,500	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire	East of England
56	Rotherham	263,400	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
57	Plymouth	263,100	Unitary authority, City 1928	Devon	South West
58	Hull	260,700	Unitary authority, City 1299	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
59	Wolverhampton	259,900	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands	West Midlands
60	Derby	257,000	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire	East Midlands
61	Havering	256,000	London borough	Greater London	London
62	Stoke-on-Trent	255,400	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire	West Midlands
63	Camden	253,400	London borough	Greater London	London
64	Southampton	252,400	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire	South East
65	Salford	251,300	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester	North West
200,000 to 250,000
66	Harrow	248,900	London borough	Greater London	London
67	Bexley	246,100	London borough	Greater London	London
68	Westminster	244,800	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London	London
69	Barnsley	243,300	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
70	Trafford	235,500	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
71	Islington	235,000	London borough	Greater London	London
72	Oldham	233,800	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
73	Northampton	225,700	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
74	Tameside	224,100	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
75	Swindon	220,400	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire	South West
76	Rochdale	218,500	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
77	Portsmouth	214,700	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire	South East
78	Luton	214,700	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire	East of England
79	Solihull	213,900	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
80	North Somerset	212,800	Unitary authority	Somerset	South West
81	Barking and Dagenham	210,700	London borough	Greater London	London
82	Warrington	209,700	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire	North West
83	Calderdale	209,500	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
84	York	208,200	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
85	Merton	206,100	London borough	Greater London	London
86	North Tyneside	204,500	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
87	Sutton	203,200	London borough	Greater London	London
88	Gateshead	202,400	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
150,000 to 200,000
89	Peterborough	198,900	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire	East of England
90	Stockton-on-Tees	196,500	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire and the Humber
91	Aylesbury Vale	196,000		Buckinghamshire	South East
92	Richmond upon Thames	195,700	London borough	Greater London	London
93	Bournemouth	194,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset	South West
94	Herefordshire	191,000	Unitary authority	Herefordshire	West Midlands
95	Colchester	190,100	Borough	Essex	East of England
96	Bury	189,600	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
97	Bath and North East Somerset	188,700	Unitary authority	Somerset	South West
98	Basildon	184,500	Borough	Essex	East of England
99	Hammersmith and Fulham	183,000	London borough	Greater London	London
100	Southend-on-Sea	181,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex	East of England
101	Charnwood	180,400	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
102	New Forest	179,600		Hampshire	South East
103	St Helens	179,300	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
104	Huntingdonshire	177,000		Cambridgeshire	East of England
105	Chelmsford	176,200	City (2012)	Essex	East of England
106	Telford and Wrekin	175,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire	West Midlands
107	Basingstoke and Deane	175,300	Borough	Hampshire	South East
108	Wycombe	174,800		Buckinghamshire	South East
109	Kingston upon Thames	174,600	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
110	North Lincolnshire	171,300	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
111	Thurrock	170,400	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex	East of England
112	Bedford	169,900	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire	East of England
113	Maidstone	167,700	Borough	Kent	South East
114	South Somerset	167,200		Somerset	South West
115	Wokingham	165,000	Unitary authority	Berkshire	South East
116	Canterbury	164,100	City (TI)	Kent	South East
117	Reading	163,100	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
118	Harrogate	160,000	Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
119	North East Lincolnshire	159,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
120	Wealden	158,900		East Sussex	South East
121	Arun	158,700		West Sussex	South East
122	West Berkshire	158,500	Unitary authority	Berkshire	South East
123	South Cambridgeshire	156,700		Cambridgeshire	East of England
124	Kensington and Chelsea	155,700	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
125	Oxford	154,600	City (1542)	Oxfordshire	South East
126	Dacorum	153,300	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
127	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	151,900	Borough	Norfolk	East of England
128	Braintree	151,700		Essex	East of England
129	Poole	151,300	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset	South West
130	Windsor and Maidenhead	150,100	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire	South East
125,000 to 150,000
131	South Tyneside	149,600	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
132	Blackburn with Darwen	148,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire	North West
133	Slough	148,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
134	Knowsley	148,600	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
135	Mid Sussex	148,300		West Sussex	South East
136	Guildford	147,800	Borough	Surrey	South East
137	Cherwell	147,600		Oxfordshire	South East
138	St Albans	147,100	City (1877)	Hertfordshire	East of England
139	East Hertfordshire	147,100		Hertfordshire	East of England
140	Swale	146,700	Borough	Kent	South East
141	Reigate and Banstead	146,400	Borough	Surrey	South East
142	Tendring	144,700		Essex	East of England
143	Lancaster	142,500	City (1937)	Lancashire	North West
144	East Devon	142,300		Devon	South West
145	South Kesteven	141,700		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
146	Preston	141,300	City (2002)	Lancashire	North West
147	Thanet	141,300		Kent	South East
148	Isle of Wight	141,000	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight	South East
149	Middlesbrough	140,600	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
150	Norwich	140,400	City (1195)	Norfolk	East of England
151	Warwick	140,300		Warwickshire	West Midlands
152	Horsham	140,100		West Sussex	South East
153	Blackpool	139,900	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire	North West
154	South Oxfordshire	139,800		Oxfordshire	South East
155	East Lindsey	139,700		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
156	Breckland	138,600		Norfolk	East of England
157	Ipswich	138,500	Borough	Suffolk	East of England
158	Elmbridge	136,400	Borough	Surrey	South East
159	Redcar and Cleveland	136,000	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
160	South Norfolk	135,500		Norfolk	East of England
161	Torbay	135,200	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon	South West
162	Stafford	134,800		Staffordshire	West Midlands
163	North Hertfordshire	133,300		Hertfordshire	East of England
164	Teignbridge	131,400		Devon	South West
165	Vale of White Horse	131,200		Oxfordshire	South East
166	Epping Forest	130,600		Essex	East of England
167	Eastleigh	130,500	Borough	Hampshire	South East
168	Gloucester	129,100	City (1541)	Gloucestershire	South West
169	Suffolk Coastal	129,000		Suffolk	East of England
170	Newcastle-under-Lyme	129,000	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
171	Exeter	128,900	City (TI)	Devon	South West
172	Tonbridge and Malling	128,900	Borough	Kent	South East
173	Nuneaton and Bedworth	128,700	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
174	Broadland	128,500		Norfolk	East of England
175	Halton	127,600	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire	North West
176	Ashford	127,500	Borough	Kent	South East
177	Ashfield	126,200		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
178	Amber Valley	125,900	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
179	Wychavon	125,400		Worcestershire	West Midlands
180	Stratford-on-Avon	125,200		Warwickshire	West Midlands
181	Havant	125,100	Borough	Hampshire	South East
182	Waverley	125,000	Borough	Surrey	South East
100,000 to 125,000
183	Cambridge	124,900	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire	East of England
184	Test Valley	124,000	Borough	Hampshire	South East
185	Winchester	123,900	City (TI)	Hampshire	South East
186	Welwyn Hatfield	122,300		Hertfordshire	East of England
187	Sedgemoor	122,200		Somerset	South West
188	Newark and Sherwood	121,000		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
189	Bracknell Forest	120,400	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
190	Chichester	120,200	Non-metropolitan district	West Sussex	South East
191	Sevenoaks	119,400		Kent	South East
192	East Hampshire	119,400		Hampshire	South East
193	Stroud	118,100		Gloucestershire	South West
194	Tunbridge Wells	118,100	Borough	Kent	South East
195	Waveney	117,900		Suffolk	East of England
196	East Staffordshire	117,600	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
197	Taunton Deane	117,400	Borough	Somerset	South West
198	Cheltenham	117,100	Borough	Gloucestershire	South West
199	Gedling	117,100	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
200	Bassetlaw	116,300		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
201	Fareham	116,200	Borough	Hampshire	South East
202	Rushcliffe	116,000	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
203	Dover	115,800		Kent	South East
204	Chorley	115,800	Borough	Lancashire	North West
205	Erewash	115,300	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
206	North Kesteven	115,200		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
207	West Lancashire	113,900		Lancashire	North West
208	St Edmundsbury	113,700	Borough	Suffolk	East of England
209	Mendip	113,500		Somerset	South West
210	Broxtowe	112,700	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
211	South Staffordshire	111,900		Staffordshire	West Midlands
212	Crawley	111,700	Borough	West Sussex	South East
213	Folkestone and Hythe	111,400		Kent	South East
214	Hinckley and Bosworth	111,400	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
215	Wyre	110,400	Borough	Lancashire	North West
216	South Ribble	110,400	Borough	Lancashire	North West
217	Worthing	109,600	Borough	West Sussex	South East
218	West Oxfordshire	109,300		Oxfordshire	South East
219	Mansfield	108,600		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
220	Scarborough	108,400	Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
221	Carlisle	108,300	City (TI)	Cumbria	North West
222	Dartford	107,500	Borough	Kent	South East
223	Rugby	106,400	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
224	Darlington	106,300	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham	North East
225	Gravesham	106,100	Borough	Kent	South East
226	Chesterfield	104,600	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
227	South Lakeland	104,300		Cumbria	North West
228	North Norfolk	104,100		Norfolk	East of England
229	Hertsmere	104,000	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
230	Lichfield	103,500		Staffordshire	West Midlands
231	Eastbourne	103,300	Borough	East Sussex	South East
232	South Derbyshire	102,400		Derbyshire	East Midlands
233	Worcester	102,300	City (1189)	Worcestershire	West Midlands
234	Lewes	102,300		East Sussex	South East
235	West Dorset	102,100		Dorset	South West
236	Mid Suffolk	101,500		Suffolk	East of England
237	Woking	101,100	Borough	Surrey	South East
238	North East Derbyshire	100,800		Derbyshire	East Midlands
239	Fenland	100,800		Cambridgeshire	East of England
240	Wyre Forest	100,700		Worcestershire	West Midlands
241	Kettering	100,300	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
242	North West Leicestershire	100,100		Leicestershire	East Midlands
75,000 to 100,000
243	Great Yarmouth	99,400	Borough	Norfolk	East of England
244	Cannock Chase	99,100		Staffordshire	West Midlands
245	Spelthorne	99,100	Borough	Surrey	South East
246	Blaby	99,000		Leicestershire	East Midlands
247	Staffordshire Moorlands	98,500		Staffordshire	West Midlands
248	Lincoln	98,400	City (TI)	Lincolnshire	East Midlands
249	Bromsgrove	97,600		Worcestershire	West Midlands
250	Allerdale	97,200	Borough	Cumbria	North West
251	Broxbourne	96,800	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
252	Watford	96,700	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
253	Rushmoor	95,800	Borough	Hampshire	South East
254	Hart	95,500		Hampshire	South East
255	North Devon	95,400		Devon	South West
256	Chiltern	95,400		Buckinghamshire	South East
257	Rother	95,000		East Sussex	South East
258	West Lindsey	94,300		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
259	South Holland	93,300		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
260	East Northamptonshire	93,100		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
261	Hartlepool	93,000	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham	North East
262	Hastings	92,800	Borough	East Sussex	South East
263	Three Rivers	92,600		Hertfordshire	East of England
264	High Peak	92,100	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
265	Harborough	91,500		Leicestershire	East Midlands
266	South Northamptonshire	91,100		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
267	Babergh	90,800		Suffolk	East of England
268	Hambleton	90,700		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
269	Pendle	90,700	Borough	Lancashire	North West
270	Tewkesbury	90,300	Borough	Gloucestershire	South West
271	Castle Point	89,800	Borough	Essex	East of England
272	East Dorset	89,400		Dorset	South West
273	East Cambridgeshire	88,900		Cambridgeshire	East of England
274	Surrey Heath	88,800	Borough	Surrey	South East
275	Selby	87,900		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
276	Stevenage	87,700	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
277	Burnley	87,700	Borough	Lancashire	North West
278	Uttlesford	87,700		Essex	East of England
279	Cotswold	87,500		Gloucestershire	South West
280	Tandridge	87,300		Surrey	South East
281	Mole Valley	87,100		Surrey	South East
282	Runnymede	86,900	Borough	Surrey	South East
283	Rochford	86,200		Essex	East of England
284	Harlow	86,200		Essex	East of England
285	Forest of Dean	86,000		Gloucestershire	South West
286	Gosport	85,500	Borough	Hampshire	South East
287	South Hams	85,300		Devon	South West
288	Redditch	85,200	Borough	Worcestershire	West Midlands
289	Daventry	82,600		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
290	Mid Devon	80,600		Devon	South West
291	Hyndburn	80,400	Borough	Lancashire	North West
292	Epsom and Ewell	79,500	Borough	Surrey	South East
293	Bolsover	79,100		Derbyshire	East Midlands
294	Wellingborough	78,900	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
295	Fylde	78,900	Borough	Lancashire	North West
296	Malvern Hills	77,200		Worcestershire	West Midlands
297	Brentwood	76,600	Borough	Essex	East of England
298	Tamworth	76,500	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
50,000 to 75,000
299	Derbyshire Dales	71,800		Derbyshire	East Midlands
300	North Dorset	71,100		Dorset	South West
301	Rossendale	70,400	Borough	Lancashire	North West
302	South Bucks	69,800		Buckinghamshire	South East
303	Corby	69,500	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
304	Copeland	68,700	Borough	Cumbria	North West
305	Boston	68,500	Borough	Lincolnshire	East Midlands
306	Torridge	67,800		Devon	South West
307	Barrow-in-Furness	67,100	Borough	Cumbria	North West
308	Weymouth and Portland	65,800	Borough	Dorset	South West
309	Forest Heath	65,500		Suffolk	East of England
310	North Warwickshire	64,100	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
311	Maldon	64,000		Essex	East of England
312	Adur	63,700		West Sussex	South East
313	Ribble Valley	59,500	Borough	Lancashire	North West
314	Oadby and Wigston	57,000	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
315	Craven	56,600		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
316	West Devon	55,300	Borough	Devon	South West
317	Ryedale	54,300		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
318	Richmondshire	53,700		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
319	Eden	52,800		Cumbria	North West
320	Melton	50,900	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
Below 50,000
321	Christchurch	49,600	Borough	Dorset	South West
322	Purbeck	46,800		Dorset	South West
323	Rutland	39,500	Unitary authority	Rutland	East Midlands
324	West Somerset	34,900		Somerset	South West
325	City of London	7,700	City (TI), sui generis	City of London	London
326	Isles of Scilly	2,300	sui generis	Cornwall	South West

References

↑ "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2017". Office for National Statistics. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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[1] "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2017". Office for National Statistics. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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