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List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population - List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area
| Rank | County | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | 1,338,331 |
| 2 | Essex | 1,318,408 |
| 3 | Hampshire | 1,245,108 |
| 4 | Lancashire | 1,140,539 |
| 5 | Surrey | 1,059,900 |
| 6 | Hertfordshire | 1,036,144 |
| 7 | Staffordshire | 808,952 |
| 8 | Norfolk | 802,766 |
| 9 | West SussexWest Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex was divided into eastern and western administrative regions, with separate county councils in 1888 but it rema | 755,855 |
| 10 | NottinghamshireNottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sh | 753,155 |
| 11 | DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of England's most attractive hill and mountain scenery. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps wit | 739,253 |
| 12 | DevonThis page is about the English county, for alternative meanings see Devon (disambiguation). Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. The name Devonshire was common but is no longer used, | 710,966 |
| 13 | CheshireThis article is about the English county. For other uses see Cheshire (disambiguation Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester is a palatine county in North West England. Its county town is the city of Chester. It borders the ceremonial counties of | 675,803 |
| 14 | SuffolkThis article is about the English county. For other uses, see Suffolk (disambiguation). Suffolk (pronounced 'suffuk') is a large, low-lying county in East Anglia in eastern England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and | 671,931 |
| 15 | LincolnshireThis article is about the English administrative county. For the Illinois village, see Lincolnshire, Illinois; for the Kentucky city, see Lincolnshire, Kentucky. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally th | 657,843 |
| 16 | NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire (abbreviated Northants is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 ( 2001 census). It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire (inc. Peterborough), Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire (inc. Milton K | 638,238 |
| 17 | Leicestershire | 615,491 |
| 18 | Oxfordshire | 607,457 |
| 19 | North Yorkshire | 572,970 |
| 20 | Gloucestershire | 566,977 |
| 21 | Cambridgeshire | 558,323 |
| 22 | Worcestershire | 545,897 |
| 23 | Warwickshire | 512,680 |
| 24 | Cornwall | 506,250 |
| 25 | Somerset | 503,424 |
| 26 | East Sussex | 494,258 |
| 27 | County Durham | 492,313 |
| 28 | Cumbria | 488,513 |
| 29 | Buckinghamshire | 478,110 |
| 30 | Wiltshire | 436,349 |
| 31 | Dorset | 394,581 |
| 32 | Bedfordshire | 384,652 |
| 33 | Northumberland | 308,386 |
| 34 | Shropshire | 285,204 |