List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom
List by population (2001 data)
Source

List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom

Section Title: List by population (2001 data)
Table Section Text: Source

Rank	Metropolitan area	Population (2001)	Morphological Urban Areas within metropolitan area (population)

1	London	13,709,000	London (8,265,000), Southend (291,000), Chatham (231,000), Luton–Dunstable (216,000), Reading (216,000), Aldershot–Farnborough (174,000), Woking (124,000), Basildon (113,000), Slough (112,000), High Wycombe (100,000), Crawley (99,000), Bracknell–Ascot (96,000), Harlow (87,000), Chelmsford (76,000), Hemel Hempstead (68,000), Maidstone (65,000), Maidenhead (59,000), St.

2	Birmingham metropolitan area	3,683,000	Birmingham–Wolverhampton (2,363,000), Coventry (308,000), Nuneaton (87,000), Warwick–Leamington (71,000), Redditch (61,000), Bromsgrove (25,000), Tamworth (21,000)

3	Manchester metropolitan area	2,556,000	Greater Manchester Urban Area (2,207,000), Macclesfield (59,000)

4	Leeds–Bradford metropolitan area	2,302,000	Leeds (534,000), Bradford (341,000), Huddersfield (219,000), Halifax–Queensbury (155,000), Wakefield (111,000), Castleford–Pontefract (102,000), Harrogate (60,000), Dewsbury (36,000)

5	Liverpool–Birkenhead metropolitan area	2,241,000	Liverpool–Birkenhead (1,170,000), Wigan–Ashton (220,000), Warrington (168,000), Widnes–Runcorn (121,000), Chester (58,000), Southport (44,000), Ellesmere Port (40,000), Ormskirk (24,000), Skelmersdale (20,000)

6	Tyneside metropolitan area	1,599,000	Newcastle (814,000), Sunderland (270,000), Blyth–Cramlington (55,000), Peterlee (42,000), Ashington (27,000), Seaham (24,000), Chester-le-Street (23,000)

7	Sheffield metropolitan area	1,569,000	Sheffield (693,000), Rotherham (150,000), Doncaster (80,000), Darfield (73,000), Chesterfield (73,000), Barnsley (56,000)

8	Portsmouth-Southampton metropolitan area	1,547,000	Portsmouth (500,000), Southampton (376,000), Bognor Regis (66,000), Salisbury (29,000), Winchester (27,000), Andover (26,000)

9	Nottingham–Derby metropolitan area	1,534,000	Nottingham (532,000), Derby (217,000), Mansfield (185,000), Ilkeston (53,000), Newark (25,000), Alfreton (23,000)

10	Glasgow	1,395,000	Greater Glasgow (1,228,000), East Kilbride (59,000), Cumbernauld (45,000), Kilmarnock (39,000), Dumbarton (23,000)

11	Cardiff and South Wales valleys metropolitan area	1,097,000	Cardiff (353,000), Newport (192,000), Merthyr Tydfil (35,000), Pontypridd (28,000), Caerphilly (26,000), Bridgend (24,000), Ebbw Vale (22,000)

12	Bristol metropolitan area	1,041,000	Bristol (568,000), Weston-super-Mare (70,000), Bath (65,000), Clevedon (25,000)

13	Belfast	799,000	Belfast (501,000), Bangor (15,000)

14	Edinburgh	782,000	Edinburgh (478,000), Livingston (46,000)

15	Brighton–Worthing–Littlehampton	769,000	Brighton–Worthing (410,000), Eastbourne (74,000), Littlehampton (40,000)

16	Leicester	745,000	Leicester (442,000), Loughborough (53,000), Coalville (39,000), Hinckley (20,000)

17	Middlesbrough	656,000	Middlesbrough (389,000), Darlington (58,000), Hartlepool (53,000)

18	Bournemouth–Poole	531,000	Bournemouth–Poole (390,000)

19	Swansea	462,000	Swansea (219,000), Port Talbot–Neath (51,000)

20	Stoke	456,000	Stoke-on-Trent (359,000)

21	Hull	419,000	Hull (284,000)

22	Blackburn–Burnley	391,000	Blackburn (182,000), Burnley (125,000)

23	Norwich	364,000	Norwich (193,000)

24	Preston	354,000	Preston–Leyland (249,000)

25	Plymouth	343,000	Plymouth (228,000)

26	Aberdeen	332,000	Aberdeen (183,000)

27	Blackpool	304,000	Blackpool (239,000)

28	Northampton	288,000	Northampton (220,000)

29	Cambridge	283,000	Cambridge (142,000)

30	Milton Keynes	271,000	Milton Keynes (136,000)

31	Swindon	260,000	Swindon (144,000)

32	Exeter	259,000	Exeter (105,000), Exmouth (25,000)

33	Oxford	244,000	Oxford (122,000)

34	Ipswich	240,000	Ipswich (120,000)

35	York	234,000	York (135,000)

36	Torbay	231,000	Torbay (178,000)

37	Peterborough	219,000	Peterborough (127,000)

38	Dundee	211,000	Dundee (150,000)

39	Telford	209,000	Telford (105,000)

40	Bedford	202,000	Bedford (108,000)

41	Colchester	191,000	Colchester (95,000)

42	Lincoln	176,000	Lincoln (99,000)

43	Grimsby	174,000	Grimsby (123,000)

44	Gloucester	166,000	Gloucester (134,000)

45	Hastings–Bexhill	164,000	Hastings–Bexhill (103,000)

46	Cheltenham	164,000	Cheltenham (82,000)

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Southampton is one of the United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas.

final_sentence: Southampton is one of the United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas.