List of English districts by population

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The figures are mid-year population estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics[1], updated to reflect the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.

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All listed below are non-metropolitan districts except for the London boroughs, metropolitan boroughs, the Isle of Wight and those that are labelled as sui generis.

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[edit] Over 300,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
1 Birmingham 1,010,200 Metropolitan borough, City (1889) West Midlands
2 Leeds 761,100 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) West Yorkshire
3 Sheffield 530,300 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) South Yorkshire
4 Cornwall 529,500 Unitary Authority Cornwall
5 County Durham 504,900 Unitary Authority County Durham
6 Bradford 497,400 Metropolitan borough, City (1897) West Yorkshire
7 Manchester 458,100 Metropolitan borough, City (1853) Greater Manchester
8 Wiltshire 452,500 Unitary Authority Wiltshire
9 Liverpool 435,500 Metropolitan borough, City (1880) Merseyside
10 Bristol 416,400 Unitary Authority, City (1542) Bristol
11 Kirklees 401,000 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire
12 Cheshire East 360,800 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
13 Croydon 339,500 London borough Greater London
14 East Riding of Yorkshire 333,000 Unitary Authority East Riding of Yorkshire
15 Barnet 329,700 London borough Greater London
16 Cheshire West and Chester 328,100 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
17 Wakefield 321,600 Metropolitan borough, City (1888) West Yorkshire
18 Northumberland 310,600 Unitary Authority Northumberland
19 Wirral 310,200 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
20 Coventry 306,700 Metropolitan borough, City (1345) West Midlands
21 Wigan 305,600 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
22 Dudley 305,400 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
23 Ealing 305,300 London borough Greater London
24 Bromley 300,700 London borough Greater London

[edit] 250,000 to 300,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
25 Leicester 292,600 Unitary Authority, City (1919) Leicestershire
26 Doncaster 291,100 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
27 Shropshire 290,900 Unitary Authority Shropshire
28 Nottingham 288,700 Unitary Authority, City (1897) Nottinghamshire
29 Sandwell 287,500 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
30 Enfield 285,100 London borough Greater London
31 Wandsworth 281,800 London borough Greater London
32 Stockport 280,900 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
33 Sunderland 280,300 Metropolitan borough, City (1992) Tyne and Wear
34 Sefton 276,200 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
35 Southwark 274,400 London borough Greater London
36 Lambeth 273,200 London borough Greater London
37 Newcastle upon Tyne 271,600 Metropolitan borough, City (1882) Tyne and Wear
38 Brent 270,000 London borough Greater London
39 Bolton 262,300 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
40 Lewisham 258,500 London borough Greater London
41 Hull 257,000 Unitary Authority, City (1299) East Riding of Yorkshire
42 South Gloucestershire 256,500 Unitary Authority Gloucestershire
43 Walsall 254,500 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
44 Redbridge 254,400 London borough Greater London
45 Brighton & Hove 253,500 Unitary Authority, City (2000) East Sussex
46 Rotherham 253,400 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
47 Medway 252,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Kent
48 Central Bedfordshire 252,100 Unitary Authority Bedfordshire
49 Hillingdon 250,700 London borough Greater London
50 Plymouth 250,700 Unitary Authority, City (1928) Devon

[edit] 200,000 to 250,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
51 Newham 249,600 London borough Greater London
52 Stoke-on-Trent 239,000 Unitary Authority, City (1925) Staffordshire
53 Derby 237,900 Unitary Authority, City (1977) Derbyshire
54 Wolverhampton 236,000 Metropolitan borough, City (2000) West Midlands
55 Westminster 234,100 London borough, City (1540) Greater London
56 Camden 231,900 London borough Greater London
57 Southampton 231,200 Unitary Authority, City (1964) Hampshire
58 Milton Keynes 228,400 Unitary Authority, Borough Buckinghamshire
59 Havering 228,400 London borough Greater London
60 Haringey 224,700 London borough Greater London
61 Barnsley 224,600 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
62 Greenwich 223,100 London borough Greater London
63 Waltham Forest 222,300 London borough Greater London
64 Bexley 222,100 London borough Greater London
65 Hounslow 220,600 London borough Greater London
66 Oldham 219,500 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
67 Salford 219,200 Metropolitan borough, City (1926) Greater Manchester
68 Tower Hamlets 215,300 London borough Greater London
69 Harrow 214,600 London borough Greater London
70 Tameside 214,400 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
71 Trafford 212,800 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
72 Hackney 209,700 London borough Greater London
73 Rochdale 206,100 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
74 North Somerset 204,700 Unitary Authority Somerset
75 Luton 203,800 Unitary Authority Bedfordshire
76 Solihull 203,600 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
77 Northampton 202,800 Borough Northamptonshire
78 Calderdale 200,100 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire

[edit] 150,000 to 200,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
79 Merton 199,300 London borough Greater London
80 Portsmouth 197,700 Unitary Authority, City (1926) Hampshire
81 North Tyneside 196,000 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
82 Warrington 195,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
83 York 193,300 Unitary Authority, City (TI) North Yorkshire
84 Gateshead 190,500 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
85 Stockton-on-Tees 190,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham and North Yorkshire
86 Swindon 189,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Wiltshire
87 Islington 187,800 London borough Greater London
88 Sutton 185,900 London borough Greater London
89 Bury 183,300 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
90 Richmond upon Thames 180,000 London borough Greater London
91 Kensington and Chelsea 178,600 London borough, Royal Borough Greater London
92 Herefordshire 178,400 Unitary Authority Herefordshire
93 Bath and North East Somerset 178,300 Unitary Authority Somerset
94 St Helens 177,400 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
95 Colchester 175,500 Borough Essex
96 New Forest 174,700 Hampshire
97 Aylesbury Vale 174,100 Buckinghamshire
98 Hammersmith and Fulham 172,500 London borough Greater London
99 Basildon 169,800 Essex
100 Huntingdonshire 167,700 Cambridgeshire
101 Barking and Dagenham 166,900 London borough Greater London
102 Charnwood 164,800 Borough Leicestershire
103 Chelmsford 164,500 Borough Essex
104 Peterborough 163,300 Unitary Authority, City (1541) Cambridgeshire
105 Bournemouth 163,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Dorset
106 Southend-on-Sea 162,000 Unitary Authority, Borough Essex
107 Telford and Wrekin 161,700 Unitary Authority, Borough Shropshire
108 Wycombe 161,400 Buckinghamshire
109 Basingstoke and Deane 160,100 Borough Hampshire
110 North Lincolnshire 159,400 Unitary Authority, Borough Lincolnshire
111 Harrogate 158,800 North Yorkshire
112 North East Lincolnshire 158,400 Unitary Authority, Borough Lincolnshire
113 Kingston upon Thames 157,900 London borough, Royal Borough Greater London
114 South Somerset 157,800 Somerset
115 Wokingham 156,600 Unitary Authority Berkshire
116 Oxford 155,000 City (1542) Oxfordshire
117 Bedford 154,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Bedfordshire
118 South Tyneside 151,000 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
119 Knowsley 150,900 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
120 West Berkshire 150,700 Unitary Authority Berkshire
121 Thurrock 150,000 Unitary Authority, Borough Essex

[edit] 125,000 to 150,000

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

[edit] 100,000 to 125,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
160 Suffolk Coastal 124,400 Suffolk
161 Newcastle-under-Lyme 124,300 Borough Staffordshire
162 Stafford 124,000 Staffordshire
163 Epping Forest (district) 123,300 Essex
164 Broadland 123,000 Norfolk
165 North Hertfordshire 122,500 Hertfordshire
166 Exeter 122,400 City (TI) Devon
167 Nuneaton and Bedworth 121,200 Borough Warwickshire
168 Ipswich 121,000 Borough Suffolk
169 Amber Valley 120,400 Borough Derbyshire
170 Eastleigh 120,100 Borough Hampshire
171 Slough 120,100 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
172 Cambridge 120,000 City (1951) Cambridgeshire
173 Halton 119,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
174 Stratford-on-Avon 117,800 Warwickshire
175 Waverley 117,800 Borough Surrey
176 South Norfolk 117,300 Norfolk
177 Waveney 117,300 Suffolk
178 Wychavon 117,100 Worcestershire
179 Vale of White Horse 117,000 Oxfordshire
180 Havant 116,900 Borough Hampshire
181 Ashfield 115,900 Nottinghamshire
182 Tonbridge and Malling 115,700 Borough Kent
183 Test Valley 114,700 Borough Hampshire
184 Gloucester 114,500 City (1541) Gloucestershire
185 Sevenoaks 114,300 Kent
186 Bracknell Forest 113,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
187 Newark and Sherwood 112,600 Nottinghamshire
188 Ashford 112,500 Borough Kent
189 Cheltenham 112,300 Borough Gloucestershire
190 Sedgemoor 112,200 Somerset
191 Bassetlaw 111,700 Nottinghamshire
192 Gedling 111,700 Borough Nottinghamshire
193 Winchester 111,300 City (TI) Hampshire
194 East Hampshire 111,000 Hampshire
195 Wyre 110,900 Borough Lancashire
196 Broxtowe 110,900 Borough Nottinghamshire
197 Stroud 110,700 Gloucestershire
198 Erewash 110,700 Borough Derbyshire
199 West Lancashire 109,800 Lancashire
200 Fareham 109,500 Borough Hampshire
201 Chichester 109,400 West Sussex
202 Mendip 109,100 Somerset
203 Rushcliffe 109,000 Borough Nottinghamshire
204 Scarborough 108,400 Borough North Yorkshire
205 East Staffordshire 108,300 Borough Staffordshire
206 Taunton Deane 108,200 Borough Somerset
207 Dover 106,700 Kent
208 Welwyn Hatfield 106,700 Hertfordshire
209 South Ribble 106,700 Borough Lancashire
210 South Staffordshire 106,300 Staffordshire
211 Tunbridge Wells 105,600 Borough Kent
212 South Lakeland 104,900 Cumbria
213 North Kesteven 104,800 Lincolnshire
214 Hinckley and Bosworth 104,400 Borough Leicestershire
215 Chorley 104,100 Borough Lancashire
216 Carlisle 103,500 City (TI) Cumbria
217 St Edmundsbury 102,900 Borough Suffolk
218 West Oxfordshire 101,600 Oxfordshire
219 North Norfolk 100,800 Norfolk
220 Chesterfield 100,600 Borough Derbyshire
221 Shepway 100,100 Kent
222 Mansfield 100,100 Nottinghamshire
223 Crawley 100,100 Borough West Sussex
224 Darlington 100,000 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham

[edit] 75,000 to 100,000

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

[edit] 50,000 to 75,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
294 Malvern Hills 74,300 Worcestershire
295 Bolsover 74,200 Derbyshire
296 Uttlesford 72,500 Essex
297 Barrow-in-Furness 71,800 Borough Cumbria
298 Brentwood 71,600 Borough Essex
299 Epsom and Ewell 70,900 Borough Surrey
300 Copeland 70,400 Borough Cumbria
301 Derbyshire Dales 70,200 Derbyshire
302 North Dorset 67,600 Dorset
303 Rossendale 67,000 Borough Lancashire
304 Weymouth and Portland 65,100 Borough Dorset
305 Torridge 65,000 Devon
306 South Bucks 64,300 Buckinghamshire
307 Forest Heath 63,200 Suffolk
308 Maldon 62,400 Essex
309 North Warwickshire 62,200 Borough Warwickshire
310 Adur 60,600 West Sussex
311 Boston 58,400 Borough Lincolnshire
312 Ribble Valley 58,300 Borough Lancashire
313 Oadby and Wigston 56,800 Borough Leicestershire
314 Craven 56,000 North Yorkshire
315 Corby 55,200 Borough Northamptonshire
316 Ryedale 53,300 North Yorkshire
317 West Devon 52,100 Borough Devon
318 Eden 51,900 Cumbria
319 Richmondshire 51,400 North Yorkshire

[edit] Below 50,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
320 Melton 49,200 Borough Leicestershire
321 Purbeck 45,800 Dorset
322 Christchurch 45,400 Borough Dorset
323 Rutland 38,400 Unitary Authority Rutland
324 West Somerset 35,400 Somerset
325 City of London 8,000 Unitary Authority, City (TI), sui generis City of London
326 Isles of Scilly 2,100 Unitary Authority, sui generis Cornwall

[edit] See also

  1. ^ [1]
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