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UK cities and towns by population

The 100 largest places in the United Kingdom by current population. 6,358 places in total, across 135 counties and councils.

6,358

UK towns and cities listed

official cities

135

counties & councils

Figures are for the populated place itself. City, urban area and local-authority definitions differ, and we label which we use — see sources & method.

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Compare towns on their real boundaries

Every comparison below measures towns on their ONS built-up area, the boundary drawn from where the buildings are, so the figures and the census populations describe the same piece of ground. Also: care quality · broadband · takeaways and pubs.

#	Place	County / council	Population
1	London	Greater London	8,961,989
2	Birmingham	City and Borough of Birmingham	1,157,603
3	Glasgow	Glasgow City	626,410
4	Manchester	Manchester	568,996
5	Sheffield	Sheffield	556,500
6	Leeds	City and Borough of Leeds	536,280
7	Edinburgh	City of Edinburgh	514,990
8	Liverpool	Liverpool	496,770
9	Bristol	City of Bristol	479,024
10	Cardiff	Cardiff	372,089
11	Leicester	City of Leicester	368,600
12	Bradford	Bradford	366,187
13	Belfast	City of Belfast	348,005
14	Coventry	Coventry	345,324
15	Brent	Greater London	329,100
16	Birkenhead	Metropolitan Borough of Wirral	325,264
17	Nottingham	Nottingham	323,632
18	Islington	Greater London	319,143
19	Reading	Reading	318,014
20	Kingston upon Hull	City of Kingston upon Hull	314,018
21	Preston	Lancashire	313,332
22	Swansea	City and County of Swansea	300,352
23	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	300,125
24	Southend-on-Sea	Southend-on-Sea	295,310
25	Brighton	Brighton and Hove	283,870
26	Derby	Derby	270,468
27	Southampton	Southampton	269,781
28	Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton	263,700
29	Plymouth	Plymouth	260,203
30	Stoke-on-Trent	Stoke-on-Trent	258,366
31	Milton Keynes	Milton Keynes	256,385
32	City of Westminster	Greater London	247,614
33	Northampton	West Northamptonshire	245,899
34	Oldham	Borough of Oldham	237,110
35	Bexley	Greater London	228,000
36	Luton	Luton	225,262
37	Barking	Greater London	218,534
38	Archway	Greater London	215,667
39	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	208,100
40	Swindon	Borough of Swindon	201,669
41	Dudley	Dudley	199,059
42	Aberdeen	Aberdeen City	198,590
43	Sutton	Greater London	187,600
44	St Helens	St. Helens	183,200
45	Ipswich	Suffolk	178,835
46	Wigan	Borough of Wigan	175,405
47	Croydon	Greater London	173,314
48	Warrington	Warrington	172,330
49	Walsall	Walsall	172,141
50	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	171,958
51	Sunderland	Sunderland	170,134
52	Ilford	Greater London	168,168
53	Slough	Slough	164,793
54	Bournemouth	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	163,600
55	Peterborough	Peterborough	163,379
56	Oxford	Oxfordshire	162,100
57	Newport	Newport	161,506
58	Enfield Town	Greater London	156,858
59	York	City of York	156,135
60	Telford	Telford and Wrekin	155,570
61	Poole	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	151,500
62	Burnley	Lancashire	149,422
63	Harrow	Greater London	149,246
64	Huddersfield	Kirklees	149,017
65	Dundee	Dundee City	148,210
66	Blackburn	Blackburn with Darwen	146,521
67	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	145,674
68	Blackpool	Blackpool	145,007
69	Basildon	Essex	144,859
70	Norwich	Norfolk	143,135
71	Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	142,707
72	Bolton	Borough of Bolton	141,331
73	Stockport	Borough of Stockport	139,052
74	High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	133,204
75	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	132,416
76	Exeter	Devon	130,709
77	Colchester	Essex	130,245
78	Tottenham	Greater London	130,000
79	Salford	City and Borough of Salford	129,794
80	Newcastle under Lyme	Staffordshire	127,727
81	Solihull	Solihull	126,577
82	Watford	Hertfordshire	125,707
83	Saint Peters	Kent	125,370
84	Crawley	West Sussex	124,008
85	Burton upon Trent	Staffordshire	122,199
86	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	118,836
87	Rotherham	Rotherham	117,618
88	Worthing	West Sussex	113,866
89	Doncaster	Doncaster	113,566
90	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	113,057
91	Chelmsford	Essex	111,511
92	Mendip	Somerset	110,000
93	Sutton Coldfield	City and Borough of Birmingham	109,899
94	Wakefield	City and Borough of Wakefield	109,766
95	Walthamstow	Greater London	109,424
96	Dagenham	Greater London	108,368
97	Basingstoke	Hampshire	107,642
98	Maidstone	Kent	107,627
99	Bedford	Bedford	106,940
100	Woking	Surrey	103,900

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