List of English counties by population

This is a list of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and unitary authorities of England by population.

It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure, metropolitan counties and unitary authorities.

In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a county, the population of the unitary authority is shown separately. For example, Peterborough is shown separately from the population figure for Cambridgeshire.

Figures are mid-year estimates for 2010 from the Office for National Statistics. Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements

Rank	County	Type	Region	Population	Density (people/km²)
1	Greater London	administrative area	London	7,813,600	4,979
2	West Midlands	metropolitan county	West Midlands	2,655,200	2,945
3	Greater Manchester	metropolitan county	North West	2,629,500	2,061
4	West Yorkshire	metropolitan county	Yorkshire and the Humber	2,249,500	1,109
5	Kent	two-tier	South East	1,427,500	382
6	Essex	two-tier	East	1,412,900	385
7	Merseyside	metropolitan county	North West	1,353,400	2,099
8	South Yorkshire	metropolitan county	Yorkshire and the Humber	1,328,300	856
9	Hampshire	two-tier	South East	1,296,900	344
10	Lancashire	two-tier	North West	1,169,300	380
11	Surrey	two-tier	South East	1,127,300	678
12	Tyne and Wear	metropolitan county	North East	1,119,600	2,073
13	Hertfordshire	two-tier	East	1,107,600	674
14	Norfolk	two-tier	East	862,400	161
15	Staffordshire	two-tier	West Midlands	831,300	306
16	West Sussex	two-tier	South East	799,800	402
17	Nottinghamshire	two-tier	East Midlands	779,800	361
18	Derbyshire	two-tier	East Midlands	763,700	291
19	Devon	two-tier	South West	750,000	112
20	Suffolk	two-tier	East	719,500	189
21	Lincolnshire	two-tier	East Midlands	703,000	101
22	Northamptonshire	two-tier	East Midlands	687,300	291
23	Leicestershire	two-tier	East Midlands	648,700	301
24	Oxfordshire	two-tier	South East	648,700	249
25	Cambridgeshire	two-tier	East	616,200	182
26	North Yorkshire	two-tier	Yorkshire and the Humber	599,800	70
27	Gloucestershire	two-tier	South West	593,500	188
28	Worcestershire	two-tier	West Midlands	557,400	320
29	Warwickshire	two-tier	West Midlands	536,100	271
30	Cornwall	unitary	South West	535,300	151
31	Somerset	two-tier	South West	525,200	126
32	East Sussex	two-tier	South East	515,600	288
33	County Durham	unitary	North East	510,800	229
34	Buckinghamshire	two-tier	South East	498,100	266
35	Cumbria	two-tier	North West	494,300	73
36	Wiltshire	unitary	South West	459,800	141
37	Bristol	unitary	South West	441,300	4,026
38	Dorset	two-tier	South West	404,700	153
39	Cheshire East	unitary	North West	363,800	312
40	East Riding of Yorkshire	unitary	Yorkshire and the Humber	338,700	141
41	Cheshire West and Chester	unitary	North West	327,300	357
42	Northumberland	unitary	North East	312,000	62
43	Nottingham	unitary	East Midlands	306,700	4,111
44	Leicester	unitary	East Midlands	306,600	4,180
45	Shropshire	unitary	West Midlands	293,400	92
46	South Gloucestershire	unitary	South West	264,800	533
47	Hull	unitary	Yorkshire and the Humber	263,900	3,694
48	Brighton & Hove	unitary	South East	258,800	3,131
49	Plymouth	unitary	South West	258,700	3,243
50	Medway	unitary	South East	256,700	1,337
51	Central Bedfordshire	unitary	East	255,200	357
52	Derby	unitary	East Midlands	246,900	3,164
53	Milton Keynes	unitary	South East	241,500	782
54	Stoke-on-Trent	unitary	West Midlands	240,100	2,569
55	Southampton	unitary	South East	239,700	4,809
56	North Somerset	unitary	South West	212,200	568
57	Portsmouth	unitary	South East	207,100	5,132
58	York	unitary	Yorkshire and the Humber	202,400	744
59	Swindon	unitary	South West	201,800	877
60	Warrington	unitary	North West	198,900	1,101
61	Luton	unitary	East	198,800	4,586
62	Stockton-on-Tees	unitary	North East	192,400	944
63	Bath and North East Somerset	unitary	South West	179,700	520
64	Herefordshire	unitary	West Midlands	179,300	82
65	Peterborough	unitary	East	173,400	505
66	Bournemouth	unitary	South West	168,100	3,640
67	Southend-on-Sea	unitary	East	165,300	3,959
68	Wokingham	unitary	South East	163,200	912
69	Telford and Wrekin	unitary	West Midlands	162,600	560
70	North Lincolnshire	unitary	Yorkshire and the Humber	161,300	191
71	Bedford	unitary	East	160,800	338
72	Thurrock	unitary	East	159,700	978
73	North East Lincolnshire	unitary	Yorkshire and the Humber	157,300	820
74	Reading	unitary	South East	154,200	3,817
75	West Berkshire	unitary	South East	154,000	219
76	Windsor and Maidenhead	unitary	South East	146,100	743
77	Middlesbrough	unitary	North East	142,400	2,643
78	Poole	unitary	South West	142,100	2,195
79	Isle of Wight	unitary	South East	140,500	370
80	Blackpool	unitary	North West	140,000	4,017
81	Blackburn with Darwen	unitary	North West	140,000	1,022
82	Redcar and Cleveland	unitary	North East	137,400	561
83	Torbay	unitary	South West	134,300	2,135
84	Slough	unitary	South East	131,100	4,028
85	Halton	unitary	North West	119,300	1,508
86	Bracknell Forest	unitary	South East	116,500	1,065
87	Darlington	unitary	North East	100,800	510
88	Hartlepool	unitary	North East	91,300	973
89	Rutland	unitary	East Midlands	38,600	101
90	Isles of Scilly	unitary	South West	2,100	128