This is a list of unitary authorities of England ordered by population.
Figures are mid-year estimates for 2017 from the Office for National Statistics.[1]
Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements[2]
Rank | County | Region | Population | Density (people/km²) | Area (km²) |
1 | Cornwall | South West | 561,300 | 158 | 3,546 |
2 | County Durham | North East | 523,700 | 235 | 2,226 |
3 | Wiltshire | South West | 496,000 | 152 | 3,255 |
4 | Bristol | South West | 459,300 | 4,186 | 110 |
5 | Cheshire East | North West | 378,800 | 324 | 1,166 |
6 | Leicester | East Midlands | 353,500 | 4,820 | 73 |
7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 338,100 | 140 | 2,405 |
8 | Cheshire West and Chester | North West | 338,000 | 368 | 917 |
9 | Nottingham | East Midlands | 329,200 | 4,412 | 75 |
10 | Northumberland | North East | 319,000 | 63 | 5,014 |
11 | Shropshire | West Midlands | 317,500 | 99 | 3,197 |
12 | Brighton & Hove | South East | 288,200 | 3,480 | 83 |
13 | Central Bedfordshire | East | 280,000 | 391 | 716 |
14 | South Gloucestershire | South West | 279,000 | 561 | 497 |
15 | Medway | South East | 277,600 | 1,434 | 194 |
16 | Milton Keynes | South East | 267,500 | 866 | 309 |
17 | Plymouth | South West | 263,100 | 3,295 | 80 |
18 | Hull | Yorkshire and the Humber | 260,700 | 3,648 | 71 |
19 | Derby | East Midlands | 257,000 | 3,293 | 78 |
20 | Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands | 255,400 | 2,732 | 93 |
21 | Southampton | South East | 252,400 | 5,055 | 50 |
22 | Swindon | South West | 220,400 | 957 | 230 |
23 | Portsmouth | South East | 214,700 | 5,315 | 40 |
24 | Luton | East | 214,700 | 4,951 | 43 |
25 | North Somerset | South West | 212,800 | 569 | 374 |
26 | Warrington | North West | 209,700 | 1,160 | 181 |
27 | York | Yorkshire and the Humber | 208,200 | 765 | 272 |
28 | Peterborough | East | 198,900 | 579 | 343 |
29 | Stockton-on-Tees | North East | 196,500 | 958 | 205 |
30 | Bournemouth | South West | 194,800 | 4,217 | 46 |
31 | Herefordshire | West Midlands | 191,000 | 87 | 2,180 |
32 | Bath and North East Somerset | South West | 188,700 | 545 | 346 |
33 | Southend-on-Sea | East | 181,800 | 4,354 | 42 |
34 | Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | 175,800 | 605 | 290 |
35 | North Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 171,300 | 202 | 846 |
36 | Thurrock | East | 170,400 | 1,042 | 164 |
37 | Bedford | East | 169,900 | 356 | 476 |
38 | Wokingham | South East | 165,000 | 921 | 179 |
39 | Reading | South East | 163,100 | 4,036 | 40 |
40 | North East Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 159,800 | 833 | 192 |
41 | West Berkshire | South East | 158,500 | 225 | 704 |
42 | Poole | South West | 151,300 | 2,335 | 65 |
43 | Windsor and Maidenhead | South East | 150,100 | 764 | 197 |
44 | Blackburn with Darwen | North West | 148,800 | 1,085 | 137 |
45 | Slough | South East | 148,800 | 4,571 | 33 |
46 | Isle of Wight | South East | 141,000 | 370 | 380 |
47 | Middlesbrough | North East | 140,600 | 2,609 | 54 |
48 | Blackpool | North West | 139,900 | 4,013 | 35 |
49 | Redcar and Cleveland | North East | 136,000 | 555 | 245 |
50 | Torbay | South West | 135,200 | 2,150 | 63 |
51 | Halton | North West | 127,600 | 1,613 | 79 |
52 | Bracknell Forest | South East | 120,400 | 1,100 | 109 |
53 | Darlington | North East | 106,300 | 538 | 198 |
54 | Hartlepool | North East | 93,000 | 994 | 94 |
55 | Rutland | East Midlands | 39,500 | 103 | 382 |