List of Welsh principal areas by population
This is a list of principal areas of Wales ordered by population. The figures are estimates for mid-2022 est. from the Office for National Statistics.[1]
| Rank | District | Population | Population density/km² |
Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff | 372,089 | 2,641 | City and county |
| 2 | Swansea | 241,282 | 639 | City and county |
| 3 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 239,018 | 564 | County borough |
| 4 | Carmarthenshire | 189,117 | 80 | County |
| 5 | Caerphilly | 176,130 | 635 | County borough |
| 7 | Flintshire | 155,319 | 353 | County |
| 6 | Newport | 161,506 | 848 | City |
| 8 | Bridgend | 146,136 | 583 | County borough |
| 9 | Neath Port Talbot | 142,158 | 322 | County borough |
| 10 | Wrexham | 135,394 | 269 | County borough |
| 11 | Powys | 133,891 | 26 | County |
| 12 | Vale of Glamorgan | 133,492 | 403 | County borough |
| 13 | Pembrokeshire | 124,367 | 77 | County |
| 14 | Gwynedd | 117,591 | 46 | County |
| 15 | Conwy | 114,290 | 102 | County borough |
| 16 | Denbighshire | 96,558 | 115 | County |
| 17 | Monmouthshire | 93,886 | 111 | County |
| 18 | Torfaen | 92,860 | 739 | County borough |
| 19 | Ceredigion | 71,610 | 40 | County |
| 20 | Isle of Anglesey | 69,049 | 97 | County |
| 21 | Blaenau Gwent | 67,014 | 616 | County borough |
| 22 | Merthyr Tydfil | 58,883 | 528 | County borough |
References
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.