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List of English districts by population

 
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The figures are mid-year population estimates for 2008 from the Office for National Statistics.

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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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More than 300,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
1 Birmingham 1,016,800 Metropolitan borough, City (1889) West Midlands
2 Leeds 770,800 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) West Yorkshire
3 Sheffield 534,500 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) South Yorkshire
4 Cornwall 532,200 Unitary Authority Cornwall
5 County Durham 508,500 Unitary Authority County Durham
6 Bradford 501,700 Metropolitan borough, City (1897) West Yorkshire
7 Manchester 464,200 Metropolitan borough, City (1853) Greater Manchester
8 Wiltshire 455,500 Unitary Authority Wiltshire
9 Liverpool 434,900 Metropolitan borough, City (1880) Merseyside
10 Bristol 421,300 Unitary Authority, City (1542) Bristol
11 Kirklees 403,900 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire
12 Cheshire East 361,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
13 Croydon 341,800 London borough Greater London
14 East Riding of Yorkshire 335,000 Unitary Authority East Riding of Yorkshire
15 Barnet 331,500 London borough Greater London
16 Cheshire West and Chester 328,600 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
17 Wakefield 322,300 Metropolitan borough, City (1888) West Yorkshire
18 Northumberland 311,000 Unitary Authority Northumberland
19 Coventry 309,800 Metropolitan borough, City (1345) West Midlands
20 Wirral 309,500 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
21 Ealing 309,000 London borough Greater London
22 Wigan 306,800 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
23 Dudley 306,500 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
24 Bromley 302,600 London borough Greater London

250,000 to 300,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
25 Leicester 294,700 Unitary Authority, City (1919) Leicestershire
26 Shropshire 292,800 Unitary Authority Shropshire
27 Nottingham 292,400 Unitary Authority, City (1897) Nottinghamshire
28 Doncaster 291,600 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
29 Sandwell 289,100 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
30 Enfield 287,600 London borough Greater London
31 Wandsworth 284,000 London borough Greater London
32 Stockport 281,000 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
33 Sunderland 280,300 Metropolitan borough, City (1992) Tyne and Wear
34 Southwark 278,000 London borough Greater London
35 Sefton 275,100 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
36 Lambeth 274,500 London borough Greater London
37 Newcastle upon Tyne 273,600 Metropolitan borough, City (1882) Tyne and Wear
38 Brent 270,600 London borough Greater London
39 Bolton 262,800 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
40 Lewisham 261,600 London borough Greater London
41 Hull 258,700 Unitary Authority, City (1299) East Riding of Yorkshire
42 South Gloucestershire 257,700 Unitary Authority Gloucestershire
43 Redbridge 257,600 London borough Greater London
44 Brighton & Hove 256,600 Unitary Authority, City (2000) East Sussex
45 Walsall 255,400 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
46 Central Bedfordshire 255,000 Unitary Authority Bedfordshire
47 Rotherham 253,900 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
48 Medway 253,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Kent
49 Hillingdon 253,200 London borough Greater London
50 Plymouth 252,800 Unitary Authority, City (1928) Devon

200,000 to 250,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
51 Newham 249,500 London borough Greater London
52 Stoke-on-Trent 240,100 Unitary Authority, City (1925) Staffordshire
53 Derby 239,200 Unitary Authority, City (1977) Derbyshire
54 Wolverhampton 236,400 Metropolitan borough, City (2000) West Midlands
55 Westminster 236,000 London borough, City (1540) Greater London
56 Camden 235,700 London borough Greater London
57 Southampton 234,600 Unitary Authority, City (1964) Hampshire
58 Milton Keynes 232,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Buckinghamshire
59 Havering 230,100 London borough Greater London
60 Haringey 226,200 London borough Greater London
61 Barnsley 225,900 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
62 Bexley 223,300 London borough Greater London
63 Waltham Forest 223,200 London borough Greater London
64 Greenwich 222,900 London borough Greater London
65 Hounslow 222,600 London borough Greater London
66 Salford 221,300 Metropolitan borough, City (1926) Greater Manchester
67 Tower Hamlets 220,500 London borough Greater London
68 Oldham 219,700 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
69 Harrow 216,200 London borough Greater London
70 Tameside 215,500 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
71 Trafford 212,800 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
72 Hackney 212,200 London borough Greater London
73 North Somerset 206,800 Unitary Authority Somerset
74 Rochdale 206,300 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
75 Solihull 205,500 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
76 Northampton 205,200 Borough Northamptonshire
77 Calderdale 201,800 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire
78 Merton 201,400 London borough Greater London
79 Portsmouth 200,000 Unitary Authority, City (1926) Hampshire

150,000 to 200,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
80 North Tyneside 197,300 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
81 Warrington 196,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
82 York 195,400 Unitary Authority, City (TI) North Yorkshire
83 Swindon 192,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Wiltshire
84 Stockton-on-Tees 191,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham and North Yorkshire
85 Luton 191,800 Unitary Authority, Borough Bedfordshire
86 Islington 190,900 London borough Greater London
87 Gateshead 190,600 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
88 Sutton 187,600 London borough Greater London
89 Bury 183,100 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
90 Colchester 181,000 Borough Essex
91 Bath and North East Somerset 180,300 Unitary Authority Somerset
92 Kensington and Chelsea 180,300 London borough, Royal Borough Greater London
93 Richmond upon Thames 180,100 London borough Greater London
94 Herefordshire 179,300 Unitary Authority Herefordshire
95 St Helens 177,500 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
96 Aylesbury Vale 176,000 Buckinghamshire
97 New Forest 175,400 Hampshire
98 Basildon 172,600 Essex
99 Hammersmith and Fulham 172,200 London borough Greater London
100 Huntingdonshire 168,900 Cambridgeshire
101 Barking and Dagenham 168,900 London borough Greater London
102 Chelmsford 167,100 Borough Essex
103 Charnwood 167,100 Borough Leicestershire
104 Southend-on-Sea 164,300 Unitary Authority, Borough Essex
105 Peterborough 164,000 Unitary Authority, City (1541) Cambridgeshire
106 Bournemouth 163,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Dorset
107 Telford and Wrekin 162,100 Unitary Authority, Borough Shropshire
108 Basingstoke and Deane 161,700 Borough Hampshire
109 Wycombe 161,500 Buckinghamshire
110 Harrogate 160,500 North Yorkshire
111 North Lincolnshire 160,300 Unitary Authority, Borough Lincolnshire
112 Kingston upon Thames 160,100 London borough, Royal Borough Greater London
113 Wokingham 159,100 Unitary Authority Berkshire
114 South Somerset 158,700 Somerset
115 North East Lincolnshire 158,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Lincolnshire
116 Bedford 155,700 Unitary Authority, Borough Bedfordshire
117 Oxford 153,900 City (1542) Oxfordshire
118 West Berkshire 152,800 Unitary Authority Berkshire
119 Thurrock 151,600 Unitary Authority, Borough Essex
120 South Tyneside 151,600 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
121 Knowsley 150,800 Metropolitan borough Merseyside

125,000 to 150,000

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

100,000 to 125,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
161 Stafford 124,700 Staffordshire
162 Newcastle-under-Lyme 124,700 Borough Staffordshire
163 Epping Forest (district) 123,900 Essex
164 North Hertfordshire 123,800 Hertfordshire
165 Exeter 123,500 City (TI) Devon
166 Broadland 123,300 Norfolk
167 Cambridge 122,800 City (1951) Cambridgeshire
168 Ipswich 122,300 Borough Suffolk
169 Nuneaton and Bedworth 122,000 Borough Warwickshire
170 Slough 121,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
171 Amber Valley 121,100 Borough Derbyshire
172 Eastleigh 121,000 Borough Hampshire
173 Halton 119,800 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
174 South Norfolk 119,200 Norfolk
175 Stratford-on-Avon 118,800 Warwickshire
176 Waverley 118,700 Borough Surrey
177 Waveney 117,700 Suffolk
178 Havant 117,600 Borough Hampshire
179 Wychavon 117,300 Worcestershire
180 Tonbridge and Malling 117,100 Borough Kent
181 Vale of White Horse 116,900 Oxfordshire
182 Ashfield 116,500 Nottinghamshire
183 Test Valley 115,400 Borough Hampshire
184 Gloucester 115,300 City (1541) Gloucestershire
185 Sevenoaks 114,700 Kent
186 Bracknell Forest 114,700 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
187 Ashford 113,500 Borough Kent
188 Newark and Sherwood 113,300 Nottinghamshire
189 Sedgemoor 112,800 Somerset
190 Winchester 112,700 City (TI) Hampshire
191 Bassetlaw 112,200 Nottinghamshire
192 Gedling 112,100 Borough Nottinghamshire
193 Broxtowe 112,000 Borough Nottinghamshire
194 Cheltenham 112,000 Borough Gloucestershire
195 East Hampshire 111,700 Hampshire
196 Erewash 111,300 Borough Derbyshire
197 Wyre 110,900 Borough Lancashire
198 Stroud 110,700 Gloucestershire
199 Chichester 110,500 West Sussex
200 Fareham 110,300 Borough Hampshire
201 Mendip 110,100 Somerset
202 Rushcliffe 109,800 Borough Nottinghamshire
203 West Lancashire 109,400 Lancashire
204 East Staffordshire 109,100 Borough Staffordshire
205 Taunton Deane 108,700 Borough Somerset
206 Scarborough 108,500 Borough North Yorkshire
207 Welwyn Hatfield 108,300 Hertfordshire
208 Tunbridge Wells 107,400 Borough Kent
209 South Ribble 107,200 Borough Lancashire
210 Dover 106,900 Kent
211 South Staffordshire 106,400 Staffordshire
212 North Kesteven 106,100 Lincolnshire
213 Hinckley and Bosworth 105,200 Borough Leicestershire
214 Chorley 104,800 Borough Lancashire
215 South Lakeland 104,400 Cumbria
216 Carlisle 103,700 City (TI) Cumbria
217 St Edmundsbury 103,700 Borough Suffolk
218 West Oxfordshire 101,600 Oxfordshire
219 North Norfolk 101,500 Norfolk
220 Crawley 101,300 Borough West Sussex
221 Chesterfield 100,800 Borough Derbyshire
222 Mansfield 100,600 Nottinghamshire
223 Darlington 100,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham
224 Worthing 100,200 Borough West Sussex
225 Shepway 100,100 Kent

75,000 to 100,000

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

50,000 to 75,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
294 Malvern Hills 74,800 Worcestershire
295 Bolsover 74,300 Derbyshire
296 Uttlesford 73,700 Essex
297 Brentwood 73,200 Borough Essex
298 Epsom and Ewell 72,400 Borough Surrey
299 Barrow-in-Furness 71,800 Borough Cumbria
300 Derbyshire Dales 70,700 Derbyshire
301 Copeland 70,300 Borough Cumbria
302 North Dorset 67,900 Dorset
303 Rossendale 67,300 Borough Lancashire
304 Torridge 65,600 Devon
305 Weymouth and Portland 65,000 Borough Dorset
306 South Bucks 64,800 Buckinghamshire
307 Forest Heath 64,700 Suffolk
308 Maldon 63,100 Essex
309 North Warwickshire 62,300 Borough Warwickshire
310 Adur 60,700 West Sussex
311 Ribble Valley 58,500 Borough Lancashire
312 Boston 58,300 Borough Lincolnshire
313 Oadby and Wigston 57,200 Borough Leicestershire
314 Craven 56,200 North Yorkshire
315 Corby 55,800 Borough Northamptonshire
316 Ryedale 53,500 North Yorkshire
317 West Devon 52,900 Borough Devon
318 Eden 51,900 Cumbria
319 Richmondshire 51,500 North Yorkshire

Below 50,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
320 Melton 49,300 Borough Leicestershire
321 Purbeck 46,000 Dorset
322 Christchurch 45,800 Borough Dorset
323 Rutland 39,200 Unitary Authority Rutland
324 West Somerset 35,500 Somerset
325 City of London 7,900 Unitary Authority, City (TI), sui generis City of London
326 Isles of Scilly 2,100 Unitary Authority, sui generis Cornwall

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