List of English districts by population

List of the 326 districts of England (English Municipalities) by population, estimated figures for 2022 from the Office for National Statistics.

The list consists of the non-metropolitan districts (201), the London boroughs (32), metropolitan boroughs (36), unitary authorities (55) and those that are labelled as sui generis (2).

Map of England's districts by population

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	English Region
More than 1,000,000 inhabitants
1	Birmingham	1,157,603	Metropolitan borough, City 1889	West Midlands	West Midlands
More than 500,000 inhabitants
2	Leeds	822,483	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
7	Sheffield	566,242	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
5	Cornwall	575,413	Unitary authority	Cornwall	South West
6	Manchester	568,996	Metropolitan borough, City 1853	Greater Manchester	North West
9	Bradford	552,644	Metropolitan borough, City 1897	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
10	Co. Durham	528,127	Unitary authority	County Durham	North East
400,000 to 500,000 inhabitants
11	Wiltshire	515,885	Unitary authority	Wiltshire	South West
12	Liverpool	496,770	Metropolitan borough, City 1880	Merseyside	North West
13	Bristol	479,024	Unitary authority, City 1542	Bristol	South West
14	Kirklees	437,593	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
300,000 to 400,000 inhabitants
19	Barnet	389,101	London borough	Greater London	London
18	Croydon	392,224	London borough	Greater London	London
16	Cheshire East	406,527	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West
27	Coventry	355,600	Metropolitan borough, City 1345	West Midlands	West Midlands
21	Leicester	373,399	Unitary authority, City 1919	Leicestershire	East Midlands
25	Newham	358,645	London borough	Greater London	London
22	Ealing	369,937	London borough	Greater London	London
26	Wakefield	357,729	Metropolitan borough, City 1888	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
28	East Riding of Yorkshire	346,309	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
24	Cheshire West and Chester	361,694	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West
35	Enfield	327,224	London borough	Greater London	London
32	Bromley	329,578	London borough	Greater London	London
34	Nottingham	328,513	Unitary authority, City 1897	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
30	Brent	341,221	London borough	Greater London	London
29	Sandwell	344,210	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
31	Wigan	334,110	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
41	Lambeth	316,812	London borough	Greater London	London
33	Wandsworth	329,035	London borough	Greater London	London
40	Wirral	322,453	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
38	Dudley	324,969	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
39	Northumberland	324,362	Unitary authority	Northumberland	North East
36	Shropshire	327,178	Unitary authority	Shropshire	West Midlands
42	Southwark	311,913	London borough	Greater London	London
43	Doncaster	311,027	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
37	Tower Hamlets	325,789	London borough	Greater London	London
45	Hillingdon	310,681	London borough	Greater London	London
44	Redbridge	310,911	London borough	Greater London	London
49	Lewisham	298,653	London borough	Greater London	London
250,000 to 300,000 inhabitants
46	Newcastle upon Tyne	307,565	Metropolitan borough, City 1882	Tyne and Wear	North East
50	Stockport	297,107	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
59	Brighton & Hove	277,965	Unitary authority, City 2000	East Sussex	South East
48	Bolton	298,903	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
53	Greenwich	291,080	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
55	Walsall	286,105	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
47	Central Bedfordshire	301,501	Unitary authority	Bedfordshire	East of England
51	South Gloucestershire	294,765	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire	South West
56	Medway	282,702	Unitary authority	Kent	South East
60	Sunderland	277,354	Metropolitan borough, City 1992	Tyne and Wear	North East
70	Hackney	261,491	London borough	Greater London	London
61	Waltham Forest	275,887	London borough	Greater London	London
57	Sefton	281,027	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
69	Haringey	261,811	London borough	Greater London	London
54	Hounslow	290,488	London borough	Greater London	London
52	Milton Keynes	292,180	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire	East of England
64	Rotherham	268,354	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
66	Plymouth	266,862	Unitary authority, City 1928	Devon	South West
63	Hull	268,852	Unitary authority, City 1299	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
65	Wolverhampton	267,651	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands	West Midlands
68	Derby	263,490	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire	East Midlands
67	Havering	264,703	London borough	Greater London	London
72	Stoke-on-Trent	259,965	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire	West Midlands
87	Camden	218,049	London borough	Greater London	London
73	Southampton	252,689	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire	South East
58	Salford	278,064	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester	North West
200,000 to 250,000
71	Harrow	261,185	London borough	Greater London	London
74	Bexley	247,835	London borough	Greater London	London
92	Westminster	211,365	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London	London
76	Barnsley	246,482	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
78	Trafford	236,301	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
84	Islington	220,373	London borough	Greater London	London
77	Oldham	243,912	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
align="center"	Northampton	align="center"	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
80	Tameside	232,753	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
79	Swindon	235,657	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire	South West
82	Rochdale	226,992	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
95	Portsmouth	208,420	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire	South East
83	Luton	226,973	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire	East of England
89	Solihull	217,678	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
86	North Somerset	219,145	Unitary authority	Somerset	South West
85	Barking and Dagenham	219,992	London borough	Greater London	London
91	Warrington	211,580	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire	North West
96	Calderdale	207,699	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
97	York	204,551	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
90	Merton	214,709	London borough	Greater London	London
93	North Tyneside	210,487	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
94	Sutton	210,053	London borough	Greater London	London
99	Gateshead	197,722	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
150,000 to 200,000
88	Peterborough	217,705	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire	East of England
98	Stockton-on-Tees	199,966	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire and the Humber
align="center"	Aylesbury Vale	align="center"		Buckinghamshire	South East
101	Richmond upon Thames	194,894	London borough	Greater London	London
align="center"	Bournemouth	align="center"	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset	South West
106	Herefordshire	188,719	Unitary authority	Herefordshire	West Midlands
103	Colchester	194,394	Borough	Essex	East of England
102	Bury	194,606	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
100	Bath and North East Somerset	195,618	Unitary authority	Somerset	South West
105	Basildon	188,848	Borough	Essex	East of England
109	Hammersmith and Fulham	185,238	London borough	Greater London	London
116	Southend-on-Sea	180,915	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex	East of England
110	Charnwood	184,748	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
119	New Forest	175,942		Hampshire	South East
111	St Helens	184,728	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
112	Huntingdonshire	184,052		Cambridgeshire	East of England
113	Chelmsford	183,326	City (2012)	Essex	East of England
104	Telford and Wrekin	188,871	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire	West Midlands
107	Basingstoke and Deane	187,817	Borough	Hampshire	South East
align="center"	Wycombe	align="center"		Buckinghamshire	South East
122	Kingston upon Thames	168,302	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
121	North Lincolnshire	170,042	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
118	Thurrock	176,877	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex	East of England
108	Bedford	187,466	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire	East of England
117	Maidstone	180,428	Borough	Kent	South East
align="center"	South Somerset	align="center"		Somerset	South West
115	Wokingham	180,967	Unitary authority	Berkshire	South East
132	Canterbury	157,550	City (TI)	Kent	South East
120	Reading	174,820	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
align="center"	Harrogate	align="center"	Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
130	North East Lincolnshire	157,754	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
127	Wealden	163,012		East Sussex	South East
123	Arun	166,366		West Sussex	South East
128	West Berkshire	162,215	Unitary authority	Berkshire	South East
124	South Cambridgeshire	165,633		Cambridgeshire	East of England
152	Kensington and Chelsea	146,154	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
126	Oxford	163,257	City (1542)	Oxfordshire	South East
134	Dacorum	156,123	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
136	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	155,741	Borough	Norfolk	East of England
131	Braintree	157,681		Essex	East of England
align="center"	Poole	align="center"	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset	South West
138	Windsor and Maidenhead	154,738	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire	South East
125,000 to 150,000
148	South Tyneside	148,667	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear	North East
135	Blackburn with Darwen	155,762	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire	North West
129	Slough	159,182	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
133	Knowsley	157,103	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
137	Mid Sussex	154,930		West Sussex	South East
153	Guildford	145,673	Borough	Surrey	South East
125	Cherwell	164,155		Oxfordshire	South East
149	St Albans	148,358	City (1877)	Hertfordshire	East of England
143	East Hertfordshire	151,635		Hertfordshire	East of England
139	Swale	154,619	Borough	Kent	South East
141	Reigate and Banstead	153,629	Borough	Surrey	South East
145	Tendring	151,451		Essex	East of England
156	Lancaster	144,446	City (1937)	Lancashire	North West
140	East Devon	154,500		Devon	South West
158	South Kesteven	144,249		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
144	Preston	151,582	City (2002)	Lancashire	North West
163	Thanet	140,689		Kent	South East
162	Isle of Wight	140,794	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight	South East
150	Middlesbrough	148,285	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
155	Norwich	144,525	City (1195)	Norfolk	East of England
146	Warwick	151,158		Warwickshire	West Midlands
147	Horsham	148,696		West Sussex	South East
161	Blackpool	141,574	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire	North West
142	South Oxfordshire	151,820		Oxfordshire	South East
157	East Lindsey	144,415		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
159	Breckland	143,479		Norfolk	East of England
166	Ipswich	139,247	Borough	Suffolk	East of England
164	Elmbridge	140,024	Borough	Surrey	South East
170	Redcar and Cleveland	137,175	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
154	South Norfolk	144,593		Norfolk	East of England
165	Torbay	139,479	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon	South West
168	Stafford	138,670		Staffordshire	West Midlands
177	North Hertfordshire	134,159		Hertfordshire	East of England
171	Teignbridge	135,952		Devon	South West
160	Vale of White Horse	142,116		Oxfordshire	South East
174	Epping Forest	134,989		Essex	East of England
167	Eastleigh	138,935	Borough	Hampshire	South East
180	Gloucester	133,522	City (1541)	Gloucestershire	South West
align="center"	Suffolk Coastal	align="center"		Suffolk	East of England
191	Newcastle-under-Lyme	125,297	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
175	Exeter	134,939	City (TI)	Devon	South West
179	Tonbridge and Malling	133,661	Borough	Kent	South East
173	Nuneaton and Bedworth	135,481	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
178	Broadland	133,872		Norfolk	East of England
184	Halton	128,964	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire	North West
172	Ashford	135,610	Borough	Kent	South East
186	Ashfield	127,179		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
187	Amber Valley	126,944	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
176	Wychavon	134,536		Worcestershire	West Midlands
169	Stratford-on-Avon	138,583		Warwickshire	West Midlands
193	Havant	124,854	Borough	Hampshire	South East
183	Waverley	130,063	Borough	Surrey	South East
100,000 to 125,000
151	Cambridge	146,995	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire	East of England
181	Test Valley	132,871	Borough	Hampshire	South East
182	Winchester	130,268	City (TI)	Hampshire	South East
197	Welwyn Hatfield	120,213		Hertfordshire	East of England
align="center"	Sedgemoor	align="center"		Somerset	South West
192	Newark and Sherwood	125,089		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
188	Bracknell Forest	126,881	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire	South East
189	Chichester	126,103	Non-metropolitan district	West Sussex	South East
196	Sevenoaks	121,106		Kent	South East
185	East Hampshire	127,319		Hampshire	South East
194	Stroud	123,205		Gloucestershire	South West
209	Tunbridge Wells	116,028	Borough	Kent	South East
align="center"	Waveney	align="center"		Suffolk	East of England
190	East Staffordshire	125,760	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
align="center"	Taunton Deane	align="center"	Borough	Somerset	South West
201	Cheltenham	119,434	Borough	Gloucestershire	South West
205	Gedling	117,730	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
198	Bassetlaw	120,012		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
211	Fareham	114,547	Borough	Hampshire	South East
195	Rushcliffe	121,582	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
206	Dover	117,473		Kent	South East
204	Chorley	118,624	Borough	Lancashire	North West
213	Erewash	113,080	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
199	North Kesteven	119,709		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
202	West Lancashire	119,367		Lancashire	North West
align="center"	St Edmundsbury	align="center"	Borough	Suffolk	East of England
align="center"	Mendip	align="center"		Somerset	South West
215	Broxtowe	112,113	Borough	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
217	South Staffordshire	111,527		Staffordshire	West Midlands
200	Crawley	119,509	Borough	West Sussex	South East
220	Folkestone and Hythe	110,237		Kent	South East
212	Hinckley and Bosworth	114,298	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
210	Wyre	114,809	Borough	Lancashire	North West
214	South Ribble	112,166	Borough	Lancashire	North West
216	Worthing	112,044	Borough	West Sussex	South East
207	West Oxfordshire	116,928		Oxfordshire	South East
219	Mansfield	111,117		Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
align="center"	Scarborough	align="center"	Borough	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
align="center"	Carlisle	align="center"	City (TI)	Cumbria	North West
203	Dartford	118,820	Borough	Kent	South East
208	Rugby	116,436	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
221	Darlington	109,469	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham	North East
225	Gravesham	106,970	Borough	Kent	South East
230	Chesterfield	104,110	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
align="center"	South Lakeland	align="center"		Cumbria	North West
233	North Norfolk	103,227		Norfolk	East of England
223	Hertsmere	108,106	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
222	Lichfield	108,352		Staffordshire	West Midlands
238	Eastbourne	102,247	Borough	East Sussex	South East
218	South Derbyshire	111,133		Derbyshire	East Midlands
229	Worcester	104,120	City (1189)	Worcestershire	West Midlands
242	Lewes	100,677		East Sussex	South East
align="center"	West Dorset	align="center"		Dorset	South West
226	Mid Suffolk	105,723		Suffolk	East of England
228	Woking	104,179	Borough	Surrey	South East
231	North East Derbyshire	103,783		Derbyshire	East Midlands
234	Fenland	103,035		Cambridgeshire	East of England
237	Wyre Forest	102,328		Worcestershire	West Midlands
align="center"	Kettering	align="center"	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
224	North West Leicestershire	107,672		Leicestershire	East Midlands
75,000 to 100,000
246	Great Yarmouth	99,862	Borough	Norfolk	East of England
239	Cannock Chase	101,140		Staffordshire	West Midlands
232	Spelthorne	103,551	Borough	Surrey	South East
227	Blaby	104,182		Leicestershire	East Midlands
252	Staffordshire Moorlands	95,899		Staffordshire	West Midlands
236	Lincoln	102,545	City (TI)	Lincolnshire	East Midlands
245	Bromsgrove	100,076		Worcestershire	West Midlands
align="center"	Allerdale	align="center"	Borough	Cumbria	North West
247	Broxbourne	99,103	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
235	Watford	103,031	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
240	Rushmoor	101,060	Borough	Hampshire	South East
241	Hart	100,910		Hampshire	South East
243	North Devon	100,505		Devon	South West
align="center"	Chiltern	align="center"		Buckinghamshire	South East
256	Rother	94,162		East Sussex	South East
250	West Lindsey	96,817		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
249	South Holland	96,983		Lincolnshire	East Midlands
align="center"	East Northamptonshire	align="center"		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
258	Hartlepool	93,861	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham	North East
263	Hastings	90,622	Borough	East Sussex	South East
257	Three Rivers	94,123		Hertfordshire	East of England
262	High Peak	91,109	Borough	Derbyshire	East Midlands
244	Harborough	100,481		Leicestershire	East Midlands
align="center"	South Northamptonshire	align="center"		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
255	Babergh	94,277		Suffolk	East of England
align="center"	Hambleton	align="center"		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
251	Pendle	96,110	Borough	Lancashire	North West
248	Tewkesbury	97,000	Borough	Gloucestershire	South West
266	Castle Point	89,731	Borough	Essex	East of England
align="center"	East Dorset	align="center"		Dorset	South West
267	East Cambridgeshire	89,394		Cambridgeshire	East of England
261	Surrey Heath	91,237	Borough	Surrey	South East
align="center"	Selby	align="center"		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
265	Stevenage	89,737	Borough	Hertfordshire	East of England
253	Burnley	95,553	Borough	Lancashire	North West
259	Uttlesford	92,578		Essex	East of England
260	Cotswold	91,311		Gloucestershire	South West
268	Tandridge	88,707		Surrey	South East
271	Mole Valley	87,769		Surrey	South East
269	Runnymede	88,524	Borough	Surrey	South East
272	Rochford	87,216		Essex	East of England
254	Harlow	94,409		Essex	East of England
270	Forest of Dean	87,937		Gloucestershire	South West
277	Gosport	82,285	Borough	Hampshire	South East
264	South Hams	89,812		Devon	South West
273	Redditch	87,132	Borough	Worcestershire	West Midlands
align="center"	Daventry	align="center"		Northamptonshire	East Midlands
274	Mid Devon	83,786		Devon	South West
275	Hyndburn	83,213	Borough	Lancashire	North West
279	Epsom and Ewell	81,184	Borough	Surrey	South East
278	Bolsover	81,553		Derbyshire	East Midlands
align="center"	Wellingborough	align="center"	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
276	Fylde	83,008	Borough	Lancashire	North West
280	Malvern Hills	81,024		Worcestershire	West Midlands
282	Brentwood	77,332	Borough	Essex	East of England
281	Tamworth	79,639	Borough	Staffordshire	West Midlands
50,000 to 75,000
283	Derbyshire Dales	71,752		Derbyshire	East Midlands
align="center"	North Dorset	align="center"		Dorset	South West
284	Rossendale	71,169	Borough	Lancashire	North West
align="center"	South Bucks	align="center"		Buckinghamshire	South East
align="center"	Corby	align="center"	Borough	Northamptonshire	East Midlands
align="center"	Copeland	align="center"	Borough	Cumbria	North West
285	Boston	70,806	Borough	Lincolnshire	East Midlands
286	Torridge	68,635		Devon	South West
align="center"	Barrow-in-Furness	align="center"	Borough	Cumbria	North West
align="center"	Weymouth and Portland	align="center"	Borough	Dorset	South West
align="center"	Forest Heath	align="center"		Suffolk	East of England
288	North Warwickshire	65,946	Borough	Warwickshire	West Midlands
287	Maldon	67,554		Essex	East of England
289	Adur	64,688		West Sussex	South East
290	Ribble Valley	63,107	Borough	Lancashire	North West
291	Oadby and Wigston	58,341	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
align="center"	Craven	align="center"		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
292	West Devon	58,190	Borough	Devon	South West
align="center"	Ryedale	align="center"		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
align="center"	Richmondshire	align="center"		North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
align="center"	Eden	align="center"		Cumbria	North West
293	Melton	52,433	Borough	Leicestershire	East Midlands
Below 50,000
align="center"	Christchurch	align="center"	Borough	Dorset	South West
align="center"	Purbeck	align="center"		Dorset	South West
294	Rutland	41,151	Unitary authority	Rutland	East Midlands
align="center"	West Somerset	align="center"		Somerset	South West
295	City of London	10,847	City (TI), sui generis	City of London	London
296	Isles of Scilly	2,281	sui generis	Cornwall	South West

See also

• List of two-tier counties of England by population
• List of ceremonial counties of England by population
• List of English districts by area
• List of English districts and their ethnic composition
• List of English districts by population density
• List of districts in south east England by population