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POPULATION

Population of Major Cities in the UK

Name of Place

Name of Urban Area

Major local
government area

Population

London

Greater London

Greater London (county) 6,904,600

7,926,000

Birmingham

West Midlands

Birmingham (city) 1,009,000
Dudley,  305,000
Walsall 263,000
Wolverhampton 248,000, Solihull, 201,000

2,360,000

Manchester

Greater Manchester

Manchester (city) 435,000
Stockport  289,000
Bolton 264,000
Salford 230,000
Oldham 220,000
Rochdale  206,000

2,337,000

Glasgow

Central Clydesdale

Glasgow (city) 684,000
Motherwell 144,000
Paisley  84,000
Hamilton 52,000

1,648,000

Leeds

West Yorkshire

Leeds (city) 772,000
Bradford (city) 478,000

1,581,000

Newcastle upon Tyne

Tyneside

Newcastle (city) 203,000

797,000

Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool (city) 479,000

690,000

Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield (city) 531,000

673,000

Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham (city) 283,000

631,000

Bristol

Bristol

Bristol (city) 397,000

568,000

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh (city) 439,000

527,000

Brighton

Brighton Worthing Littlehampton

Brighton (town) 155,000

495,000

Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Portsmouth (city) 190,000

476,000

Belfast

Belfast

Belfast (city) 288,000

437,000

Leicester

Leicester

Leicester (city) 285,000

423,000

Stoke-on-Trent

The Potteries

Stoke-on-Trent (city) 253,000

389,000

Middlesbrough

Teeside

Middlesbrough (town) 146,000

380,000

Bournemouth

Bournemouth

Bournemouth (town) 159,000

376,000

Coventry

Coventry-Bedworth

Coventry (city) 305,000

348,000

Hull

Kingston-upon-Hull

Hull (city) 269,000

331,000

Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff (city) 296,000

326,000

Southampton

Southampton Eastleigh

Southampton (city) 208,000

322,000

Preston

Preston

Preston (town) 131,000

320,000

Southend

Southend

Southend (town) 165,000

299,000

Blackpool

Blackpool

Blackpool (town) 152,000

293,000

Swansea

Swansea

Swansea (city) 188,000

289,000

Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Birkenhead (town) 99,000

279,000

Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth (city) 258,000

258,000

Rochester

The Medway Town

Rochester-upon-Medway (city) 148,000

247,000

Aldershot

Aldershot

Aldershot with Farnborough
(Rushmoor borough)  87,700

245,000

Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen (city) 217,000

231,000

Luton

Luton - Dunstable

Luton (town) 176,000

228,000

Derby

Derby

Derby (city) 227,000

227,000

Reading

Reading

Reading (town) 137,000

220,000

Sunderland

Sunderland - Whitburn

Part of Sunderland (city) 297,100

202,000

Norwich

Norwich

Norwich (city) 137,000

199,000

Northampton

Northampton

Northampton (town) 186,000

186,000



England, Scotland, Wales &  Northern Ireland Sizes

Square miles

England

50, 363

Scotland

30,409

Wales

8,019

Northern Ireland

5,453



Population
(All 1993  estimates)

England

47,837,300

Scotland

5,111,000

Wales

2,881,000

Northern Ireland

1,610,000