List of English districts by population

List of English districts by population

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Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	English Region

More than 1,000,000 inhabitants

1	Birmingham	1,137,100	Metropolitan borough, City 1889	West Midlands	West Midlands

More than 500,000 inhabitants

2	Leeds	784,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

3	Sheffield	577,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

4	Cornwall	561,300	Unitary authority	Cornwall	South West

5	Manchester	545,500	Metropolitan borough, City 1853	Greater Manchester	North West

6	Bradford	534,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1897	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

7	County Durham	523,700	Unitary authority	Durham	North East

400,000 to 500,000 inhabitants

8	Wiltshire	496,000	Unitary authority	Wiltshire	South West

9	Liverpool	491,500	Metropolitan borough, City 1880	Merseyside	North West

10	Bristol	459,300	Unitary authority, City 1542	Bristol	South West

11	Kirklees	437,100	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

300,000 to 400,000 inhabitants

12	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	395,700	Unitary authority	Dorset	South West

13	Barnet	387,800	London borough	Greater London	London

14	Croydon	384,800	London borough	Greater London	London

15	Cheshire East	378,800	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West

16	Dorset	375,200	Unitary authority	Dorset	South West

17	Coventry	360,100	Metropolitan borough, City 1345	West Midlands	West Midlands

18	Leicester	353,500	Unitary authority, City 1919	Leicestershire	East Midlands

19	Newham	348,000	London borough	Greater London	London

20	Ealing	342,700	London borough	Greater London	London

21	Wakefield	340,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1888	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

22	East Riding of Yorkshire	338,100	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

23	Cheshire West and Chester	338,000	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West

24	Enfield	332,700	London borough	Greater London	London

25	Bromley	329,400	London borough	Greater London	London

26	Nottingham	329,200	Unitary authority, City 1897	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands

27	Brent	329,100	London borough	Greater London	London

28	Sandwell	325,500	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands

29	Wigan	324,700	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West

30	Lambeth	324,000	London borough	Greater London	London

31	Wandsworth	323,300	London borough	Greater London	London

32	Wirral	322,800	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West

33	Dudley	319,400	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands

34	Northumberland	319,000	Unitary authority	Northumberland	North East

35	Shropshire	317,500	Unitary authority	Shropshire	West Midlands

36	Southwark	314,200	London borough	Greater London	London

37	Doncaster	308,900	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

38	Tower Hamlets	308,000	London borough	Greater London	London

39	Hillingdon	302,300	London borough	Greater London	London

40	Redbridge	301,800	London borough	Greater London	London

41	Lewisham	301,300	London borough	Greater London	London

250,000 to 300,000 inhabitants

42	Newcastle upon Tyne	295,800	Metropolitan borough, City 1882	Tyne and Wear	North East

43	Stockport	291,000	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West

44	Brighton & Hove	288,200	Unitary authority, City 2000	East Sussex	South East

45	Bolton	284,800	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West

46	Greenwich	282,800	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London

47	Walsall	281,300	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands

48	Central Bedfordshire	280,000	Unitary authority	Bedfordshire	East of England

49	South Gloucestershire	279,000	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire	South West

50	Medway	277,600	Unitary authority	Kent	South East

51	Sunderland	277,200	Metropolitan borough, City 1992	Tyne and Wear	North East

52	Hackney	275,900	London borough	Greater London	London

53	Waltham Forest	275,500	London borough	Greater London	London

54	Sefton	274,600	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West

55	Haringey	271,200	London borough	Greater London	London

56	Hounslow	269,100	London borough	Greater London	London

57	Milton Keynes	267,500	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire	South East

58	Rotherham	263,400	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

59	Plymouth	263,100	Unitary authority, City 1928	Devon	South West

60	Hull	260,700	Unitary authority, City 1299	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

61	Wolverhampton	259,900	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands	West Midlands

62	Derby	257,000	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire	East Midlands

63	Havering	256,000	London borough	Greater London	London

64	Stoke-on-Trent	255,400	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire	West Midlands

65	Camden	253,400	London borough	Greater London	London

66	Southampton	252,400	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire	South East

67	City of Salford	251,300	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester	North West

200,000 to 250,000

68	Harrow	248,900	London borough	Greater London	London

69	East Suffolk	246,900	Suffolk	East of England

70	Bexley	246,100	London borough	Greater London	London

71	Westminster	244,800	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London	London

72	Barnsley	243,300	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

73	Trafford	235,500	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West

74	Islington	235,000	London borough	Greater London	London

75	Oldham	233,800	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West

76	Northampton	225,700	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands

77	Tameside	224,100	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West

78	Swindon	220,400	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire	South West

79	Rochdale	218,500	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West

80	Portsmouth	214,700	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire	South East

80	Luton	214,700	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire	East of England

82	Solihull	213,900	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands

83	North Somerset	212,800	Unitary authority	Somerset	South West

84	Barking and Dagenham	210,700	London borough	Greater London	London

85	Warrington	209,700	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire	North West

86	Calderdale	209,500	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

87	York	208,200	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

88	Merton	206,100	London borough	Greater London	London

89	North Tyneside	204,500	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East

90	Sutton	203,200	London borough	Greater London	London

91	Gateshead	202,400	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East

150,000 to 200,000

92	Peterborough	198,900	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire	East of England

93	Stockton-on-Tees	196,500	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire	North East

94	Aylesbury Vale	196,000	Buckinghamshire	South East

95	Richmond upon Thames	195,700	London borough	Greater London	London

96	Herefordshire	191,000	Unitary authority	Herefordshire	West Midlands

97	Colchester	190,100	Borough	Essex	East of England

98	Bury	189,600	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West

99	Bath and North East Somerset	188,700	Unitary authority	Somerset	South West

100	Basildon	184,500	Borough	Essex	East of England

101	Hammersmith and Fulham	183,000	London borough	Greater London	London

102	Southend-on-Sea	181,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex	East of England

103	Charnwood	180,400	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands

104	New Forest	179,600	Hampshire	South East

105	St Helens	179,300	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West

106	West Suffolk	179,200	Suffolk	East of England

107	Huntingdonshire	177,000	Cambridgeshire	East of England

108	Chelmsford	176,200	City (2012)	Essex	East of England

109	Telford and Wrekin	175,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire	West Midlands

110	Basingstoke and Deane	175,300	Borough	Hampshire	South East

111	Wycombe	174,800	Buckinghamshire	South East

112	Kingston upon Thames	174,600	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London

113	North Lincolnshire	171,300	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

114	Thurrock	170,400	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex	East of England

115	Bedford	169,900	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire	East of England

116	Maidstone	167,700	Borough	Kent	South East

117	South Somerset	167,200	Somerset	South West

118	Wokingham	165,000	Unitary authority	Berkshire	South East

119	Canterbury	164,100	City (TI)	Kent	South East

120	Reading	163,100	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East

121	Harrogate	160,000	Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

122	North East Lincolnshire	159,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

123	Wealden	158,900	East Sussex	South East

124	Arun	158,700	West Sussex	South East

125	West Berkshire	158,500	Unitary authority	Berkshire	South East

126	South Cambridgeshire	156,700	Cambridgeshire	East of England

127	Kensington and Chelsea	155,700	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London

128	Oxford	154,600	City (1542)	Oxfordshire	South East

129	Dacorum	153,300	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England

130	Somerset West and Taunton	152,300	Somerset	South West

131	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	151,900	Borough	Norfolk	East of England

132	Braintree	151,700	Essex	East of England

133	Windsor and Maidenhead	150,100	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire	South East

125,000 to 150,000

134	South Tyneside	149,600	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East

135	Blackburn with Darwen	148,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire	North West

135	Slough	148,800	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East

137	Knowsley	148,600	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West

138	Mid Sussex	148,300	West Sussex	South East

139	Guildford	147,800	Borough	Surrey	South East

140	Cherwell	147,600	Oxfordshire	South East

141	St Albans	147,100	City (1877)	Hertfordshire	East of England

141	East Hertfordshire	147,100	Hertfordshire	East of England

143	Swale	146,700	Borough	Kent	South East

143	Reigate and Banstead	146,400	Borough	Surrey	South East

145	Tendring	144,700	Essex	East of England

146	Lancaster	142,500	City (1937)	Lancashire	North West

147	East Devon	142,300	Devon	South West

148	South Kesteven	141,700	Lincolnshire	East Midlands

149	Preston	141,300	City (2002)	Lancashire	North West

149	Thanet	141,300	Kent	South East

151	Isle of Wight	141,000	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight	South East

152	Middlesbrough	140,600	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

153	Norwich	140,400	City (1195)	Norfolk	East of England

154	Warwick	140,300	Warwickshire	West Midlands

155	Horsham	140,100	West Sussex	South East

156	Blackpool	139,900	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire	North West

157	South Oxfordshire	139,800	Oxfordshire	South East

158	East Lindsey	139,700	Lincolnshire	East Midlands

159	Breckland	138,600	Norfolk	East of England

160	Ipswich	138,500	Borough	Suffolk	East of England

161	Elmbridge	136,400	Borough	Surrey	South East

162	Redcar and Cleveland	136,000	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

163	South Norfolk	135,500	Norfolk	East of England

164	Torbay	135,200	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon	South West

165	Stafford	134,800	Staffordshire	West Midlands

166	North Hertfordshire	133,300	Hertfordshire	East of England

167	Teignbridge	131,400	Devon	South West

168	Vale of White Horse	131,200	Oxfordshire	South East

169	Epping Forest	130,600	Essex	East of England

170	Eastleigh	130,500	Borough	Hampshire	South East

171	Gloucester	129,100	City (1541)	Gloucestershire	South West

172	Newcastle-under-Lyme	129,000	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands

173	Exeter	128,900	City (TI)	Devon	South West

173	Tonbridge and Malling	128,900	Borough	Kent	South East

175	Nuneaton and Bedworth	128,700	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands

176	Broadland	128,500	Norfolk	East of England

177	Halton	127,600	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire	North West

178	Ashford	127,500	Borough	Kent	South East

179	Ashfield	126,200	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands

180	Amber Valley	125,900	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands

181	Wychavon	125,400	Worcestershire	West Midlands

182	Stratford-on-Avon	125,200	Warwickshire	West Midlands

183	Havant	125,100	Borough	Hampshire	South East

184	Waverley	125,000	Borough	Surrey	South East

100,000 to 125,000

185	Cambridge	124,900	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire	East of England

186	Test Valley	124,000	Borough	Hampshire	South East

187	Winchester	123,900	City (TI)	Hampshire	South East

188	Welwyn Hatfield	122,300	Hertfordshire	East of England

189	Sedgemoor	122,200	Somerset	South West

190	Newark and Sherwood	121,000	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands

191	Bracknell Forest	120,400	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East

192	Chichester	120,200	Non-metropolitan district	West Sussex	South East

193	Sevenoaks	119,400	Kent	South East

193	East Hampshire	119,400	Hampshire	South East

195	Stroud	118,100	Gloucestershire	South West

195	Tunbridge Wells	118,100	Borough	Kent	South East

197	East Staffordshire	117,600	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands

198	Cheltenham	117,100	Borough	Gloucestershire	South West

198	Gedling	117,100	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands

200	Bassetlaw	116,300	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands

201	Fareham	116,200	Borough	Hampshire	South East

202	Rushcliffe	116,000	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands

203	Dover	115,800	Kent	South East

203	Chorley	115,800	Borough	Lancashire	North West

205	Erewash	115,300	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands

206	North Kesteven	115,200	Lincolnshire	East Midlands

207	West Lancashire	113,900	Lancashire	North West

208	Mendip	113,500	Somerset	South West

209	Broxtowe	112,700	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands

210	South Staffordshire	111,900	Staffordshire	West Midlands

211	Crawley	111,700	Borough	West Sussex	South East

212	Folkestone and Hythe	111,400	Kent	South East

212	Hinckley and Bosworth	111,400	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands

214	Wyre	110,400	Borough	Lancashire	North West

214	South Ribble	110,400	Borough	Lancashire	North West

216	Worthing	109,600	Borough	West Sussex	South East

217	West Oxfordshire	109,300	Oxfordshire	South East

218	Mansfield	108,600	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands

219	Scarborough	108,400	Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

220	Carlisle	108,300	City (TI)	Cumbria	North West

221	Dartford	107,500	Borough	Kent	South East

222	Rugby	106,400	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands

223	Darlington	106,300	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham	North East

224	Gravesham	106,100	Borough	Kent	South East

225	Chesterfield	104,600	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands

226	South Lakeland	104,300	Cumbria	North West

227	North Norfolk	104,100	Norfolk	East of England

228	Hertsmere	104,000	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England

229	Lichfield	103,500	Staffordshire	West Midlands

230	Eastbourne	103,300	Borough	East Sussex	South East

231	South Derbyshire	102,400	Derbyshire	East Midlands

232	Worcester	102,300	City (1189)	Worcestershire	West Midlands

232	Lewes	102,300	East Sussex	South East

234	Mid Suffolk	101,500	Suffolk	East of England

235	Woking	101,100	Borough	Surrey	South East

236	North East Derbyshire	100,800	Derbyshire	East Midlands

236	Fenland	100,800	Cambridgeshire	East of England

238	Wyre Forest	100,700	Worcestershire	West Midlands

239	Kettering	100,300	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands

240	North West Leicestershire	100,100	Leicestershire	East Midlands

75,000 to 100,000

241	Great Yarmouth	99,400	Borough	Norfolk	East of England

242	Cannock Chase	99,100	Staffordshire	West Midlands

242	Spelthorne	99,100	Borough	Surrey	South East

244	Blaby	99,000	Leicestershire	East Midlands

245	Staffordshire Moorlands	98,500	Staffordshire	West Midlands

246	Lincoln	98,400	City (TI)	Lincolnshire	East Midlands

247	Bromsgrove	97,600	Worcestershire	West Midlands

248	Allerdale	97,200	Borough	Cumbria	North West

249	Broxbourne	96,800	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England

250	Watford	96,700	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England

251	Rushmoor	95,800	Borough	Hampshire	South East

252	Hart	95,500	Hampshire	South East

253	North Devon	95,400	Devon	South West

253	Chiltern	95,400	Buckinghamshire	South East

255	Rother	95,000	East Sussex	South East

256	West Lindsey	94,300	Lincolnshire	East Midlands

257	South Holland	93,300	Lincolnshire	East Midlands

258	East Northamptonshire	93,100	Northamptonshire	East Midlands

259	Hartlepool	93,000	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham	North East

260	Hastings	92,800	Borough	East Sussex	South East

261	Three Rivers	92,600	Hertfordshire	East of England

262	High Peak	92,100	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands

263	Harborough	91,500	Leicestershire	East Midlands

264	South Northamptonshire	91,100	Northamptonshire	East Midlands

265	Babergh	90,800	Suffolk	East of England

266	Hambleton	90,700	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

266	Pendle	90,700	Borough	Lancashire	North West

268	Tewkesbury	90,300	Borough	Gloucestershire	South West

269	Castle Point	89,800	Borough	Essex	East of England

270	East Cambridgeshire	88,900	Cambridgeshire	East of England

271	Surrey Heath	88,800	Borough	Surrey	South East

272	Selby	87,900	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

273	Stevenage	87,700	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England

273	Burnley	87,700	Borough	Lancashire	North West

273	Uttlesford	87,700	Essex	East of England

276	Cotswold	87,500	Gloucestershire	South West

277	Tandridge	87,300	Surrey	South East

278	Mole Valley	87,100	Surrey	South East

279	Runnymede	86,900	Borough	Surrey	South East

280	Rochford	86,200	Essex	East of England

280	Harlow	86,200	Essex	East of England

282	Forest of Dean	86,000	Gloucestershire	South West

283	Gosport	85,500	Borough	Hampshire	South East

284	South Hams	85,300	Devon	South West

285	Redditch	85,200	Borough	Worcestershire	West Midlands

286	Daventry	82,600	Northamptonshire	East Midlands

286	Mid Devon	82,600	Devon	South West

288	Hyndburn	80,400	Borough	Lancashire	North West

289	Epsom and Ewell	79,500	Borough	Surrey	South East

290	Bolsover	79,100	Derbyshire	East Midlands

291	Wellingborough	78,900	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands

291	Fylde	78,900	Borough	Lancashire	North West

293	Malvern Hills	77,200	Worcestershire	West Midlands

294	Brentwood	76,600	Borough	Essex	East of England

295	Tamworth	76,500	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands

50,000 to 75,000

296	Derbyshire Dales	71,800	Derbyshire	East Midlands

297	Rossendale	70,400	Borough	Lancashire	North West

298	South Bucks	69,800	Buckinghamshire	South East

299	Corby	69,500	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands

300	Copeland	68,700	Borough	Cumbria	North West

301	Boston	68,500	Borough	Lincolnshire	East Midlands

302	Torridge	67,800	Devon	South West

303	Barrow-in-Furness	67,100	Borough	Cumbria	North West

304	North Warwickshire	64,100	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands

305	Maldon	64,000	Essex	East of England

306	Adur	63,700	West Sussex	South East

307	Ribble Valley	59,500	Borough	Lancashire	North West

308	Oadby and Wigston	57,000	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands

309	Craven	56,600	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

310	West Devon	55,300	Borough	Devon	South West

311	Ryedale	54,300	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

312	Richmondshire	53,700	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

313	Eden	52,800	Cumbria	North West

314	Melton	50,900	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands

Below 50,000

315	Rutland	39,500	Unitary authority	Rutland	East Midlands

316	City of London	7,700	City (TI), sui generis	City of London	London

317	Isles of Scilly	2,300	sui generis	Cornwall	South West

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City of Leeds has a population of 784,800 and made the second largest city in England by population behind Birmingham.

final_sentence: City of Leeds has a population of 784,800 and made the second largest city in England by population behind Birmingham.