List of English districts by population

This is a list of districts in England by population. The districts at the top have the biggest population and the districts at the bottom have a smaller number of people.

Over 300,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
1	Birmingham	1,001,200	Metropolitan borough, City (1889)	West Midlands
2	Leeds	723,100	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
3	Sheffield	520,700	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
4	Bradford	485,000	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
5	Liverpool	447,500	Metropolitan borough, City (1880)	Merseyside
6	Manchester	441,200	Metropolitan borough, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
7	Bristol	398,300	Unitary authority, City (1542)	Bristol
8	Kirklees	394,600	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
9	Croydon	342,700	London borough	Greater London
10	Barnet	329,700	London borough	Greater London
11	East Riding of Yorkshire	327,400	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
12	Wakefield	320,600	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
13	Wirral	313,100	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
14	Wigan	306,700	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
15	Dudley	305,600	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
16	Coventry	304,200	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
17	Bromley	301,900	London borough	Greater London
18	Ealing	301,800	London borough|Greater London

250,000 to 300,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
19	Doncaster	289,600	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
20	Leicester	288,000	Unitary authority, City (1919)	Leicestershire
21	Sandwell	286,300	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
22	Sunderland	283,700	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
23	Stockport	281,600	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
24	Wandsworth	281,400	London borough	Greater London
25	Sefton	280,900	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
26	Enfield	280,500	London borough	Greater London
27	Nottingham	278,700	Unitary authority, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
28	Newcastle upon Tyne	276,400	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
29	Brent	270,100	London borough	Greater London
30	Lambeth	269,100	London borough	Greater London
31	Bolton	265,400	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
32	Southwark	257,700	London borough	Greater London
33	Brighton & Hove	252,000	Unitary authority, City (2000)	East Sussex
34	Walsall	253,500	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
35	Rotherham	253,200	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
36	Hillingdon	252,400	London borough	Greater London
37	Redbridge	251,500	London borough	Greater London
38	Medway	251,100	Unitary authority, Borough	Kent

200,000 to 250,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
39	Hull	249,100	Unitary authority, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
40	South Gloucestershire	248,100	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire
41	Lewisham	247,500	London borough	Greater London
42	Newham	246,200	London borough	Greater London
43	Plymouth	246,100	Unitary authority, City (1928)	Devon
44	Westminster	244,400	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
45	Wolverhampton	239,600	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
46	Stoke-on-Trent	238,300	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire
47	Derby	233,700	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire
48	Greenwich	228,100	London borough	Greater London
49	Havering	226,200	London borough	Greater London
50	Camden	226,100	London borough	Greater London
51	Haringey	224,500	London borough	Greater London
52	Waltham Forest	224,100	London borough	Greater London
53	Barnsley	222,100	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
54	Southampton	222,000	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire
55	Bexley	220,300	London borough	Greater London
56	Oldham	219,200	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
57	Milton Keynes	218,500	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire
58	Salford	216,400	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
59	Tameside	214,100	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
60	Harrow	214,000	London borough	Greater London
61	Tower Hamlets	213,200	London borough	Greater London
62	Trafford	213,200	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
63	Hounslow	212,500	London borough	Greater London
64	Hackney	207,700	London borough	Greater London
65	Rochdale	206,400	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
66	Solihull	200,900	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands

150,000 to 200,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
67	Kensington and Chelsea	196,200	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
68	Calderdale	195,300	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
69	North Somerset	195,100	Unitary authority	Somerset
70	Northampton	195,000	Borough	Northamptonshire
71	Merton	194,700	London borough	Greater London
72	Warrington	194,700	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
73	North Tyneside	192,300	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
74	Gateshead	191,500	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
75	Portsmouth	189,600	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire
76	York	186,800	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire
77	Stockton-on-Tees	186,700	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
78	Richmond upon Thames	186,300	London borough	Greater London
79	Luton	184,900	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
80	Swindon	184,000	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire
81	Bury	183,500	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
82	Islington	182,600	London borough	Greater London
83	Hammersmith and Fulham	179,900	London borough	Greater London
84	Herefordshire	178,800	Unitary authority	Herefordshire
85	Sutton	177,700	London borough	Greater London
86	St Helens	176,300	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
87	Bath and North East Somerset	173,700	Unitary authority	Somerset
88	New Forest	171,700		Hampshire
89	Aylesbury Vale	168,100		Buckinghamshire
90	Basildon	167,000		Essex
91	Barking and Dagenham	164,500	London borough	Greater London
92	Bournemouth	163,600	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset
93	Colchester	163,400	Borough	Essex
94	Huntingdonshire	162,000		Cambridgeshire
95	Telford and Wrekin	161,600	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire
96	Chelmsford	161,100	Borough	Essex
97	Wycombe	160,200		Buckinghamshire
98	Charnwood	160,100	Borough	Leicestershire
99	Peterborough	159,700	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
100	Southend-on-Sea	159,300	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
101	North East Lincolnshire	157,500	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
102	North Lincolnshire	157,100	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
103	Basingstoke and Deane	156,900	Borough	Hampshire
104	South Somerset	156,100		Somerset
105	Harrogate	155,300		North Yorkshire
106	Wokingham	153,600	Unitary authority	Berkshire
107	Kingston upon Thames	153,000	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
108	Bedford	153,000	Borough	Bedfordshire
109	South Tyneside	151,300	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
110	Macclesfield	150,500	Borough	Cheshire

125,000 to 150,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
111	Oxford	149,800	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
112	Knowsley	149,400	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
113	Thurrock	146,600	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
114	West Berkshire	146,300	Unitary authority	Berkshire
115	Reading	145,100	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
116	Arun	144,500		West Sussex
117	Canterbury	143,700	City (TI)	Kent
118	Maidstone	143,400	Borough	Kent
119	Blackpool	142,900	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
120	Tendring	141,800		Essex
121	Wealden	141,000		East Sussex
122	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	140,400	Borough	Norfolk
123	Warwick	140,300		Warwickshire
124	Blackburn with Darwen	140,200	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
125	Isle of Wight	140,000	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight
126	Redcar and Cleveland	138,600	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
127	Windsor and Maidenhead	138,500	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire
128	Dacorum	138,500	Borough	Hertfordshire
129	Lancaster	138,000	City (1937)	Lancashire
130	Braintree	137,800		Essex
131	Middlesbrough	137,600	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
132	East Lindsey	137,400		Lincolnshire
133	South Cambridgeshire	137,200		Cambridgeshire
134	Poole	137,100	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset
135	Cherwell	134,200		Oxfordshire
136	St Albans	133,500	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
137	Torbay	132,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon
138	Guildford	132,200	Borough	Surrey
139	East Hertfordshire	131,800		Hertfordshire
140	Preston	131,300	City (2002)	Lancashire
141	Elmbridge	130,300	Borough	Surrey
142	East Devon	129,800		Devon
143	Mid Bedfordshire	129,400		Bedfordshire
144	North Wiltshire	129,400		Wiltshire
145	Mid Sussex	129,000		West Sussex
146	South Kesteven	128,500		Lincolnshire
147	South Oxfordshire	128,200		Oxfordshire
148	Thanet	128,100		Kent
149	Norwich	127,600	City (1195)	Norfolk
150	Reigate and Banstead	127,200	Borough	Surrey
151	Breckland	127,100		Norfolk
152	Swale	126,800	Borough	Kent
153	Horsham	125,800		West Sussex

100,000 to 125,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
154	Vale Royal	124,600	Borough	Cheshire
155	Teignbridge	124,500		Devon
156	West Wiltshire	124,100		Wiltshire
157	Cambridge	124,000	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
158	Stafford	123,600		Staffordshire
159	Newcastle-under-Lyme	123,400	Borough	Staffordshire
160	Epping Forest	122,000		Essex
161	Broadland	121,100		Norfolk
162	North Hertfordshire	120,700		Hertfordshire
163	Nuneaton and Bedworth	120,700	Borough	Warwickshire
164	Suffolk Coastal	119,600		Suffolk
165	Stratford-on-Avon	119,000		Warwickshire
166	Halton	118,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
167	Chester	118,600	City (1541)	Cheshire
168	Amber Valley	118,600	Borough	Derbyshire
169	Ipswich	118,200	Borough	Suffolk
170	Exeter	117,600	City (TI)	Devon
171	Slough	117,500	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
172	Vale of White Horse	117,000		Oxfordshire
173	Wychavon	116,900		Worcestershire
174	Waverley	116,800	Borough	Surrey
175	Eastleigh	116,600	Borough	Hampshire
176	Salisbury	115,800		Wiltshire
177	South Bedfordshire	115,300		Bedfordshire
178	Havant	115,300	Borough	Hampshire
179	South Norfolk	115,300		Norfolk
180	Waveney	114,700		Suffolk
181	Ashfield	114,000		Nottinghamshire
182	Crewe and Nantwich	113,600	Borough	Cheshire
183	Winchester	112,500	City (TI)	Hampshire
184	Tonbridge and Malling	112,400	Borough	Kent
185	Test Valley	112,300	Borough	Hampshire
186	Cheltenham	111,700	Borough	Gloucestershire
187	Gloucester	111,300	City (1541)	Gloucestershire
188	East Hampshire	111,300		Hampshire
189	Bracknell Forest	111,200	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
190	Gedling	111,200	Borough	Nottinghamshire
191	Sevenoaks	111,100		Kent
192	Newark and Sherwood	110,800		Nottinghamshire
193	Bassetlaw	110,700		Nottinghamshire
194	Stroud	110,000		Gloucestershire
195	Ashford	110,000	Borough	Kent
196	Wyre	109,900	Borough	Lancashire
197	Sedgemoor	109,900		Somerset
198	Erewash	109,800	Borough	Derbyshire
199	West Lancashire	109,500		Lancashire
200	Chichester	109,300		West Sussex
201	Broxtowe	109,100	Borough	Nottinghamshire
202	Fareham	108,500	Borough	Hampshire
203	Rushcliffe	107,800	Borough	Nottinghamshire
204	Mendip	107,300		Somerset
205	Scarborough	107,000	Borough	North Yorkshire
206	East Staffordshire	106,900	Borough	Staffordshire
207	Taunton Deane	106,800	Borough	Somerset
208	Tunbridge Wells	106,200	Borough	Kent
209	Dover	106,100		Kent
210	South Ribble	105,800	Borough	Lancashire
211	South Staffordshire	105,300		Staffordshire
212	Carlisle	105,200	City (TI)	Cumbria
213	Chorley	103,700	Borough	Lancashire
214	South Lakeland	102,900		Cumbria
215	Hinckley and Bosworth	102,800	Borough	Leicestershire
216	North Kesteven	101,700		Lincolnshire
217	St Edmundsbury	101,500	Borough	Suffolk
218	Welwyn Hatfield	100,500		Hertfordshire
219	Restormel	100,300	Borough	Cornwall
220	North Norfolk	100,200		Norfolk
221	Chesterfield	100,000	Borough	Derbyshire

75,000 to 100,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
222	Shepway	99,500		Kent
223	Darlington	99,200	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
224	Mansfield	99,000		Nottinghamshire
225	Crawley	98,500	Borough	West Sussex
226	Wyre Forest	98,500		Worcestershire
227	Worthing	98,100	Borough	West Sussex
228	West Oxfordshire	97,700		Oxfordshire
229	North East Derbyshire	97,300		Derbyshire
230	Allerdale	96,300	Borough	Cumbria
231	Shrewsbury and Atcham	96,300	Borough	Shropshire
232	Kerrier	96,200		Cornwall
233	West Dorset	95,800		Dorset
234	Lichfield	95,500		Staffordshire
235	Gravesham	95,200	Borough	Kent
236	Staffordshire Moorlands	94,600		Staffordshire
237	Worcester	94,300	City (1189)	Worcestershire
238	Hertsmere	93,900	Borough	Hertfordshire
239	Lewes	93,400		East Sussex
240	Easington	93,300		Durham
241	Cannock Chase	93,200		Staffordshire
242	Eastbourne	92,900	Borough	East Sussex
243	Great Yarmouth	92,500	Borough	Norfolk
244	Durham	92,200	City (TI)	Durham
245	Congleton	91,800	Borough	Cheshire
246	Rugby	91,600	Borough	Warwickshire
247	Bromsgrove	91,500		Worcestershire
248	Blaby	91,400		Leicestershire
249	High Peak	91,100	Borough	Derbyshire
250	Carrick	90,600		Cornwall
251	Woking	90,500	Borough	Surrey
252	North Devon	90,200		Devon
253	Hartlepool	90,000	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
254	Mid Suffolk	89,900		Suffolk
255	Chiltern	89,800		Buckinghamshire
256	Pendle	89,300	Borough	Lancashire
257	Rushmoor	89,200	Borough	Hampshire
258	North West Leicestershire	88,800		Leicestershire
259	Spelthorne	88,500	Borough	Surrey
260	Sedgefield	87,800	Borough	Durham
261	Hart	87,800		Hampshire
262	South Derbyshire	87,700		Derbyshire
263	Burnley	87,700	Borough	Lancashire
264	Dartford	87,400	Borough	Kent
265	Fenland	87,200		Cambridgeshire
266	Castle Point	87,000	Borough	Essex
267	Lincoln	87,000	City (TI)	Lincolnshire
268	Broxbourne	86,400	Borough	Hertfordshire
269	Derwentside	86,300		Durham
270	Rother	86,000		East Sussex
271	Kettering	86,000	Borough	Northamptonshire
272	South Northamptonshire	86,000		Northamptonshire
273	East Dorset	85,200		Dorset
274	Babergh	85,100		Suffolk
275	Hambleton	85,000		North Yorkshire
276	West Lindsey	84,900		Lincolnshire
277	Hastings	84,600	Borough	East Sussex
278	Three Rivers	84,600		Hertfordshire
279	North Cornwall	84,100		Cornwall
280	Cotswold	83,100		Gloucestershire
281	South Hams	82,800		Devon
282	Caradon	82,100		Cornwall
283	Hyndburn	81,600	Borough	Lancashire
284	Blyth Valley	81,600	Borough	Northumberland
285	East Northamptonshire	81,500		Northamptonshire
286	Surrey Heath	81,500	Borough	Surrey
287	South Holland	81,200		Lincolnshire
288	Mole Valley	81,100		Surrey
289	Forest of Dean	80,900		Gloucestershire
290	Ellesmere Port and Neston	80,600	Borough	Cheshire
291	Harborough	80,400		Leicestershire
292	Runnymede	79,600	Borough	Surrey
293	Redditch	79,600	Borough	Worcestershire
294	Rochford	79,500		Essex
295	Tandridge	79,400		Surrey
296	Watford	79,300	Borough	Hertfordshire
297	Stevenage	79,000	Borough	Hertfordshire
298	East Cambridgeshire	78,500		Cambridgeshire
299	Tewkesbury	78,400	Borough	Gloucestershire
300	Harlow	77,700		Essex
301	Selby	77,600		North Yorkshire
302	Kennet	77,400		Wiltshire
303	Gosport	77,300	Borough	Hampshire
304	Fylde	76,400	Borough	Lancashire
305	Daventry	75,900		Northamptonshire
306	Malvern Hills	75,100		Worcestershire

50,000 to 75,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
307	Tamworth	74,200	Borough	Staffordshire
308	Wellingborough	73,900	Borough	Northamptonshire
309	Bolsover	73,200		Derbyshire
310	Mid Devon	73,000		Devon
311	Barrow-in-Furness	71,900	Borough	Cumbria
312	Copeland	71,500	Borough	Cumbria
313	Uttlesford	71,100		Essex
314	Brentwood	70,900	Borough	Essex
315	Derbyshire Dales	69,800		Derbyshire
316	Epsom and Ewell	68,500	Borough	Surrey
317	Rossendale	66,000	Borough	Lancashire
318	North Dorset	65,400		Dorset
319	Weymouth and Portland	64,600	Borough	Dorset
320	Penwith	64,000		Cornwall
321	South Bucks	63,500		Buckinghamshire
322	Forest Heath	63,100		Suffolk
323	Torridge	62,500		Devon
324	North Warwickshire	62,300	Borough	Warwickshire
325	Wear Valley	62,100		Durham
326	Wansbeck	61,700		Northumberland
327	Maldon	60,700		Essex
328	Tynedale	59,800		Northumberland
329	North Shropshire	59,100		Shropshire
330	Adur	59,100		West Sussex
331	Boston	58,000	Borough	Lincolnshire
332	Ribble Valley	56,900	Borough	Lancashire
333	Oadby and Wigston	56,000	Borough	Leicestershire
334	Craven	54,400		North Yorkshire
335	Corby	53,500	Borough	Northamptonshire
336	Chester-le-Street	53,200		Durham
337	Eden	52,800		Cumbria
338	Bridgnorth	52,200		Shropshire
339	Ryedale	52,000		North Yorkshire
340	Richmondshire	50,700		North Yorkshire
341	West Devon	50,600	Borough	Devon

25,000 to 50,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
342	Castle Morpeth	49,900	Borough	Northumberland
343	Melton	48,300	Borough	Leicestershire
344	Christchurch	45,100	Borough	Dorset
345	Purbeck	45,100		Dorset
346	South Shropshire	42,300		Shropshire
347	Oswestry	39,200	Borough	Shropshire
348	Rutland	37,300	Unitary authority	Rutland
349	West Somerset	35,500		Somerset
350	Alnwick	32,200		Northumberland
351	Berwick-upon-Tweed	26,200	Borough	Northumberland

Below 25,000

Rank	District	Population	Type & City status	Ceremonial county
352	Teesdale	24,900		Durham
353	City of London	9,200	Unitary authority, City (TI), sui generis	City of London
354	Isles of Scilly	2,100	Unitary authority, sui generis	Cornwall