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