| Rank | County | Population | Type
|
| 1
| Greater London
| 7,172,000
|
|
| 2
| West Midlands
| 2,555,592
| metropolitan county
|
| 3
| Greater Manchester
| 2,482,328
| metropolitan county
|
| 4
| West Yorkshire
| 2,079,211
| metropolitan county
|
| 5
| Merseyside
| 1,362,026
| metropolitan county
|
| 6
| Kent
| 1,329,718
| two-tier
|
| 7
| Essex
| 1,310,835
| two-tier
|
| 8
| South Yorkshire
| 1,266,338
| metropolitan county
|
| 9
| Hampshire
| 1,240,103
| two-tier
|
| 10
| Lancashire
| 1,134,974
| two-tier
|
| 11
| Tyne and Wear
| 1,075,938
| metropolitan county
|
| 12
| Surrey
| 1,059,015
| two-tier
|
| 13
| HertfordshireHertfordshire (pronounced 'Hartfordshire' and abbreviated as 'Herts') is an inland county, officially part of the East of England Government region. It is one of the Home Counties. Hertfordshire is located to the north of Greater London, and much of the c
| 1,033,977
| two-tier
|
| 14
| StaffordshireStaffordshire (abbreviated Staffs is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire
| 806,744
| two-tier
|
| 15
| BerkshireFor other places named Berkshire, see: Berkshire (disambiguation Berkshire (pronounced Barkshe(e)r sometimes abbreviated to Berks is a county in the south of England, to the west of London and also bordering on Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London
| 800,118
| two-tier
|
| 16
| 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
| 748,510
| two-tier
|
| 17
| 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
| 734,585
| two-tier
|
| 18
| NorfolkFor alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation Norfolk (pronounced 'norfuck') is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suff
| 796,728
| two-tier
|
| 19
| 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
| 753,614
| two-tier
|
| 20
| 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,
| 704,493
| two-tier
|
| 21
| Cheshire
| 673,788
| two-tier
|
| 22
| Suffolk
| 668,553
| two-tier
|
| 23
| Lincolnshire
| 646,645
| two-tier
|
| 24
| Leicestershire
| 609,578
| two-tier
|
| 25
| Oxfordshire
| 605,488
| two-tier
|
| 26
| Northamptonshire
| 629,676
| two-tier
|
| 27
| North Yorkshire
| 569,660
| two-tier
|
| 28
| Gloucestershire
| 564,559
| two-tier
|
| 29
| Cambridgeshire
| 552,658
| two-tier
|
| 30
| Worcestershire
| 542,107
| two-tier
|
| 31
| Warwickshire
| 505,860
| two-tier
|
| 32
| Cornwall (inc Scilly)
| 501,267
| two-tier
|
| 33
| Somerset
| 498,093
| two-tier
|
| 34
| Durham
| 493,470
| two-tier
|
| 35
| East Sussex
| 492,324
| two-tier
|
| 36
| Cumbria
| 487,607
| two-tier
|
| 37
| Buckinghamshire
| 479,026
| two-tier
|
| 38
| Wiltshire
| 432,973
| two-tier
|
| 39
| Dorset
| 390,980
| two-tier
|
| 40
| Bedfordshire
| 381,572
| two-tier
|
| 41
| East Riding of Yorkshire
| 314,113
| unitary
|
| 42
| Northumberland
| 307,190
| two-tier
|
| 43
| Leicester
| 279,921
| unitary
|
| 44
| Nottingham
| 266,988
| unitary
|
| 45
| Medway
| 249,488
| unitary
|
| 46
| Bristol
| 380,615
| unitary
|
| 47
| Shropshire
| 283,173
| two-tier
|
| 48
| Brighton
| 247,817
| unitary
|
| 49
| Hull
| 243,589
| unitary
|
| 50
| South Gloucestershire
| 245,641
| unitary
|
| 51
| Plymouth
| 240,720
| unitary
|
| 52
| Stoke
| 240,636
| unitary
|
| 53
| Derby
| 221,708
| unitary
|
| 54
| Southampton
| 217,445
| unitary
|
| 55
| Milton Keynes
| 207,057
| unitary
|
| 56
| North Somerset
| 188,564
| unitary
|
| 57
| Portsmouth
| 186,701
| unitary
|
| 58
| Luton
| 184,371
| unitary
|
| 59
| York
| 181,094
| unitary
|
| 60
| Swindon
| 180,051
| unitary
|
| 61
| Stockton on Tees
| 178,408
| unitary
|
| 62
| Herefordshire
| 174,871
| unitary
|
| 63
| Bath and North East Somerset
| 169,040
| unitary
|
| 64
| Bournemouth
| 163,444
| unitary
|
| 65
| Southend-on-Sea
| 160,257
| unitary
|
| 66
| Telford and Wrekin
| 158,325
| unitary
|
| 67
| North East Lincolnshire
| 157,979
| unitary
|
| 68
| Peterborough
| 156,061
| unitary
|
| 69
| North Lincolnshire
| 152,849
| unitary
|
| 70
| Thurrock
| 143,128
| unitary
|
| 71
| Blackpool
| 142,283
| unitary
|
| 72
| Redcar and Cleveland
| 139,132
| unitary
|
| 73
| Poole
| 138,288
| unitary
|
| 74
| Blackburn with Darwen
| 137,470
| unitary
|
| 75
| Middlesbrough
| 134,855
| unitary
|
| 76
| Isle of Wight
| 132,731
| unitary
|
| 77
| Torbay
| 129,706
| unitary
|
| 78
| Halton
| 118,208
| unitary
|
| 79
| Darlington
| 97,838
| unitary
|
| 80
| Hartlepool
| 88,611
| unitary
|
| 81
| Rutland
| 34,563
| unitary
|