List of English districts by population

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This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. The populations are 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, using the unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Support Grants [1].

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1 Over 300,000

Over 300,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
1	Birmingham	989,956	Metropolitan borough, City (1889)	West Midlands
2	Leeds	716,513	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
3	Sheffield	512,242	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
4	Bradford	473,374	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
5	Liverpool	441,477	Metropolitan borough, City (1880)	Merseyside
6	Manchester	422,302	Metropolitan borough, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
7	Kirklees	389,486	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
8	Bristol	381,618	Unitary, City (1542)	Bristol
9	Croydon	336,583	London borough	Greater London
10	Barnet	320,384	London borough	Greater London
11	East Riding of Yorkshire	317,502	Unitary, District	East Riding of Yorkshire
12	Wakefield	316,415	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
13	Wirral	310,209	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
14	Ealing	308,419	London borough	Greater London
15	Dudley	304,830	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
16	Coventry	304,746	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
17	Wigan	301,639	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester

250,000 to 300,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
18	Bromley	296,830	London borough	Greater London
19	Doncaster	287,648	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
20	Sandwell	284,875	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
21	Leicester	283,578	Unitary, City (1919)	Leicestershire
22	Stockport	283,084	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
23	Enfield	281,775	London borough	Greater London
24	Sefton	281,742	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
25	Sunderland	278,958	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
26	Brent	272,448	London borough	Greater London
27	Lambeth	271,869	London borough	Greater London
28	Nottingham	270,005	Unitary, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
29	Wandsworth	269,290	London borough	Greater London
30	Bolton	261,546	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
31	Newcastle upon Tyne	260,268	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
32	Newham	254,041	London borough	Greater London
33	Lewisham	253,816	London borough	Greater London
34	Walsall	252,408	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
35	Southwark	251,307	London borough	Greater London
36	Medway	250,921	Unitary, Borough	Kent

200,000 to 250,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
37	Brighton and Hove	249,884	Unitary, City (2000)	East Sussex
38	Rotherham	249,466	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
39	Hillingdon	246,546	London borough	Greater London
40	South Gloucestershire	246,273	Unitary, District	Gloucestershire
41	Redbridge	244,016	London borough	Greater London
42	Hull	241,443	Unitary, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
43	Plymouth	240,467	Unitary, City (1928)	Devon
44	Wolverhampton	239,358	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
45	Stoke-on-Trent	238,576	Unitary, City (1925)	Staffordshire
46	Haringey	225,124	London borough	Greater London
47	Havering	224,211	London borough	Greater London
48	Derby	223,249	Unitary, City (1977)	Derbyshire
49	Waltham Forest	223,225	London borough	Greater London
50	Greenwich	221,431	London borough	Greater London
51	Southampton	221,193	Unitary, City (1964)	Hampshire
52	Bexley	218,762	London borough	Greater London
53	Oldham	218,578	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
54	Barnsley	217,932	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
55	Hounslow	216,644	London borough	Greater London
56	Salford	216,178	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
57	Tameside	212,819	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
58	Harrow	211,618	London borough	Greater London
59	Milton Keynes	210,426	Unitary, Borough	Buckinghamshire
60	Hackney	210,213	London borough	Greater London
61	Trafford	209,760	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
62	Camden	207,008	London borough	Greater London
63	Tower Hamlets	206,825	London borough	Greater London
64	Rochdale	206,218	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester

150,000 to 200,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
65	Solihull	199,595	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
66	Northampton	194,122	Borough	Northamptonshire
67	Calderdale	193,424	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
68	Merton	192,273	London borough	Greater London
69	Warrington	192,120	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
70	North Tyneside	191,255	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
71	Gateshead	190,694	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
72	Westminster	190,631	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
73	North Somerset	189,492	Unitary, District	Somerset
74	Portsmouth	188,501	Unitary, City (1926)	Hampshire
75	Luton	186,179	Unitary, Borough	Bedfordshire
76	York	182,362	Unitary, City	North Yorkshire
77	Bury	181,344	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
78	Islington	181,013	London borough	Greater London
79	Sutton	180,940	London borough	Greater London
80	Swindon	180,558	Unitary, Borough	Wiltshire
81	Stockton-on-Tees	179,668	Unitary, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
82	St Helens	176,720	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
83	Herefordshire	176,471	Unitary, District	Herefordshire
84	Richmond upon Thames	174,449	London borough	Greater London
85	Hammersmith and Fulham	173,324	London borough	Greater London
86	New Forest	170,256	District	Hampshire
87	Bath and North East Somerset	169,560	Unitary, District	Somerset
88	Barking and Dagenham	167,302	London borough	Greater London
89	Aylesbury Vale	166,659	District	Buckinghamshire
90	Basildon	166,397	District	Essex
91	Kensington and Chelsea	165,069	London borough	Greater London
92	Bournemouth	163,808	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
93	Wycombe	161,226	District	Buckinghamshire
94	Telford and Wrekin	160,576	Unitary, Borough	Shropshire
95	Southend-on-Sea	158,760	Unitary, Borough	Essex
96	North East Lincolnshire	157,989	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
97	Peterborough	157,962	Unitary, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
98	Huntingdonshire	157,899	District	Cambridgeshire
99	Chelmsford	157,527	Borough	Essex
100	Colchester	155,427	Borough	Essex
101	North Lincolnshire	153,737	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
102	Charnwood	153,383	Borough	Leicestershire
103	Basingstoke and Deane	153,032	Borough	Hampshire
104	South Tyneside	152,340	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
105	Wokingham	151,159	Unitary, District	Berkshire
106	South Somerset	151,093	District	Somerset
107	Knowsley	150,861	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
108	Harrogate	150,558	District	North Yorkshire
109	Kingston upon Thames	150,161	London borough	Greater London

125,000 to 150,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
110	Macclesfield	149,798	Borough	Cheshire
111	Bedford	149,204	Borough	Bedfordshire
112	Thurrock	145,235	Unitary, Borough	Essex
113	Reading	144,393	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
114	West Berkshire	143,965	Unitary, District	Berkshire
115	Blackpool	141,920	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
116	Arun	141,842	District	West Sussex
117	Tendring	139,995	District	Essex
118	Maidstone	139,461	Borough	Kent
119	Blackburn with Darwen	139,453	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
120	Redcar and Cleveland	139,381	Unitary, Borough	North Yorkshire
121	Wealden	139,263	District	East Sussex
122	Dacorum	138,053	Borough	Hertfordshire
123	Poole	137,938	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
124	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	137,409	Borough	Norfolk
125	Canterbury	135,775	City	Kent
126	Isle of Wight	134,876	Unitary, County	Isle of Wight
127	Oxford	134,605	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
128	Braintree	134,488	District	Essex
129	Middlesbrough	133,886	Unitary	North Yorkshire
130	Lancaster	133,556	City (1937)	Lancashire
131	Windsor and Maidenhead	133,220	Royal Borough	Berkshire
132	East Lindsey	132,571	District	Lincolnshire
133	South Cambridgeshire	131,014	District	Cambridgeshire
134	Cherwell	130,873	District	Oxfordshire
135	Torbay	130,854	Unitary, Borough	Devon
136	East Hertfordshire	130,094	District	Hertfordshire
137	Preston	129,991	City (2002)	Lancashire
138	Guildford	128,944	Borough	Surrey
139	St Albans	128,889	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
140	South Oxfordshire	128,489	District	Oxfordshire
141	Warwick	128,008	District	Warwickshire
142	Thanet	127,638	District	Kent
143	Mid Sussex	127,192	District	West Sussex
144	Reigate and Banstead	126,287	Borough	Surrey
145	North Wiltshire	126,146	District	Wiltshire
146	East Devon	126,069	District	Devon
147	Swale	125,621	Borough	Kent
148	South Kesteven	125,501	District	Lincolnshire

100,000 to 125,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
149	Elmbridge	124,285	Borough	Surrey
150	Vale Royal	123,332	Borough	Cheshire
151	Horsham	122,359	District	West Sussex
152	Breckland	122,153	District	Norfolk
153	Mid Bedfordshire	122,081	District	Bedfordshire
154	Newcastle-under-Lyme	122,075	Borough	Staffordshire
155	Teignbridge	121,830	District	Devon
156	Norwich	121,643	City (1195)	Norfolk
157	Epping Forest (district)	121,338	District	Essex
158	Slough	121,202	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
159	West Wiltshire	120,838	District	Wiltshire
160	Stafford	120,226	District	Staffordshire
161	Nuneaton and Bedworth	119,840	Borough	Warwickshire
162	Broadland	119,048	District	Norfolk
163	Chester	118,564	City	Cheshire
164	North Hertfordshire	118,292	District	Hertfordshire
165	Halton	118,156	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
166	Ipswich	117,298	Borough	Suffolk
167	Amber Valley	117,046	Borough	Derbyshire
168	Vale of White Horse	116,746	District	Oxfordshire
169	Havant	116,413	Borough	Hampshire
170	Eastleigh	116,006	Borough	Hampshire
171	Waverley	115,976	Borough	Surrey
172	Salisbury	115,060	District	Wiltshire
173	Suffolk Coastal	114,983	District	Suffolk
174	Ashfield	114,223	District	Nottinghamshire
175	Wychavon	113,898	District	Worcestershire
176	Waveney	113,370	District	Suffolk
177	South Bedfordshire	113,367	District	Bedfordshire
178	Stratford-on-Avon	113,109	District	Warwickshire
179	South Norfolk	112,117	District	Norfolk
180	Gedling	111,989	Borough	Nottinghamshire
181	Crewe and Nantwich	111,624	Borough	Cheshire
182	Exeter	111,110	City	Devon
183	Cambridge	110,656	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
184	Test Valley	110,624	Borough	Hampshire
185	Erewash	110,562	Borough	Derbyshire
186	Gloucester	110,538	City	Gloucestershire
187	Cheltenham	110,064	Borough	Gloucestershire
188	Bracknell Forest	109,627	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
189	East Hampshire	109,609	District	Hampshire
190	Fareham	108,972	Borough	Hampshire
191	Tonbridge and Malling	108,751	Borough	Kent
192	Sevenoaks	108,567	District	Kent
193	West Lancashire	108,562	District	Lancashire
194	Bassetlaw	108,479	District	Nottinghamshire
195	Stroud	108,292	District	Gloucestershire
196	Winchester	108,122	City	Hampshire
197	Broxtowe	107,693	Borough	Nottinghamshire
198	Sedgemoor	107,575	District	Somerset
199	Wyre	106,826	Borough	Lancashire
200	Chichester	106,703	District	West Sussex
201	Newark and Sherwood	106,695	District	Nottinghamshire
202	Scarborough	106,692	Borough	North Yorkshire
203	South Staffordshire	106,130	District	Staffordshire
204	Rushcliffe	106,051	Borough	Nottinghamshire
205	Mendip	105,161	District	Somerset
206	Ashford	104,756	Borough	Kent
207	Dover	104,688	District	Kent
208	South Ribble	104,541	Borough	Lancashire
209	East Staffordshire	104,318	Borough	Staffordshire
210	Taunton Deane	103,681	Borough	Somerset
211	Tunbridge Wells	103,665	Borough	Kent
212	South Lakeland	102,660	District	Cumbria
213	Chorley	101,320	Borough	Lancashire
214	Carlisle	101,128	City	Cumbria
215	Hinckley and Bosworth	100,788	Borough	Leicestershire

75,000 to 100,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
216	Crawley	99,787	Borough	West Sussex
217	Chesterfield	99,049	Borough	Derbyshire
218	North Norfolk	98,847	District	Norfolk
219	St Edmundsbury	98,459	Borough	Suffolk
220	Mansfield	98,025	District	Nottinghamshire
221	Darlington	97,888	Unitary, Borough	Durham
222	Restormel	97,767	Borough	Cornwall
223	Worthing	97,436	Borough	West Sussex
224	Wyre Forest	97,404	District	Worcestershire
225	Welwyn Hatfield	97,352	District	Hertfordshire
226	North East Derbyshire	97,047	District	Derbyshire
227	North Kesteven	96,852	District	Lincolnshire
228	Shepway	96,827	District	Kent
229	West Oxfordshire	96,744	District	Oxfordshire
230	Gravesham	96,142	Borough	Kent
231	Shrewsbury and Atcham	95,425	Borough	Shropshire
232	Staffordshire Moorlands	95,169	District	Staffordshire
233	West Dorset	94,007	District	Dorset
234	Kerrier	93,944	District	Cornwall
235	Easington	93,741	District	Durham
236	Allerdale	93,659	Borough	Cumbria
237	Hertsmere	93,443	Borough	Hertfordshire
238	Cannock Chase	93,274	District	Staffordshire
239	Worcester	93,204	City (1189)	Worcestershire
240	Lichfield	93,179	District	Staffordshire
241	Lewes	93,134	District	East Sussex
242	Blaby	91,594	District	Leicestershire
243	Great Yarmouth	91,549	Borough	Norfolk
244	Congleton	91,102	Borough	Cheshire
245	Rushmoor	90,772	Borough	Hampshire
246	Eastbourne	90,738	Borough	East Sussex
247	Pendle	90,238	Borough	Lancashire
248	High Peak	89,753	Borough	Derbyshire
249	Spelthorne	89,700	Borough	Surrey
250	Woking	89,431	Borough	Surrey
251	Bromsgrove	89,353	District	Worcestershire
252	Burnley	88,975	Borough	Lancashire
253	Carrick	88,911	District	Cornwall
254	Rugby	88,783	Borough	Warwickshire
255	Chiltern	88,474	District	Buckinghamshire
256	North Devon	88,331	District	Devon
257	Hartlepool	88,237	Unitary, Borough	Durham
258	Durham	87,656	City	Durham
259	Mid Suffolk	87,647	District	Suffolk
260	Broxbourne	87,469	Borough	Hertfordshire
261	Castle Point	87,186	Borough	Essex
262	Sedgefield	86,834	Borough	Durham
263	North West Leicestershire	86,576	District	Leicestershire
264	Dartford	86,440	Borough	Kent
265	Lincoln	85,947	City	Lincolnshire
266	Hastings	85,786	Borough	East Sussex
267	Rother	85,337	District	East Sussex
268	Derwentside	85,133	District	Durham
269	Hambleton	84,895	District	North Yorkshire
270	Babergh	84,669	District	Suffolk
271	East Dorset	84,614	District	Dorset
272	Fenland	84,335	District	Cambridgeshire
273	Hart	84,210	District	Hampshire
274	South Derbyshire	83,871	District	Derbyshire
275	Kettering	82,997	Borough	Northamptonshire
276	Three Rivers	82,532	District	Hertfordshire
277	South Hams	82,050	District	Devon
278	North Cornwall	81,889	District	Cornwall
279	Hyndburn	81,814	Borough	Lancashire
280	South Northamptonshire	81,697	District	Northamptonshire
281	Blyth Valley	81,611	Borough	Northumberland
282	Ellesmere Port and Neston	81,383	Borough	Cheshire
283	West Lindsey	81,161	District	Lincolnshire
284	Forest of Dean	80,591	District	Gloucestershire
285	Watford	80,361	Borough	Hertfordshire
286	Mole Valley	80,285	District	Surrey
287	Cotswold	80,171	District	Gloucestershire
288	Caradon	79,815	District	Cornwall
289	Surrey Heath	79,734	Borough	Surrey
290	Stevenage	79,659	Borough	Hertfordshire
291	Tandridge	79,574	District	Surrey
292	Rochford	79,265	District	Essex
293	Redditch	79,171	Borough	Worcestershire
294	South Holland	79,125	District	Lincolnshire
295	Runnymede	78,887	Borough	Surrey
296	Harlow	78,538	District	Essex
297	Harborough	78,308	District	Leicestershire
298	East Northamptonshire	78,271	District	Northamptonshire
299	Selby	77,984	District	North Yorkshire
300	Tewkesbury	77,321	Borough	Gloucestershire
301	Gosport	77,092	Borough	Hampshire

50,000 to 75,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
302	Tamworth	74,581	Borough	Staffordshire
303	East Cambridgeshire	74,419	District	Cambridgeshire
304	Kennet	74,305	District	Wiltshire
305	Fylde	74,032	Borough	Lancashire
306	Wellingborough	73,889	Borough	Northamptonshire
307	Daventry	73,521	District	Northamptonshire
308	Malvern Hills	72,867	District	Worcestershire
309	Bolsover	72,482	District	Derbyshire
310	Barrow-in-Furness	71,655	Borough	Cumbria
311	Mid Devon	70,687	District	Devon
312	Derbyshire Dales	69,443	District	Derbyshire
313	Uttlesford	69,256	District	Essex
314	Copeland	69,193	Borough	Cumbria
315	Brentwood	68,592	Borough	Essex
316	Epsom and Ewell	66,797	Borough	Surrey
317	Rossendale	65,818	Borough	Lancashire
318	Weymouth and Portland	64,246	Borough	Dorset
319	Penwith	63,924	District	Cornwall
320	North Warwickshire	62,940	Borough	Warwickshire
321	North Dorset	62,298	District	Dorset
322	South Bucks	61,751	District	Buckinghamshire
323	Wear Valley	61,156	District	Durham
324	Wansbeck	61,045	District	Northumberland
325	Adur	60,536	District	West Sussex
326	Maldon	60,399	District	Essex
327	Torridge	60,200	District	Devon
328	Tynedale	59,200	District	Northumberland
329	North Shropshire	58,117	District	Shropshire
330	Oadby and Wigston	56,717	Borough	Leicestershire
331	Boston	56,686	Borough	Lincolnshire
332	Forest Heath	55,505	District	Suffolk
333	Ribble Valley	54,866	Borough	Lancashire
334	Craven	53,864	District	North Yorkshire
335	Corby	53,741	Borough	Northamptonshire
336	Chester-le-Street	53,256	District	Durham
337	Bridgnorth	52,376	District	Shropshire
338	Ryedale	51,131	District	North Yorkshire
339	West Devon	50,689	Borough	Devon
340	Eden	50,218	District	Cumbria

Below 50,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
341	Castle Morpeth	49,043	Borough	Northumberland
342	Melton	48,125	Borough	Leicestershire
343	Richmondshire	47,846	District	North Yorkshire
344	Christchurch	45,316	Borough	Dorset
345	Purbeck	44,100	District	Dorset
346	South Shropshire	41,257	District	Shropshire
347	Oswestry	38,029	Borough	Shropshire
348	West Somerset	35,914	District	Somerset
349	Rutland	34,680	Unitary, District	Rutland
350	Alnwick	31,355	District	Northumberland
351	Berwick upon Tweed	26,132	Borough	Northumberland
352	Teesdale	24,537	District	Durham
353	City of London	7,807	Unitary, City	Greater London
354	Isles of Scilly	2,162	Unitary	Cornwall