England
296 local authorities make up England. Birmingham is the largest, at 1,176,960; Isles of Scilly the smallest, at 2,299. Figures are mid-year population estimates as of 2025, published by Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis).
| Rank | Local authority | Population | Year on year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 1,176,960 | -0.5% |
| 2 | Leeds | 840,550 | -0.3% |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | 639,133 | +0.9% |
| 4 | Somerset | 590,972 | +0.5% |
| 5 | Manchester | 588,256 | -0.1% |
| 6 | Cornwall | 584,782 | +0.4% |
| 7 | Buckinghamshire | 584,296 | +1.0% |
| 8 | Sheffield | 579,517 | -0.1% |
| 9 | Bradford | 557,758 | -0.4% |
| 10 | County Durham | 539,146 | +0.4% |
| 11 | Wiltshire | 526,392 | +0.5% |
| 12 | Liverpool | 507,915 | -0.1% |
| 13 | Bristol, City of | 495,260 | +0.2% |
| 14 | Kirklees | 445,832 | +0.0% |
| 15 | West Northamptonshire | 444,218 | +0.7% |
| 16 | Cheshire East | 425,459 | +1.2% |
| 17 | Croydon | 410,085 | +0.4% |
| 18 | Barnet | 408,087 | +0.5% |
| 19 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 405,829 | -0.5% |
| 20 | Dorset | 391,036 | +0.4% |
| 21 | Ealing | 387,072 | -0.2% |
| 22 | Leicester | 383,116 | -0.9% |
| 23 | North Northamptonshire | 379,569 | +1.1% |
| 24 | Newham | 376,542 | -0.8% |
| 25 | Cheshire West and Chester | 373,951 | +0.8% |
| 26 | Wakefield | 369,450 | +0.7% |
| 27 | Coventry | 364,766 | -1.1% |
| 28 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 360,334 | +1.4% |
| 29 | Sandwell | 352,918 | -0.1% |
| 30 | Brent | 352,201 | -0.9% |
| 31 | Wigan | 347,089 | +0.8% |
| 32 | Wandsworth | 339,859 | +0.0% |
| 33 | Bromley | 336,048 | +0.4% |
| 34 | Tower Hamlets | 334,240 | -0.6% |
| 35 | Northumberland | 333,975 | +1.0% |
| 36 | Dudley | 333,941 | +0.8% |
| 37 | Shropshire | 333,162 | +0.4% |
| 38 | Wirral | 329,896 | +0.5% |
| 39 | Enfield | 329,400 | -0.6% |
| 40 | Hillingdon | 326,671 | -0.4% |
| 41 | Nottingham | 325,765 | -1.5% |
| 42 | Doncaster | 323,016 | +0.9% |
| 43 | Redbridge | 321,829 | -0.4% |
| 44 | Central Bedfordshire | 321,605 | +1.8% |
| 45 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 320,838 | +0.6% |
| 46 | Lambeth | 314,298 | -1.4% |
| 47 | Southwark | 312,366 | -1.5% |
| 48 | Bolton | 309,732 | +0.3% |
| 49 | Milton Keynes | 308,866 | +1.0% |
| 50 | South Gloucestershire | 308,787 | +1.0% |
| 51 | Stockport | 304,879 | +0.9% |
| 52 | Greenwich | 301,225 | -0.0% |
| 53 | Lewisham | 301,037 | -0.5% |
| 54 | Hounslow | 299,486 | -0.2% |
| 55 | Salford | 297,004 | +1.2% |
| 56 | Walsall | 295,722 | +0.4% |
| 57 | Medway | 292,697 | +0.3% |
| 58 | Sefton | 287,583 | +0.8% |
| 59 | Sunderland | 287,070 | +0.1% |
| 60 | Brighton and Hove | 284,170 | -0.3% |
| 61 | Waltham Forest | 283,713 | -0.0% |
| 62 | Cumberland | 282,343 | +0.8% |
| 63 | Wolverhampton | 281,434 | +0.3% |
| 64 | Havering | 280,787 | +1.4% |
| 65 | Rotherham | 279,161 | +1.0% |
| 66 | Derby | 275,344 | +0.6% |
| 67 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 273,257 | -0.5% |
| 68 | Harrow | 272,612 | +0.6% |
| 69 | Stoke-on-Trent | 272,282 | +0.8% |
| 70 | Plymouth | 271,361 | -0.2% |
| 71 | Hackney | 266,241 | -0.9% |
| 72 | Haringey | 266,218 | -0.9% |
| 73 | Southampton | 259,230 | -0.5% |
| 74 | Bexley | 257,103 | +0.3% |
| 75 | Barnsley | 252,784 | +0.6% |
| 76 | Oldham | 251,915 | +0.5% |
| 77 | East Suffolk | 250,106 | +0.2% |
| 78 | Swindon | 245,286 | +0.8% |
| 79 | Trafford | 240,981 | +0.6% |
| 80 | Tameside | 240,822 | +0.8% |
| 81 | Barking and Dagenham | 238,295 | +1.5% |
| 82 | Rochdale | 237,641 | +1.2% |
| 83 | Luton | 236,380 | -0.7% |
| 84 | Westmorland and Furness | 231,307 | +0.6% |
| 85 | North Somerset | 227,160 | +1.1% |
| 86 | Peterborough | 224,757 | +0.3% |
| 87 | Islington | 224,551 | -0.7% |
| 88 | Solihull | 221,449 | +0.5% |
| 89 | Merton | 218,891 | -0.5% |
| 90 | Camden | 216,658 | -1.8% |
| 91 | Warrington | 215,425 | +0.4% |
| 92 | North Tyneside | 215,401 | +0.6% |
| 93 | Sutton | 213,972 | +0.1% |
| 94 | Westminster | 212,367 | -1.5% |
| 95 | Portsmouth | 211,475 | -0.7% |
| 96 | Calderdale | 210,734 | +0.4% |
| 97 | York | 209,118 | +0.4% |
| 98 | Stockton-on-Tees | 207,158 | +0.6% |
| 99 | Gateshead | 202,509 | +0.5% |
| 100 | Colchester | 201,163 | +0.7% |
| 101 | Bath and North East Somerset | 200,898 | +0.2% |
| 102 | Telford and Wrekin | 199,378 | +1.7% |
| 103 | Bury | 199,271 | +0.6% |
| 104 | Richmond upon Thames | 196,713 | -0.1% |
| 105 | Bedford | 196,398 | +0.8% |
| 106 | Basingstoke and Deane | 194,037 | +0.6% |
| 107 | Basildon | 193,489 | +0.4% |
| 108 | Herefordshire, County of | 192,539 | +0.2% |
| 109 | Huntingdonshire | 191,941 | +0.8% |
| 110 | Maidstone | 191,415 | +1.2% |
| 111 | Chelmsford | 190,570 | +1.2% |
| 112 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 190,216 | -0.3% |
| 113 | St. Helens | 189,890 | +0.8% |
| 114 | Charnwood | 189,718 | +0.7% |
| 115 | West Suffolk | 189,407 | +0.6% |
| 116 | Wokingham | 189,024 | +0.8% |
| 117 | Southend-on-Sea | 185,214 | +0.4% |
| 118 | Reading | 183,762 | +0.5% |
| 119 | Thurrock | 181,664 | +0.2% |
| 120 | New Forest | 175,930 | +0.0% |
| 121 | South Cambridgeshire | 174,641 | +1.2% |
| 122 | Kingston upon Thames | 172,761 | -0.1% |
| 123 | Arun | 172,326 | +1.0% |
| 124 | Cherwell | 172,178 | +0.8% |
| 125 | North Lincolnshire | 171,421 | -0.0% |
| 126 | Wealden | 168,308 | +0.9% |
| 127 | Slough | 167,450 | +0.4% |
| 128 | Braintree | 166,471 | +1.7% |
| 129 | Oxford | 165,940 | -1.1% |
| 130 | West Berkshire | 165,523 | +0.4% |
| 131 | Preston | 164,498 | +1.8% |
| 132 | Blackburn with Darwen | 163,801 | +1.4% |
| 133 | Knowsley | 163,723 | +1.2% |
| 134 | Mid Sussex | 163,566 | +1.5% |
| 135 | Canterbury | 162,612 | +0.1% |
| 136 | Dacorum | 162,316 | +0.7% |
| 137 | Swale | 160,671 | +1.2% |
| 138 | North East Lincolnshire | 160,101 | +0.2% |
| 139 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 159,776 | +0.6% |
| 140 | East Devon | 159,637 | +1.0% |
| 141 | Reigate and Banstead | 159,413 | +0.5% |
| 142 | Tendring | 159,060 | +1.7% |
| 143 | South Oxfordshire | 158,084 | +1.1% |
| 144 | East Hertfordshire | 158,033 | +0.8% |
| 145 | Warwick | 157,925 | +1.5% |
| 146 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 156,943 | +0.5% |
| 147 | Middlesbrough | 152,795 | -1.2% |
| 148 | Vale of White Horse | 152,217 | +1.9% |
| 149 | Guildford | 152,148 | +0.3% |
| 150 | Horsham | 152,016 | +0.6% |
| 151 | South Tyneside | 151,255 | +0.3% |
| 152 | St Albans | 150,757 | +0.0% |
| 153 | South Norfolk | 150,396 | +1.4% |
| 154 | Cambridge | 149,872 | -1.2% |
| 155 | Stratford-on-Avon | 148,772 | +1.8% |
| 156 | Breckland | 148,095 | +0.9% |
| 157 | South Kesteven | 148,069 | +0.7% |
| 158 | East Lindsey | 146,756 | +1.0% |
| 159 | Kensington and Chelsea | 145,734 | -1.0% |
| 160 | Norwich | 145,676 | -1.0% |
| 161 | Lancaster | 145,237 | -0.1% |
| 162 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 144,042 | +1.8% |
| 163 | Eastleigh | 143,710 | +0.7% |
| 164 | Thanet | 143,618 | +1.0% |
| 165 | Blackpool | 143,492 | +0.1% |
| 166 | Stafford | 142,903 | +0.9% |
| 167 | Ashford | 142,523 | +1.2% |
| 168 | Elmbridge | 142,484 | +0.4% |
| 169 | Isle of Wight | 140,777 | -0.4% |
| 170 | Broadland | 139,652 | +1.3% |
| 171 | Redcar and Cleveland | 139,541 | +0.5% |
| 172 | Torbay | 139,486 | -0.3% |
| 173 | Ipswich | 139,457 | -0.4% |
| 174 | Wychavon | 139,175 | +0.7% |
| 175 | Teignbridge | 138,607 | +0.2% |
| 176 | Gloucester | 138,565 | +0.5% |
| 177 | Epping Forest | 138,394 | +0.9% |
| 178 | Tonbridge and Malling | 137,913 | +0.9% |
| 179 | Exeter | 137,894 | -0.8% |
| 180 | North Hertfordshire | 137,365 | +0.4% |
| 181 | Waverley | 137,218 | +1.8% |
| 182 | Winchester | 136,856 | +1.0% |
| 183 | Test Valley | 135,698 | +0.4% |
| 184 | Bracknell Forest | 132,145 | +1.3% |
| 185 | Halton | 131,912 | +0.5% |
| 186 | Amber Valley | 131,894 | +1.3% |
| 187 | East Staffordshire | 131,541 | +1.1% |
| 188 | East Hampshire | 130,599 | +0.6% |
| 189 | Ashfield | 130,581 | +1.1% |
| 190 | Chichester | 130,224 | +0.8% |
| 191 | Newark and Sherwood | 128,684 | +0.6% |
| 192 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 128,093 | +0.5% |
| 193 | Rushcliffe | 127,857 | +1.4% |
| 194 | Havant | 127,362 | +0.4% |
| 195 | Bassetlaw | 126,454 | +1.4% |
| 196 | Stroud | 126,418 | +0.7% |
| 197 | Dartford | 126,297 | +1.4% |
| 198 | Rugby | 125,594 | +2.4% |
| 199 | Crawley | 124,462 | +0.6% |
| 200 | West Lancashire | 123,564 | +1.2% |
| 201 | North Kesteven | 123,267 | +0.8% |
| 202 | Sevenoaks | 123,183 | +0.4% |
| 203 | Chorley | 121,814 | +1.0% |
| 204 | Welwyn Hatfield | 121,748 | -1.1% |
| 205 | Cheltenham | 121,452 | -0.0% |
| 206 | West Oxfordshire | 121,412 | +0.5% |
| 207 | Gedling | 121,105 | +0.9% |
| 208 | Dover | 121,055 | +1.0% |
| 209 | Wyre | 120,528 | +1.8% |
| 210 | Tunbridge Wells | 120,098 | +0.6% |
| 211 | South Derbyshire | 119,441 | +1.9% |
| 212 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 118,240 | +1.4% |
| 213 | South Ribble | 117,554 | +1.6% |
| 214 | Fareham | 115,373 | +0.1% |
| 215 | South Staffordshire | 114,811 | +0.6% |
| 216 | Broxtowe | 113,963 | -0.1% |
| 217 | Worthing | 113,844 | +0.3% |
| 218 | Mansfield | 113,682 | +0.3% |
| 219 | Erewash | 113,474 | -0.3% |
| 220 | Darlington | 113,402 | +1.1% |
| 221 | Lichfield | 113,270 | +1.4% |
| 222 | North West Leicestershire | 113,263 | +1.2% |
| 223 | Mid Suffolk | 113,047 | +2.1% |
| 224 | Folkestone and Hythe | 112,163 | +0.2% |
| 225 | Gravesham | 111,221 | +0.5% |
| 226 | Hertsmere | 110,242 | +0.2% |
| 227 | Blaby | 108,423 | +0.5% |
| 228 | North East Derbyshire | 107,888 | +1.3% |
| 229 | Watford | 107,658 | +0.8% |
| 230 | Spelthorne | 107,188 | +0.7% |
| 231 | Worcester | 106,954 | +0.4% |
| 232 | Harborough | 106,577 | +1.9% |
| 233 | Chesterfield | 106,419 | +0.6% |
| 234 | Woking | 106,197 | +0.2% |
| 235 | Rushmoor | 106,185 | +0.7% |
| 236 | Fenland | 105,930 | +0.5% |
| 237 | Cannock Chase | 104,299 | +0.3% |
| 238 | Wyre Forest | 104,179 | +0.6% |
| 239 | Eastbourne | 103,894 | -0.4% |
| 240 | Tewkesbury | 103,753 | +2.0% |
| 241 | North Norfolk | 103,708 | +0.3% |
| 242 | Lincoln | 103,351 | -1.5% |
| 243 | Hart | 103,335 | +0.3% |
| 244 | Broxbourne | 103,130 | +1.2% |
| 245 | Lewes | 102,648 | +0.3% |
| 246 | Bromsgrove | 101,973 | +0.6% |
| 247 | North Devon | 101,281 | +0.2% |
| 248 | Great Yarmouth | 100,957 | +0.3% |
| 249 | Burnley | 100,946 | +1.8% |
| 250 | South Holland | 100,758 | +1.1% |
| 251 | Pendle | 100,203 | +0.6% |
| 252 | West Lindsey | 99,716 | +0.8% |
| 253 | Hartlepool | 99,656 | +1.8% |
| 254 | Harlow | 98,543 | +0.4% |
| 255 | Babergh | 97,833 | +1.0% |
| 256 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 96,764 | +0.2% |
| 257 | Uttlesford | 96,762 | +1.9% |
| 258 | Rother | 96,150 | +0.2% |
| 259 | Three Rivers | 96,068 | +0.5% |
| 260 | Surrey Heath | 95,094 | +0.9% |
| 261 | East Cambridgeshire | 94,599 | +1.5% |
| 262 | South Hams | 93,171 | +1.2% |
| 263 | Runnymede | 93,013 | +0.7% |
| 264 | Stevenage | 92,081 | +0.9% |
| 265 | High Peak | 91,676 | -0.2% |
| 266 | Cotswold | 91,563 | -0.2% |
| 267 | Hastings | 90,855 | -0.2% |
| 268 | Rochford | 90,760 | +1.4% |
| 269 | Castle Point | 90,613 | +0.5% |
| 270 | Tandridge | 90,322 | +0.3% |
| 271 | Forest of Dean | 90,157 | +0.3% |
| 272 | Mole Valley | 88,808 | +0.3% |
| 273 | Redditch | 87,548 | -0.2% |
| 274 | Hyndburn | 86,908 | +1.2% |
| 275 | Fylde | 86,689 | +1.4% |
| 276 | Mid Devon | 85,593 | +0.6% |
| 277 | Bolsover | 84,397 | +0.9% |
| 278 | Malvern Hills | 84,380 | +1.3% |
| 279 | Epsom and Ewell | 83,370 | +0.2% |
| 280 | Gosport | 82,618 | -0.1% |
| 281 | Tamworth | 81,392 | +0.6% |
| 282 | Brentwood | 80,104 | +1.5% |
| 283 | Rossendale | 73,688 | +1.2% |
| 284 | Boston | 72,092 | -0.3% |
| 285 | Derbyshire Dales | 72,028 | +0.4% |
| 286 | Torridge | 70,378 | +1.0% |
| 287 | Maldon | 70,196 | +1.7% |
| 288 | North Warwickshire | 67,688 | +1.0% |
| 289 | Ribble Valley | 66,938 | +1.8% |
| 290 | Adur | 64,802 | +0.1% |
| 291 | Oadby and Wigston | 61,533 | +0.4% |
| 292 | West Devon | 58,980 | +0.2% |
| 293 | Melton | 54,694 | +1.4% |
| 294 | Rutland | 41,629 | +0.6% |
| 295 | City of London | 15,631 | +0.9% |
| 296 | Isles of Scilly | 2,299 | -3.5% |
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