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Population of Major Cities in the UK
Name of Place
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Name of Urban Area
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Major local government area
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Population
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London
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Greater London
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Greater London (county) 6,904,600
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7,926,000
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Birmingham
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West Midlands
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Birmingham (city) 1,009,000 Dudley, 305,000 Walsall 263,000 Wolverhampton 248,000, Solihull, 201,000
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2,360,000
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Manchester
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Greater Manchester
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Manchester (city) 435,000 Stockport 289,000 Bolton 264,000 Salford 230,000 Oldham 220,000 Rochdale 206,000
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2,337,000
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Glasgow
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Central Clydesdale
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Glasgow (city) 684,000 Motherwell 144,000 Paisley 84,000 Hamilton 52,000
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1,648,000
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Leeds
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West Yorkshire
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Leeds (city) 772,000 Bradford (city) 478,000
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1,581,000
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Tyneside
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Newcastle (city) 203,000
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797,000
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Liverpool
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Liverpool
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Liverpool (city) 479,000
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690,000
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Sheffield
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Sheffield
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Sheffield (city) 531,000
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673,000
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Nottingham
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Nottingham
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Nottingham (city) 283,000
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631,000
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Bristol
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Bristol
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Bristol (city) 397,000
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568,000
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh (city) 439,000
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527,000
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Brighton
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Brighton Worthing Littlehampton
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Brighton (town) 155,000
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495,000
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth (city) 190,000
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476,000
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Belfast
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Belfast
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Belfast (city) 288,000
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437,000
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Leicester
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Leicester
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Leicester (city) 285,000
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423,000
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Stoke-on-Trent
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The Potteries
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Stoke-on-Trent (city) 253,000
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389,000
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Middlesbrough
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Teeside
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Middlesbrough (town) 146,000
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380,000
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Bournemouth
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Bournemouth
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Bournemouth (town) 159,000
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376,000
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Coventry
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Coventry-Bedworth
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Coventry (city) 305,000
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348,000
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Hull
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Kingston-upon-Hull
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Hull (city) 269,000
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331,000
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Cardiff
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Cardiff
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Cardiff (city) 296,000
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326,000
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Southampton
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Southampton Eastleigh
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Southampton (city) 208,000
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322,000
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Preston
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Preston
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Preston (town) 131,000
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320,000
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Southend
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Southend
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Southend (town) 165,000
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299,000
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Blackpool
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Blackpool
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Blackpool (town) 152,000
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293,000
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Swansea
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Swansea
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Swansea (city) 188,000
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289,000
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Birkenhead
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Birkenhead
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Birkenhead (town) 99,000
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279,000
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Plymouth
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Plymouth
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Plymouth (city) 258,000
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258,000
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Rochester
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The Medway Town
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Rochester-upon-Medway (city) 148,000
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247,000
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Aldershot
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Aldershot
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Aldershot with Farnborough (Rushmoor borough) 87,700
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245,000
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Aberdeen
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Aberdeen
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Aberdeen (city) 217,000
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231,000
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Luton
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Luton - Dunstable
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Luton (town) 176,000
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228,000
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Derby
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Derby
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Derby (city) 227,000
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227,000
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Reading
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Reading
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Reading (town) 137,000
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220,000
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Sunderland
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Sunderland - Whitburn
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Part of Sunderland (city) 297,100
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202,000
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Norwich
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Norwich
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Norwich (city) 137,000
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199,000
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Northampton
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Northampton
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Northampton (town) 186,000
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186,000
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England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland Sizes
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Square miles
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England
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50, 363
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Scotland
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30,409
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Wales
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8,019
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Northern Ireland
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5,453
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Population (All 1993 estimates)
England
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47,837,300
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Scotland
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5,111,000
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Wales
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2,881,000
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Northern Ireland
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1,610,000
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