Towns and cities in Greater London by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · ONS mid-year estimates · GeoNames

All 255 populated places in Greater London, ranked by current population. The largest is London, with 8,961,989 people.

Every place in Greater London, ranked

Do not add these figures together to get Greater London's population. Settlement boundaries overlap, so the rows below sum to more than the area actually holds. We hold no single official figure for this area. Why figures differ.

17.06M

sum of the places listed below

255

towns & places

London

largest place

#	Place	Population
1	London	8,961,989
2	Brent	329,100
3	Islington	319,143
4	City of Westminster	247,614
5	Bexley	228,000
6	Barking	218,534
7	Archway	215,667
8	Sutton	187,600
9	Croydon	173,314
10	Ilford	168,168
11	Enfield Town	156,858
12	Harrow	149,246
13	Tottenham	130,000
14	Walthamstow	109,424
15	Dagenham	108,368
16	Becontree	100,000
17	Romford	95,000
18	Hayes	93,928
19	Wembley	90,045
20	Fulham	87,161
21	Edmonton	82,000
22	Southall	78,253
23	Putney	77,140
24	Battersea	75,651
25	Canary Wharf	73,390
26	Purley	72,000
27	Peckham	71,552
28	Chingford	70,583
29	Uxbridge	70,000
30	Wimbledon	68,187
31	Stamford Hill	68,050
32	Brixton	66,300
33	Hounslow	66,292
34	Finchley	65,812
35	Cricklewood	65,000
36	Mitcham	63,393
37	Feltham	63,368
38	Acton	62,480
39	Beckenham	60,739
40	Chelsea	60,000
41	Streatham	58,055
42	South Croydon	55,198
43	Leytonstone	54,696
44	Eltham	48,964
45	Morden	48,233
46	Carshalton	45,525
47	Catford	44,905
48	Willesden	44,295
49	Canning Town	42,667
50	Holloway	41,329
51	Welling	41,000
52	Shepherds Bush	39,724
53	Surbiton	38,158
54	Greenford	38,000
55	Heston	37,045
56	Stratford	36,666
57	Chiswick	34,337
58	Thamesmead	31,824
59	Ruislip	31,000
60	Greenwich	30,578
61	Barnet	30,000
62	Kilburn	29,027
63	Wood Green	28,453
64	Muswell Hill	27,992
65	Bow	27,720
66	Highbury	26,664
67	Camden Town	26,122
68	Northolt	26,000
69	Coulsdon	25,530
70	Hornchurch	25,470
71	Blackheath	25,116
72	Isleworth	25,008
73	Chalk Farm	24,977
74	New Malden	23,818
75	Hanworth	23,563
76	Woodford Green	22,803
77	Hadley Wood	21,639
78	Richmond	21,469
79	Barnes	21,218
80	Notting Hill	21,000
81	Wallington	20,850
82	Pimlico	20,709
83	Hampton	20,000
84	Soho	19,634
85	Blackwall	19,461
86	Chessington	19,433
87	Pinner	19,158
88	Hook	18,973
89	Golders Green	18,818
90	Wealdstone	18,500
91	East Barnet	18,100
92	Abbey Wood	17,700
93	Bethnal Green	17,590
94	Bayswater	17,500
95	Friern Barnet	17,250
96	Harlesden	17,162
97	Brockley	17,156
98	South Ruislip	16,800
99	Plumstead	16,736
100	South Norwood	16,518
101	Harringay	16,500
102	Norbury	16,476
103	Enfield Lock	16,469
104	Tooting	16,239
105	Stepney	16,238
106	Roehampton	16,132
107	Upper Norwood	16,082
108	Worcester Park	16,031
109	Limehouse	15,986
110	Seven Sisters	15,968
111	Ealing Common	15,945
112	Hayes	15,908
113	New Cross	15,756
114	Ponders End	15,664
115	Perry Vale	15,618
116	Chislehurst	15,600
117	Queenstown	15,599
118	Earlsfield	15,562
119	West Ham	15,551
120	Furzedown	15,504
121	Latchmere	15,358
122	Manor Park	15,318
123	Orpington	15,248
124	West Ealing	15,169
125	Palmers Green	15,162
126	Totteridge	15,159
127	Shadwell	15,110
128	Tottenham Hale	15,064
129	Kenley	14,966
130	Sudbury	14,950
131	Crofton Park	14,937
132	Kensal Green	14,915
133	Headstone	14,900
134	Whitechapel	14,862
135	Forest Hill	14,854
136	Balham	14,751
137	Thornton Heath	14,669
138	St. Ann's	14,638
139	Lee	14,573
140	Ladywell	14,515
141	Chelsfield	14,507
142	Southgate	14,454
143	Northumberland Park	14,429
144	Charlton	14,385
145	West Drayton	14,370
146	Kidbrooke	14,300
147	Harrow Weald	14,300
148	Shirley	14,296
149	West Wickham	14,276
150	Leyton	14,184
151	King's Cross	14,082
152	New Barnet	14,000
153	Bickley	13,904
154	Rotherhithe	13,743
155	Gipsy Hill	13,712
156	World's End	13,700
157	Ickenham	13,600
158	Goodmayes	13,069
159	Abbey Road	13,043
160	Osterley	13,031
161	Holborn	13,023
162	Sanderstead	12,777
163	Queen's Park	12,756
164	Hornsey	12,659
165	Barkingside	12,609
166	Rainham	12,482
167	Brixton Hill	12,458
168	Harold Wood	12,443
169	Hillingdon	12,403
170	Cranford	12,330
171	East Dulwich	12,321
172	Crystal Palace	12,255
173	Marylebone	12,157
174	Edgwarebury	12,100
175	Canonbury	12,072
176	Elm Park	12,048
177	Emerson Park	11,977
178	St. Helier	11,949
179	Snaresbrook	11,868
180	Northwood Hills	11,800
181	Stroud Green	11,758
182	Westbourne	11,686
183	Church Street	11,673
184	Maida Hill	11,660
185	Regent's Park	11,610
186	Belsize Park	11,600
187	Wanstead	11,543
188	West End	11,543
189	Kew	11,436
190	Harrow Road	11,381
191	Highams Park	11,355
192	Northwood	11,300
193	Cheam	11,286
194	Wimbledon Park	11,197
195	Knightsbridge and Belgravia	11,028
196	Belvedere	11,000
197	Ruislip Manor	11,000
198	Highgate	10,955
199	Lancaster Gate	10,951
200	Mortlake	10,919
201	Biggin Hill	10,817
202	Brentford	10,750
203	Harrow on the Hill	10,632
204	West End of London	10,575
205	Monkhams	10,422
206	Sidcup	10,400
207	Little Venice	10,366
208	St James's	10,361
209	East Sheen	10,348
210	Vincent Square	10,327
211	Hyde Park	10,319
212	Cockfosters	10,300
213	Spitalfields	10,286
214	Hampton Wick	10,221
215	Norbiton	10,107
216	Collier Row	10,100
217	Crouch End	10,075
218	Belmont	10,048
219	Kingston upon Thames	10,001
220	Upminster	10,000
221	Barnsbury	10,000
222	Mottingham	9,987
223	Tolworth	9,833
224	Edgware	9,832
225	Erith	9,811
226	Hatch End	9,800
227	Teddington	9,615
228	Chadwell Heath	9,598
229	Greenhill	9,324
230	Shortlands	9,303
231	Earls Court	9,104
232	Oakwood	9,100
233	Farnborough	9,033
234	Belmont	9,000
235	Clapham Junction	8,916
236	Newbury Park	8,617
237	City of London	8,072
238	Poplar	8,069
239	Hainault	7,071
240	High Barnet	7,062
241	Harefield	6,573
242	Lambeth	6,000
243	Clerkenwell	4,934
244	Stanmore	4,179
245	Kennington	4,000
246	Barbican	4,000
247	Cranham	2,836
248	South Harefield	1,900
249	Blackheath Westcombe	1,098
250	Harmondsworth	879
251	Cudham	362
252	Downe	327
253	Berry's Green	232
254	Hampton Court	100
255	Forest Gate	67

Common questions

What is the largest town in Greater London?

London, with 8,961,989 residents on current figures. This page ranks all 255 recorded places in Greater London by population, each linking to its own page with sources and, where held, a 2005 comparison.