List of English counties by population
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This is a list of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and unitary authorities of England by population.
It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure, metropolitan counties and unitary authorities.
In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a county the population of the unitary authority is shown separately. For example, Luton is shown separately from the population figure for Bedfordshire.
| Rank | County | Population | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greater London | 7,172,000 | |
| 2 | West Midlands | 2,555,592 | metropolitan county |
| 3 | Greater Manchester | 2,482,328 | metropolitan county |
| 4 | West Yorkshire | 2,079,211 | metropolitan county |
| 5 | Merseyside | 1,362,026 | metropolitan county |
| 6 | Kent | 1,329,718 | two-tier |
| 7 | Essex | 1,310,835 | two-tier |
| 8 | South Yorkshire | 1,266,338 | metropolitan county |
| 9 | Hampshire | 1,240,103 | two-tier |
| 10 | Lancashire | 1,134,974 | two-tier |
| 11 | Tyne and Wear | 1,075,938 | metropolitan county |
| 12 | Surrey | 1,059,015 | two-tier |
| 13 | Hertfordshire | 1,033,977 | two-tier |
| 14 | Staffordshire | 806,744 | two-tier |
| 15 | Berkshire | 800,118 | two-tier |
| 16 | Nottinghamshire | 748,510 | two-tier |
| 17 | Derbyshire | 734,585 | two-tier |
| 18 | Norfolk | 796,728 | two-tier |
| 19 | West Sussex | 753,614 | two-tier |
| 20 | Devon | 704,493 | two-tier |
| 21 | Cheshire | 673,788 | two-tier |
| 22 | Suffolk | 668,553 | two-tier |
| 23 | Lincolnshire | 646,645 | two-tier |
| 24 | Leicestershire | 609,578 | two-tier |
| 25 | Oxfordshire | 605,488 | two-tier |
| 26 | Northamptonshire | 629,676 | two-tier |
| 27 | North Yorkshire | 569,660 | two-tier |
| 28 | Gloucestershire | 564,559 | two-tier |
| 29 | Cambridgeshire | 552,658 | two-tier |
| 30 | Worcestershire | 542,107 | two-tier |
| 31 | Warwickshire | 505,860 | two-tier |
| 32 | Cornwall (inc Scilly) | 501,267 | two-tier |
| 33 | Somerset | 498,093 | two-tier |
| 34 | Durham | 493,470 | two-tier |
| 35 | East Sussex | 492,324 | two-tier |
| 36 | Cumbria | 487,607 | two-tier |
| 37 | Buckinghamshire | 479,026 | two-tier |
| 38 | Wiltshire | 432,973 | two-tier |
| 39 | Dorset | 390,980 | two-tier |
| 40 | Bedfordshire | 381,572 | two-tier |
| 41 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 314,113 | unitary |
| 42 | Northumberland | 307,190 | two-tier |
| 43 | Leicester | 279,921 | unitary |
| 44 | Nottingham | 266,988 | unitary |
| 45 | Medway | 249,488 | unitary |
| 46 | Bristol | 380,615 | unitary |
| 47 | Shropshire | 283,173 | two-tier |
| 48 | Brighton and Hove | 247,817 | unitary |
| 49 | Hull | 243,589 | unitary |
| 50 | South Gloucestershire | 245,641 | unitary |
| 51 | Plymouth | 240,720 | unitary |
| 52 | Stoke-on-Trent | 240,636 | unitary |
| 53 | Derby | 221,708 | unitary |
| 54 | Southampton | 217,445 | unitary |
| 55 | Milton Keynes | 207,057 | unitary |
| 56 | North Somerset | 188,564 | unitary |
| 57 | Portsmouth | 186,701 | unitary |
| 58 | Luton | 184,371 | unitary |
| 59 | York | 181,094 | unitary |
| 60 | Swindon | 180,051 | unitary |
| 61 | Stockton-on-Tees | 178,408 | unitary |
| 62 | Herefordshire | 174,871 | unitary |
| 63 | Bath and North East Somerset | 169,040 | unitary |
| 64 | Bournemouth | 163,444 | unitary |
| 65 | Southend-on-Sea | 160,257 | unitary |
| 66 | Telford and Wrekin | 158,325 | unitary |
| 67 | North East Lincolnshire | 157,979 | unitary |
| 68 | Peterborough | 156,061 | unitary |
| 69 | North Lincolnshire | 152,849 | unitary |
| 70 | Thurrock | 143,128 | unitary |
| 71 | Blackpool | 142,283 | unitary |
| 72 | Redcar and Cleveland | 139,132 | unitary |
| 73 | Poole | 138,288 | unitary |
| 74 | Blackburn with Darwen | 137,470 | unitary |
| 75 | Middlesbrough | 134,855 | unitary |
| 76 | Isle of Wight | 132,731 | unitary |
| 77 | Torbay | 129,706 | unitary |
| 78 | Halton | 118,208 | unitary |
| 79 | Darlington | 97,838 | unitary |
| 80 | Hartlepool | 88,611 | unitary |
| 81 | Rutland | 34,563 | unitary |
| Lists of English counties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All counties; | By area | By population | By population density | By highest point | |
| Ceremonial counties; | By area | By population | By population density | ||
| Non-metropolitan counties; | By area | By population | By population density | ||
| Current structure of subnational entities in England (2006) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region level: | Region | Region | Region | Region | |
| County level: | Metropolitan county | Shire county | Unitary authority | Greater London | |
| District level: | Metropolitan district | Shire district | n/a | London borough | |
| Parish level: | (Civil parish) | (Civil parish) | (Civil parish) | n/a | |
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