List of cities and towns in the United Kingdom by population

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This is a list of cities and towns in the United Kingdom with a population of over 100,000 as of the 2011 Census. It includes Greater London and London boroughs.

Cities and towns

The city/town population refers to the built-up area or the built-up area sub-division population, it's not same as the population of its council. For example, Leeds had a town (built-up) population of about 475,000 in 2011 but the Leeds Council area also includes the Yorkshire countryside and smaller towns around it, and controls a population of 750,000.

London
Birmingham
Glasgow
Liverpool
Bristol
Sheffield
Manchester
Leeds
Edinburgh
Leicester
2011 Rank City/Town Population
(2011 Census)[1][2]		 Regions Countries
1 London[Notes 1] 8,173,941 Greater London England
2 Birmingham 1,085,810 West Midlands England
3 Glasgow 590,507 Scotland Scotland
4 Liverpool 552,267 North West England
5 Bristol 535,907 South West England
6 Sheffield 518,090 Yorkshire and the Humber England
7 Manchester 510,746 North West England
8 Leeds 474,632 Yorkshire and the Humber England
9 Edinburgh 459,366 Scotland Scotland
10 Leicester 443,760 East Midlands England
11 Bradford 349,561 Yorkshire and the Humber England
12 Cardiff 335,145 Wales Wales
13 Coventry 325,949 West Midlands England
14 Nottingham 289,301 East Midlands England
15 Kingston upon Hull 284,321 Yorkshire and the Humber England
16 Belfast 280,211 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
17 Stoke-on-Trent 270,726 West Midlands England
18 Newcastle upon Tyne 268,064 North East England
19 Wolverhampton 265,178 West Midlands England
20 Derby 255,394 East Midlands England
21 Southampton 253,651 South East England
22 Portsmouth 238,137 South East England
23 Plymouth 234,982 South West England
24 Brighton and Hove 229,700 South East England
25 City of Westminster 218,791 Greater London England
26 Reading 218,705 South East England
27 Northampton 215,173 East Midlands England
28 Luton 211,228 East of England England
29 Aberdeen 195,021 Scotland Scotland
30 Bolton 194,189 North West England
31 Bournemouth 187,503 South West England
32 Norwich 186,682 East of England England
33 Swindon 182,441 South West England
34 Swansea 179,485 Wales Wales
35 Southend-on-Sea 175,547 East of England England
36 Middlesbrough 174,700 North East England
37 Sunderland 174,286 North East England
38 Milton Keynes 171,750 South East England
39 Warrington 165,456 North West England
40 Huddersfield 162,949 Yorkshire and the Humber England
41 Peterborough 161,707 East of England England
42 Oxford 159,994 South East England
43 Slough 155,298 South East England
44 Poole 154,718 South West England
45 York 152,841 Yorkshire and the Humber England
46 Blackpool 147,663 North West England
47 Dundee 147,285 Scotland Scotland
48 Cambridge 145,818 East of England England
49 Ipswich 144,957 East of England England
50 Birkenhead 142,968 North West England
51 Telford 142,723 West Midlands England
52 Gloucester 136,362 South West England
53 Sale 134,022 North West England
54 Watford 131,982 East of England England
55 Newport 128,060 Wales Wales
56 Solihull 123,187 West Midlands England
57 High Wycombe 120,256 South East England
58 Gateshead 120,046 North East England
59 Colchester 119,441 East of England England
60 Blackburn 117,963 North West England
61 Cheltenham 116,447 South West England
62 Exeter 113,507 South West England
63 Chelmsford 110,507 East of England England
64 Doncaster 109,805 Yorkshire and the Humber England
65 Rotherham 109,691 Yorkshire and the Humber England
66 Eastbourne 109,185 South East England
67 Worthing 109,120 South East England
68 Sutton Coldfield 109,015 West Midlands England
69 Rochdale 107,926 North West England
70 Maidstone 107,627 South East England
71 Basingstoke 107,355 South East England
72 Basildon 107,123 South East England
73 Crawley 106,943 South East England
74 Stockport 105,878 North West England
75 Woking 105,367 South East England
76 Gillingham 104,157 South East England
77 Salford 103,886 North West England
78 Wigan 103,608 North West England
79 St. Helens 102,885 North West England
80 Lincoln 100,160 East Midlands England
81 Worcester 100,153 West Midlands England

Notes

  1. ↑ Refers to Greater London which is composed of 32 independent borough councils and the City of London

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2011 Census, Key Statistics for Built-Up Areas in England and Wales released by the ONS on 28 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Settlements and Localities. National Records of Scotland

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