List of districts in South East England by population

This is a list of Local Government Districts in the South East England government region, in descending order of population (2021).

This table does not distinguish between non-metropolitan districts, unitary authorities and cities. It is not a table of urban populations, as many districts include non-urban hinterlands.

Rank	District	Population	Ceremonial county
1	Brighton & Hove	276,334	East Sussex
2	Medway	279,827	Kent
3	Milton Keynes	288,201	Buckinghamshire
4	Southampton	247,256	Hampshire
5	Portsmouth	206,828	Hampshire
6	Aylesbury Vale	align="center"	Buckinghamshire
7	New Forest	176,262	Hampshire
8	Basingstoke and Deane	185,656	Hampshire
9	Wycombe	align="center"	Buckinghamshire
10	Maidstone	176,712	Kent
11	Wokingham	178,169	Berkshire
12	Canterbury	156,554	Kent
13	Reading	173,170	Berkshire
14	Wealden	160,749	East Sussex
15	Arun	165,225	West Sussex
16	West Berkshire	161,865	Berkshire
17	Oxford	160,021	Oxfordshire
18	Windsor and Maidenhead	153,921	Berkshire
19	Slough	158,289	Berkshire
20	Mid Sussex	152,949	West Sussex
21	Guildford	143,929	Surrey
22	Cherwell	161,837	Oxfordshire
23	Swale	152,223	Kent
24	Reigate and Banstead	151,423	Surrey
25	Thanet	140,678	Kent
26	Isle of Wight	140,889	Isle of Wight
27	Horsham	147,487	West Sussex
28	South Oxfordshire	150,024	Oxfordshire
29	Elmbridge	139,369	Surrey
31	Vale of White Horse	139,487	Oxfordshire
30	Eastleigh	136,974	Hampshire
32	Tonbridge and Malling	132,386	Kent
33	Ashford	133,178	Kent
34	Havant	124,470	Hampshire
35	Waverley	128,878	Surrey
36	Test Valley	131,190	Hampshire
37	Winchester	127,916	Hampshire
38	Bracknell Forest	125,174	Berkshire
39	Chichester	124,531	West Sussex
40	Sevenoaks	120,841	Kent
41	East Hampshire	126,199	Hampshire
42	Tunbridge Wells	115,681	Kent
43	Fareham	114,993	Hampshire
44	Dover	116,595	Kent
45	Crawley	118,580	West Sussex
46	Folkestone and Hythe	110,056	Kent
47	Worthing	111,657	West Sussex
48	West Oxfordshire	115,161	Oxfordshire
49	Dartford	116,777	Kent
50	Gravesham	106,838	Kent
51	Eastbourne	101,593	East Sussex
52	Lewes	100,194	East Sussex
53	Woking	103,889	Surrey
54	Spelthorne	102,995	Surrey
55	Rushmoor	100,068	Hampshire
56	Hart	100,293	Hampshire
57	Chiltern	align="center"	Buckinghamshire
58	Rother	93,429	East Sussex
59	Hastings	90,959	East Sussex
60	Surrey Heath	90,645	Surrey
61	Tandridge	88,143	Surrey
62	Mole Valley	87,608	Surrey
63	Runnymede	87,739	Surrey
64	Gosport	82,178	Hampshire
65	Epsom and Ewell	80,998	Surrey
66	South Bucks	align="center"	Buckinghamshire
67	Adur	64,626	West Sussex

See also

• List of urban areas in England by population
• List of English counties 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 English districts by population