List of cities in the United Kingdom
The list of cities in the United Kingdom provides an overview of the population development of the largest urban settlements in the United Kingdom and an alphabetical overview of all cities with city status .
Agglomerations by population
The largest agglomeration in the United Kingdom is London with 14.1 million inhabitants. This means that around a fifth of the country's people live in the capital region alone. The table shows the largest agglomerations in the United Kingdom (as of 2016).
rank |
Metropolitan area |
Population (2016) |
---|---|---|
1. | London | 14,187,146 |
2. | Birmingham - Wolverhampton | 2,989,137 |
3. | Manchester | 2,938,973 |
4th | Leeds - Bradford | 2,128,760 |
5. | Liverpool - Birkenhead | 1,652,158 |
6th | Glasgow | 1,649,240 |
7th | Sheffield - Doncaster | 1,492,404 |
8th. | Nottingham - Derby | 1,352,035 |
9. | Newcastle upon Tyne - Sunderland | 1,342,563 |
10. | Portsmouth - Southampton | 1,142,176 |
Urban settlements by population
The following table contains all urban settlements that were estimated to have more than 50,000 inhabitants on July 30, 2016, as well as the results of the population censuses (VZ) of April 5, 1981, April 21, 1991 and April 29, 2001. The superordinate administrative unit of the four parts of the country to which the city belongs: the region in England , the Unitary Authorities in Scotland and Wales and the District in Northern Ireland . The population figures refer to the respective urban settlement area (" built-up area subdivision "), not to the city or municipality in the political sense. It should be noted that the definitions of some “ built-up area subdivisions ” have changed over time.
(VZ = population census, S = estimate)
rank | Surname | VZ 1981 | VZ 1991 | VZ 2001 | S 2016 | Administrative unit | Part of the country |
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1. | London | 6,574,009 | 6,715,769 | 7,242,154 | 8,869,898 | Greater London | England |
2. | Birmingham | 1,013,995 | 965.928 | 995.480 | 1,140,754 | West Midlands | England |
3. | Glasgow | 765.030 | 658.379 | 574,840 | 611.760 | Glasgow | Scotland |
4th | Liverpool | 538,809 | 538.386 | 530,850 | 571.733 | North West England | England |
5. | Bristol | 413,861 | 496.044 | 480.920 | 567.111 | South West England | England |
6th | Manchester | 437.612 | 447,863 | 405,300 | 549.305 | North West England | England |
7th | Sheffield | 470,685 | 457.805 | 479,460 | 541.763 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
8th. | Leeds | 445.242 | 424.194 | 445.260 | 500.155 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
9. | Edinburgh | 420.169 | 400,632 | 430.930 | 488.100 | Edinburgh | Scotland |
10. | Leicester | 324.394 | 377,700 | 389.830 | 464.395 | East Midlands | England |
11. | Coventry | 318.718 | 299,316 | 308.180 | 362,690 | West Midlands | England |
12. | Bradford | 293,336 | 305.101 | 309.020 | 360.145 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
13. | Cardiff | 262,313 | 276.129 | 296.960 | 349,941 | Cardiff | Wales |
14th | Belfast | 295.223 | 279.237 | 323,575 | 334.420 | Belfast | Northern Ireland |
15th | Nottingham | 273,300 | 270.222 | 250.210 | 308.273 | East Midlands | England |
16. | Kingston upon Hull | 266,751 | 310,636 | 271.770 | 288,301 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
17th | Newcastle upon Tyne | 219.064 | 255.362 | 247.710 | 282,708 | North East England | England |
18th | Stoke-on-Trent | 272,446 | 266,543 | 262,350 | 274.810 | West Midlands | England |
19th | Southampton | 211,321 | 210.138 | 234.224 | 271.173 | South East England | England |
20th | Derby | 218.026 | 223.836 | 228.140 | 262,971 | East Midlands | England |
21st | Portsmouth | 174,218 | 174,690 | 219,700 | 248,440 | South East England | England |
22nd | Brighton and Hove | 195,581 | 192.453 | 205.760 | 242,858 | South East England | England |
23. | Plymouth | 238,583 | 245.295 | 243,795 | 242,352 | South West England | England |
24. | Northampton | 154.172 | 183,082 | 197,750 | 229.127 | East Midlands | England |
25th | Reading | 194,727 | 213,474 | 206.060 | 227,887 | South East England | England |
26th | Luton | 163.209 | 171,671 | 191.810 | 225.033 | East of England | England |
27. | Wolverhampton | 211.501 | 207.943 | 200,490 | 215,671 | West Midlands | England |
28. | Bournemouth | 142,829 | 155,488 | 167,527 | 201,708 | South West England | England |
29 | Aberdeen | 190,465 | 182.133 | 185.220 | 200,820 | Aberdeen | Scotland |
30th | Bolton | 173.960 | 169.020 | 182.980 | 200,516 | North West England | England |
31. | Norwich | 169.814 | 171,304 | 173.870 | 195.971 | East of England | England |
32. | Swindon | 127,348 | 145.236 | 155,700 | 189,553 | South West England | England |
33. | Swansea | 172,433 | 171.038 | 167,880 | 184.094 | Swansea | Wales |
34. | Milton Keynes | ... | 102,428 | 136.910 | 182.265 | South East England | England |
35. | Southend-on-Sea | 155,720 | 158,517 | 162.050 | 181.711 | East of England | England |
36. | Middlesbrough | 178,516 | 184,773 | 175.130 | 176,625 | North East England | England |
37. | Sunderland | 195.064 | 183.310 | 177,739 | 175,595 | North East England | England |
38. | Peterborough | 113,404 | 134,788 | 137,200 | 174.102 | East of England | England |
39. | Warrington | 146.724 | 152.458 | 157.860 | 171.058 | North West England | England |
40. | Oxford | 113,847 | 118,795 | 143.016 | 170,350 | South East England | England |
41. | Huddersfield | 147.825 | 143,726 | 146.234 | 169.928 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
42. | Slough | 106,341 | 121,811 | 133,860 | 162,467 | South East England | England |
43. | York | 123.126 | 124.609 | 136.505 | 161,875 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
44. | Poole | 122,815 | 138,479 | 144,800 | 158.835 | South West England | England |
45. | Cambridge / Milton | 95,831 | 109,912 | 127.290 | 155,806 | East of England | England |
46. | Dundee | 174,345 | 157,808 | 145,560 | 148,330 | Dundee | Scotland |
47. | Ipswich | 129,661 | 130.157 | 138,718 | 147,522 | East of England | England |
48. | Telford | ... | 114.251 | 135,700 | 147.105 | West Midlands | England |
49. | Gloucester | 106,526 | 114.003 | 123.205 | 145,563 | South West England | England |
50. | Blackpool | 146.297 | 146.262 | 148,300 | 144.857 | North West England | England |
51. | Birkenhead | 166.075 | 149.164 | 138,270 | 143,835 | North West England | England |
52. | Watford | 109.503 | 113.080 | 120,960 | 140.922 | East of England | England |
53. | Sale | ... | 111.052 | 122,990 | 137,382 | North West England | England |
54. | Colchester | 87,476 | 96,063 | 105.130 | 131,404 | East of England | England |
55. | Newport | 115,896 | 115,522 | 116.143 | 131,308 | Newport | Wales |
56. | Solihull | 118,940 | 118.103 | 118,240 | 126,445 | West Midlands | England |
57. | High Wycombe | ... | 106.123 | 111,580 | 125.257 | South East England | England |
58. | Exeter | 88,235 | 94,717 | 107,430 | 124.180 | South West England | England |
59. | Gateshead | ... | 118.212 | 113.220 | 121,367 | North East England | England |
60. | Cheltenham | 97.188 | 102,633 | 110.260 | 118,298 | South West England | England |
61. | Blackburn | 109,564 | 105.994 | 108,690 | 118.145 | North West England | England |
62. | Maidstone | 86,067 | 90,878 | 93,670 | 116,316 | South East England | England |
63. | Chelmsford | 91.109 | 97,451 | 100,660 | 115,369 | East of England | England |
64. | Basildon | 94,800 | 100,924 | 99,876 | 114,308 | East of England | England |
65. | Salford | 96,525 | 79,755 | 88,460 | 114.183 | North West England | England |
66. | Basingstoke | 75,027 | 81,228 | 93,970 | 113,776 | South East England | England |
67. | Worthing | 93,687 | 98,732 | 101,929 | 113.221 | South East England | England |
68. | Eastbourne | 86,715 | 94,793 | 98,460 | 113.165 | South East England | England |
69. | Doncaster | 114,727 | 103,580 | 101,940 | 113.043 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
70. | Crawley | 80.113 | 88.203 | 100,547 | 111.712 | South East England | England |
71. | Rotherham | 122,374 | 121,380 | 105,720 | 110,200 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
72. | Rochdale | 107.292 | 100,935 | 102.080 | 110.194 | North West England | England |
73. | Stockport | 115,489 | 112,813 | 106.170 | 109,637 | North West England | England |
74. | Gillingham | 92,531 | 94,923 | 98,403 | 108,985 | South East England | England |
75. | Sutton Coldfield | 102,572 | 106.001 | 102,200 | 108,325 | West Midlands | England |
76. | Woking / Byfleet | 92,667 | 101,484 | 96,420 | 106.275 | South East England | England |
77. | Wigan | 98,725 | 98.070 | 98,480 | 106.245 | North West England | England |
78. | Lincoln | 99,980 | 97.996 | 92.010 | 104,517 | East Midlands | England |
79. | Saint Helens | 114.397 | 106.293 | 102,629 | 104,296 | North West England | England |
80. | Oldham | 107.095 | 103.931 | 91,600 | 103,792 | North West England | England |
81. | Worcester | 75,466 | 82,661 | 94,550 | 103,753 | West Midlands | England |
82. | Wakefield | 104,764 | 93.091 | 96,290 | 103.351 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
83. | Hemel Hempstead | 89.110 | 87,235 | 89.160 | 101.159 | East of England | England |
85. | Bath | 84.283 | 85.202 | 89,760 | 100,575 | South West England | England |
86. | Preston | ... | ... | 87,510 | 99,489 | North West England | England |
87. | Rayleigh | ... | 93.151 | 92.040 | 98,432 | East of England | England |
88 | Barnsley | 89,783 | 88,939 | 87,460 | 96,082 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
89. | Stevenage | 74,757 | 76.064 | 80,970 | 93,222 | East of England | England |
90. | Southport | 88,596 | 90,959 | 91,404 | 93.199 | North West England | England |
91. | Hastings | 74,979 | 81,139 | 85,828 | 93.001 | South East England | England |
92. | Bedford | 75,632 | 73.917 | 82,488 | 92,407 | East of England | England |
93. | Darlington | 85,519 | 86,767 | 86,082 | 92,392 | North East England | England |
94. | Halifax | 76,675 | 91,069 | 83,570 | 91.271 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
95. | Hartlepool | 91,749 | 87,310 | 86,075 | 89,608 | North East England | England |
96. | Chesterfield | ... | ... | 85.110 | 88,996 | East Midlands | England |
97. | Grimsby | 91,532 | 90,703 | 87,574 | 88,099 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
98 | Nuneaton | 60,337 | 66,715 | 70,721 | 87,814 | West Midlands | England |
99 | Weston-super-Mare | 60,851 | 69,372 | 77,044 | 87,584 | South West England | England |
100. | Chester | 80.154 | 80.110 | 81,651 | 87.507 | North West England | England |
101. | Saint Albans | 76,709 | 80,376 | 82,429 | 86,454 | East of England | England |
102. | Harlow / Sawbridgeworth | 79,150 | 74,629 | 78,890 | 86,119 | East of England | England |
103. | Guildford | 61.509 | 65,998 | 70,000 | 85.009 | South East England | England |
104. | Derry | 62,697 | 72,334 | 83,699 | 84,750 | Derry | Northern Ireland |
105. | Stockton-on-teas | 86,699 | 83,576 | 80.060 | 83,925 | North East England | England |
106. | Aylesbury | 51,999 | 58,058 | 69,021 | 83,407 | South East England | England |
107. | Bracknell | 52,257 | 60,895 | 70,795 | 82,839 | South East England | England |
108. | Dudley | ... | ... | 74,070 | 82,814 | West Midlands | England |
109. | Redditch | 62,639 | 75,607 | 76,950 | 82,799 | West Midlands | England |
110. | Batley | ... | ... | 76,270 | 82,480 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
111. | Scunthorpe | 79,043 | 75,982 | 72,660 | 82,334 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
112. | Burnley | 86,365 | 87,231 | 84.112 | 82.002 | North West England | England |
113. | Eastleigh | 58,585 | 66,614 | 72,400 | 81.113 | South East England | England |
114. | Chatham | 65,835 | 71,691 | 73,468 | 80.965 | South East England | England |
115. | Mansfield | 71,325 | 71,858 | 69,987 | 80,591 | East Midlands | England |
116. | Bury | 69,785 | 70,306 | 74,540 | 79,259 | North West England | England |
117. | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 73.208 | 73,731 | 73.910 | 78,249 | West Midlands | England |
118. | Paisley | 84,330 | 73,925 | 74,170 | 77.210 | Renfrewshire | Scotland |
119. | West Bromwich | ... | ... | 66,980 | 76,950 | West Midlands | England |
120. | South Shields | 84,488 | 81,704 | 78.170 | 76,083 | North East England | England |
121. | Carlisle | 72.206 | 72,439 | 71,773 | 75,399 | North West England | England |
122. | East Kilbride | 70,454 | 70,579 | 73,796 | 75,240 | South Lanarkshire | Scotland |
123. | Burton-upon-Trent | ... | 60,525 | 65,770 | 75,074 | West Midlands | England |
124. | Tamworth | 63,260 | 68,440 | 71,670 | 74,086 | West Midlands | England |
125. | Gosport | 69,664 | 67,802 | 69,348 | 73,800 | South East England | England |
126. | Shrewsbury | 57,731 | 64.219 | 67.126 | 73.276 | West Midlands | England |
127. | Crewe | 59.097 | 63,351 | 67,683 | 73.241 | North West England | England |
128. | Ashford | 45.198 | 52.002 | 55,890 | 73.105 | South East England | England |
129. | rugby | 59,039 | 61.106 | 62,580 | 73.041 | West Midlands | England |
130. | Harrogate | ... | ... | 70,450 | 72,621 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
131. | Grays | 45,881 | 50,145 | 54,820 | 72,514 | East of England | England |
132. | Lowestoft | 59,430 | 62.907 | 68,340 | 72,130 | East of England | England |
133. | Atherton | ... | 64,846 | 65,980 | 71,766 | North West England | England |
134. | Stafford | 60,915 | 61,885 | 62,440 | 70,592 | West Midlands | England |
135. | Walsall | ... | ... | 59,170 | 70,240 | West Midlands | England |
136. | Bognor Regis | 50,323 | 56,744 | 62.141 | 68.909 | South East England | England |
137. | Craigavon | 52,519 | 53,434 | 57,685 | 68,890 | Craigavon | Northern Ireland |
138. | Cannock | 54.503 | 60.106 | 65,022 | 68,775 | West Midlands | England |
139. | Tynemouth | ... | 61,595 | 62,880 | 68.202 | North East England | England |
140 | Bamber Bridge | ... | ... | 65,780 | 68.121 | North West England | England |
141. | Walton-on-Thames | ... | ... | 62,540 | 67,439 | South East England | England |
142. | Washington | 48,856 | 56,848 | 67,500 | 67,158 | North East England | England |
143. | Farnborough | 48,063 | 52,535 | 57,147 | 66,970 | South East England | England |
144. | Rochester | ... | 55,774 | 58,490 | 66,699 | South East England | England |
145. | Maidenhead | 59,809 | 59,605 | 57,930 | 66,460 | South East England | England |
146. | Paignton | 49,565 | 52,989 | 64,440 | 66,128 | South West England | England |
147. | Newtownabbey | 56,149 | 57,103 | 62,056 | 66,120 | Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland |
148. | Dewsbury | 49,612 | 50.168 | 57,780 | 65,778 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
149. | Filton | ... | ... | 51,420 | 65,630 | South West England | England |
150. | Loughborough | 44,895 | 46,867 | 55,258 | 65,104 | East Midlands | England |
151 | Margate | 53,137 | 56,734 | 57,790 | 64,517 | South East England | England |
152. | Stourbridge | 60,836 | 61,041 | 61,835 | 63,932 | West Midlands | England |
153. | Hereford | 48,277 | 54,326 | 56,373 | 63,024 | West Midlands | England |
154. | Widnes | 55,973 | 57,162 | 55,686 | 62,923 | North West England | England |
155. | Bangor | 46,585 | 52,437 | 58,388 | 62,650 | Down | Northern Ireland |
156. | Wrexham | 53,268 | 55,404 | 57,620 | 62,497 | Wrexham | Wales |
157. | Taunton | 47,793 | 55,855 | 58,241 | 61,941 | South West England | England |
158. | Canterbury | ... | 39,734 | 46,490 | 61,735 | South East England | England |
159. | Runcorn | 63.995 | 64,154 | 60,322 | 61,463 | North West England | England |
160. | Ellesmere Port | 65,829 | 64.504 | 66,265 | 61,325 | North West England | England |
161. | Scarborough | ... | 57,536 | 58,610 | 61.164 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
162. | Wallasey | 62,465 | 60,895 | 58,710 | 60,622 | North West England | England |
163. | Royal Tunbridge Wells | ... | ... | 49,860 | 59,947 | South East England | England |
164. | Corby | 48,704 | 49.053 | 47,790 | 59.902 | East Midlands | England |
165. | Halesowen | 57,333 | 57,918 | 55,944 | 59,358 | West Midlands | England |
166. | Kettering | 44,758 | 47,186 | 51,063 | 58,908 | East Midlands | England |
167. | Aldershot | 53,665 | 51,356 | 55,474 | 58,700 | South East England | England |
168. | Gravesend | 53,450 | 51,435 | 53,045 | 58,538 | South East England | England |
169. | Bebington | 62,618 | 60,148 | 56,479 | 57,788 | North West England | England |
170. | Littlehampton | 46,028 | 50,408 | 55,716 | 57,577 | South East England | England |
171. | Royal Leamington Spa | ... | ... | 51,650 | 57,309 | West Midlands | England |
172. | Kidderminster | 50,385 | 54,644 | 55,612 | 56,989 | West Midlands | England |
173. | Livingston | 38,671 | 42,178 | 50,826 | 56,790 | West Lothian | Scotland |
174. | Macclesfield | 50,525 | 53,616 | 54,440 | 56,759 | North West England | England |
175. | Barry | 44,443 | 49,887 | 50,951 | 55,988 | Vale of Glamorgan | Wales |
176. | Christchurch | ... | ... | 50,823 | 55,919 | North West England | England |
177. | Altrincham | ... | 45.183 | 46,460 | 55,415 | North West England | England |
178. | Weymouth | 45.384 | 51,012 | 53,140 | 55.009 | South West England | England |
179. | Brentwood | ... | 49,463 | 47,920 | 54,782 | East of England | England |
180. | Hamilton | ... | 49,988 | 48,790 | 54.030 | South Lanarkshire | Scotland |
181. | Epsom and Ewell | ... | ... | 49,180 | 53,811 | South East England | England |
182 | Keighley | 49,188 | 49,567 | 49,453 | 53,428 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England |
183. | Beeston and Stapleford | ... | ... | 50,060 | 53,084 | East Midlands | England |
184. | Dunfermline | ... | 39,068 | 41,440 | 53,010 | Fife | Scotland |
185 | Clacton-on-Sea | 39,618 | 45,065 | 51,284 | 52,704 | East of England | England |
186. | Willenhall | ... | ... | 48,750 | 52,594 | West Midlands | England |
187. | Sittingbourne | ... | 38,771 | 42,803 | 52,435 | South East England | England |
188. | Smethwick | ... | ... | 42,460 | 52,216 | North West England | England |
189 | Wellingborough | 38,598 | 41,602 | 46,959 | 51,924 | East Midlands | England |
190. | Welwyn Garden City | ... | 45,452 | 45,660 | 51,735 | East of England | England |
191. | Bootle | 67,860 | 63,454 | 56,317 | 51,731 | North West England | England |
192. | Lancaster | ... | 44,497 | 46,334 | 51,255 | North West England | England |
193. | Esher | ... | 46,599 | 47,340 | 51,239 | South East England | England |
194. | Durham | ... | 36,937 | 43,221 | 51,119 | North East England | England |
195. | Neath | ... | 45,965 | 48,153 | 50,935 | Neath Port Talbot | Wales |
196. | Kingswinford | ... | ... | 51,364 | 50,535 | West Midlands | England |
197 | Bloxwich | ... | ... | 47.205 | 50,527 | West Midlands | England |
198. | Shoreham-by-Sea | ... | 46,907 | 47.020 | 50,465 | South East England | England |
199 | Cumbernauld | ... | 49.507 | 51,673 | 50,440 | North Lanarkshire | Scotland |
200. | Torquay | ... | ... | 47,253 | 50,279 | South West England | England |
201. | Carlton | 46.053 | 47,302 | 48,493 | 50.179 | East Midlands | England |
Places with city status
In the United Kingdom, the right to bear the title of City is conferred by the British monarch on cities that have been selected on the basis of certain criteria (e.g. the location of a cathedral ). Of the 66 cities, 50 are in England, six in Scotland, six in Wales and five in Northern Ireland. The following list includes all cities in the United Kingdom.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Gazetteer: Page no longer available , search web archives: United Kingdom metropolitan areas
- ^ Agglomerations (United Kingdom): Agglomerations - Population Statistics, Charts and Map. Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
- ↑ World Gazetteer: Page no longer available , search in web archives: The most important places with statistics on their population
- ↑ Built-up areas User Guidance ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 699 kB)