List of English districts by population 

The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 1

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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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 Bradford 497,400 Metropolitan borough, City (1897) West Yorkshire
5 Manchester 458,100 Metropolitan borough, City (1853) Greater Manchester
6 Liverpool 435,500 Metropolitan borough, City (1880) Merseyside
7 Bristol 416,400 Unitary Authority, City (1542) Bristol
8 Kirklees 401,000 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire
9 Croydon 339,500 London borough Greater London
10 East Riding of Yorkshire 333,000 Unitary Authority East Riding of Yorkshire
11 Barnet 329,700 London borough Greater London
12 Wakefield 321,600 Metropolitan borough, City (1888) West Yorkshire
13 Wirral 310,200 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
14 Coventry 306,700 Metropolitan borough, City (1345) West Midlands
15 Wigan 305,600 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
16 Dudley 305,400 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
17 Ealing 305,300 London borough Greater London
18 Bromley 300,700 London borough Greater London

250,000 to 300,000

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

200,000 to 250,000

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

150,000 to 200,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
70 Merton 199,300 London borough Greater London
71 Portsmouth 197,700 Unitary Authority, City (1926) Hampshire
72 North Tyneside 196,000 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
73 Warrington 195,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
74 York 193,300 Unitary Authority, City (TI) North Yorkshire
75 Gateshead 190,500 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
76 Stockton-on-Tees 190,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham and North Yorkshire
77 Swindon 189,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Wiltshire
78 Luton 188,800 Unitary Authority, Borough Bedfordshire
79 Islington 187,800 London borough Greater London
80 Sutton 185,900 London borough Greater London
81 Bury 183,300 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
82 Richmond upon Thames 180,000 London borough Greater London
83 Kensington and Chelsea 178,600 London borough, Royal Borough Greater London
84 Herefordshire 178,400 Unitary Authority Herefordshire
85 Bath and North East Somerset 178,300 Unitary Authority Somerset
86 St Helens 177,400 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
87 Colchester 175,500 Borough Essex
88 New Forest 174,700 Hampshire
89 Aylesbury Vale 174,100 Buckinghamshire
90 Hammersmith and Fulham 172,500 London borough Greater London
91 Basildon 169,800 Essex
92 Huntingdonshire 167,700 Cambridgeshire
93 Barking and Dagenham 166,900 London borough Greater London
94 Charnwood 164,800 Borough Leicestershire
95 Chelmsford 164,500 Borough Essex
96 Peterborough 163,300 Unitary Authority, City (1541) Cambridgeshire
97 Bournemouth 163,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Dorset
98 Southend-on-Sea 162,000 Unitary Authority, Borough Essex
99 Telford and Wrekin 161,700 Unitary Authority, Borough Shropshire
100 Wycombe 161,400 Buckinghamshire
101 Basingstoke and Deane 160,100 Borough Hampshire
102 North Lincolnshire 159,400 Unitary Authority, Borough Lincolnshire
103 Harrogate 158,800 North Yorkshire
104 North East Lincolnshire 158,400 Unitary Authority, Borough Lincolnshire
105 Kingston upon Thames 157,900 London borough, Royal Borough Greater London
106 South Somerset 157,800 Somerset
107 Wokingham 156,600 Unitary Authority Berkshire
108 Bedford 154,900 Borough Bedfordshire
109 Macclesfield 151,600 Borough Cheshire
110 Oxford 151,000 City (1542) Oxfordshire
111 South Tyneside 151,000 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
112 Knowsley 150,900 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
113 West Berkshire 150,700 Unitary Authority Berkshire
114 Thurrock 150,000 Unitary Authority, Borough Essex

125,000 to 150,000

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

100,000 to 125,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
157 Suffolk Coastal 124,400 Suffolk
158 Newcastle-under-Lyme 124,300 Borough Staffordshire
159 Stafford 124,000 Staffordshire
160 Epping Forest (district) 123,300 Essex
161 Broadland 123,000 Norfolk
162 North Hertfordshire 122,500 Hertfordshire
163 Exeter 122,400 City (TI) Devon
164 Nuneaton and Bedworth 121,200 Borough Warwickshire
165 Ipswich 121,000 Borough Suffolk
166 Amber Valley 120,400 Borough Derbyshire
167 Eastleigh 120,100 Borough Hampshire
168 Slough 120,100 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
169 Cambridge 120,000 City (1951) Cambridgeshire
170 Chester 119,900 City (1541) Cheshire
171 Halton 119,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
172 South Bedfordshire 118,200 Bedfordshire
173 Stratford-on-Avon 117,800 Warwickshire
174 Waverley 117,800 Borough Surrey
175 South Norfolk 117,300 Norfolk
176 Waveney 117,300 Suffolk
177 Wychavon 117,100 Worcestershire
178 Vale of White Horse 117,000 Oxfordshire
179 Havant 116,900 Borough Hampshire
180 Crewe and Nantwich 116,600 Borough Cheshire
181 Ashfield 115,900 Nottinghamshire
182 Salisbury 115,800 Wiltshire
183 Tonbridge and Malling 115,700 Borough Kent
184 Test Valley 114,700 Borough Hampshire
185 Gloucester 114,500 City (1541) Gloucestershire
186 Sevenoaks 114,300 Kent
187 Bracknell Forest 113,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
188 Newark and Sherwood 112,600 Nottinghamshire
189 Ashford 112,500 Borough Kent
190 Cheltenham 112,300 Borough Gloucestershire
191 Sedgemoor 112,200 Somerset
192 Bassetlaw 111,700 Nottinghamshire
193 Gedling 111,700 Borough Nottinghamshire
194 Winchester 111,300 City (TI) Hampshire
195 East Hampshire 111,000 Hampshire
196 Broxtowe 110,900 Borough Nottinghamshire
197 Wyre 110,900 Borough Lancashire
198 Erewash 110,700 Borough Derbyshire
199 Stroud 110,700 Gloucestershire
200 West Lancashire 109,800 Lancashire
201 Fareham 109,500 Borough Hampshire
202 Chichester 109,400 West Sussex
203 Mendip 109,100 Somerset
204 Rushcliffe 109,000 Borough Nottinghamshire
205 Scarborough 108,400 Borough North Yorkshire
206 East Staffordshire 108,300 Borough Staffordshire
207 Taunton Deane 108,200 Borough Somerset
208 Dover 106,700 Kent
209 South Ribble 106,700 Borough Lancashire
210 Welwyn Hatfield 106,700 Hertfordshire
211 South Staffordshire 106,300 Staffordshire
212 Tunbridge Wells 105,600 Borough Kent
213 South Lakeland 104,900 Cumbria
214 North Kesteven 104,800 Lincolnshire
215 Hinckley and Bosworth 104,400 Borough Leicestershire
216 Chorley 104,100 Borough Lancashire
217 Carlisle 103,500 City (TI) Cumbria
218 Restormel 103,000 Borough Cornwall
219 St Edmundsbury 102,900 Borough Suffolk
220 West Oxfordshire 101,600 Oxfordshire
221 North Norfolk 100,800 Norfolk
222 Chesterfield 100,600 Borough Derbyshire
223 Crawley 100,100 Borough West Sussex
224 Mansfield 100,100 Nottinghamshire
225 Shepway 100,100 Kent
226 Darlington 100,000 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham

75,000 to 100,000

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

50,000 to 75,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
309 Malvern Hills 74,300 Worcestershire
310 Bolsover 74,200 Derbyshire
311 Uttlesford 72,500 Essex
312 Barrow-in-Furness 71,800 Borough Cumbria
313 Brentwood 71,600 Borough Essex
314 Epsom and Ewell 70,900 Borough Surrey
315 Copeland 70,400 Borough Cumbria
316 Derbyshire Dales 70,200 Derbyshire
317 North Dorset 67,600 Dorset
318 Rossendale 67,000 Borough Lancashire
319 Weymouth and Portland 65,100 Borough Dorset
320 Penwith 65,000 Cornwall
321 Torridge 65,000 Devon
322 South Bucks 64,300 Buckinghamshire
323 Forest Heath 63,200 Suffolk
324 Wear Valley 63,100 Durham
325 Maldon 62,400 Essex
326 North Warwickshire 62,200 Borough Warwickshire
327 Wansbeck 61,700 Northumberland
328 Adur 60,600 West Sussex
329 North Shropshire 60,000 Shropshire
330 Tynedale 59,500 Northumberland
331 Boston 58,400 Borough Lincolnshire
332 Ribble Valley 58,300 Borough Lancashire
333 Oadby and Wigston 56,800 Borough Leicestershire
334 Craven 56,000 North Yorkshire
335 Corby 55,200 Borough Northamptonshire
336 Ryedale 53,300 North Yorkshire
337 Chester-le-Street 53,200 Durham
338 West Devon 52,100 Borough Devon
339 Eden 51,900 Cumbria
340 Bridgnorth 51,800 Shropshire
341 Richmondshire 51,400 North Yorkshire

Below 50,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
342 Castle Morpeth 49,800 Borough Northumberland
343 Melton 49,200 Borough Leicestershire
344 Purbeck 45,800 Dorset
345 Christchurch 45,400 Borough Dorset
346 South Shropshire 42,500 Shropshire
347 Oswestry 40,400 Borough Shropshire
348 Rutland 38,400 Unitary Authority Rutland
349 West Somerset 35,400 Somerset
350 Alnwick 32,300 Northumberland
351 Berwick-upon-Tweed 26,000 Borough Northumberland
352 Teesdale 24,800 Durham
353 City of London 8,000 Unitary Authority, City (TI), sui generis City of London
354 Isles of Scilly 2,100 Unitary Authority, sui generis Cornwall

References

  1. ^ www.statistics.gov.uk

See also