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This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. The populations are 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, using the unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Support Grants [1].

See also: List of English counties by population -

List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population - List of English districts by area - List of English districts by ethnic diversity

1 Over 300,000


Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
1 Birmingham 989,956 Metropolitan borough, City (1889) West Midlands
2 Leeds 716,513 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) West Yorkshire
3 Sheffield 512,242 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) South YorkshireSouth Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It borders onto Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. It was created as a metropolitan county in 1974 the southern part of the West Rid
4 BradfordThis article discusses the metropolitan borough and district named the City of Bradford Metropolitan District . For information on the city itself, see Bradford, the district's principal settlement, from which it takes it's name. The City of Bradford Metr 473,374 Metropolitan borough, City (1897) West Yorkshire
5 LiverpoolFor alternate uses of "Liverpool" see Liverpool (disambiguation Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. Liverpool is governed by Liverpool City Council, one of five council 441,477 Metropolitan borough, City (1880) MerseysideMerseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the 1974 local government reform. It is in the north of England, on the River Mersey, composed of the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. The county was innitially adm
6 Manchester 422,302 Metropolitan borough, City (1853) Greater Manchester
7 Kirklees 389,486 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire
8 Bristol 381,618 Unitary, City (1542) Bristol
9 Croydon 336,583 London borough Greater London
10 Barnet 320,384 London borough Greater London
11 East Riding of Yorkshire 317,502 Unitary, District East Riding of Yorkshire
12 Wakefield 316,415 Metropolitan borough, City (1888) West Yorkshire
13 Wirral 310,209 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
14 Ealing 308,419 London borough Greater London
15 Dudley 304,830 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
16 Coventry 304,746 Metropolitan borough, City (1345) West Midlands
17 Wigan 301,639 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester




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