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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
| 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 |
| Rank | District | Population | Type | Ceremonial county |
| 110 | Macclesfield | 149,798 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 111 | Bedford | 149,204 | Borough | Bedfordshire |
| 112 | Thurrock | 145,235 | Unitary, Borough | Essex |
| 113 | Reading | 144,393 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire |
| 114 | West Berkshire | 143,965 | Unitary, District | Berkshire |
| 115 | Blackpool | 141,920 | Unitary, Borough | Lancashire |
| 116 | Arun | 141,842 | District | West Sussex |
| 117 | Tendring | 139,995 | District | Essex |
| 118 | Maidstone | 139,461 | Borough | Kent |
| 119 | Blackburn with Darwen | 139,453 | Unitary, Borough | Lancashire |
| 120 | Redcar and Cleveland | 139,381 | Unitary, Borough | North Yorkshire |
| 121 | Wealden | 139,263 | District | East Sussex |
| 122 | Dacorum | 138,053 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 123 | Poole | 137,938 | Unitary, Borough | Dorset |
| 124 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 137,409 | Borough | Norfolk |
| 125 | Canterbury | 135,775 | City | Kent |
| 126 | Isle of Wight | 134,876 | Unitary, County | Isle of Wight |
| 127 | Oxford | 134,605 | City (1542) | Oxfordshire |
| 128 | Braintree | 134,488 | District | Essex |
| 129 | Middlesbrough | 133,886 | Unitary | North Yorkshire |
| 130 | Lancaster | 133,556 | City (1937) | Lancashire |
| 131 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 133,220 | Royal Borough | Berkshire |
| 132 | East Lindsey | 132,571 | District | Lincolnshire |
| 133 | South Cambridgeshire | 131,014 | District | Cambridgeshire |
| 134 | Cherwell | 130,873 | District | Oxfordshire |
| 135 | Torbay | 130,854 | Unitary, Borough | Devon |
| 136 | East Hertfordshire | 130,094 | District | Hertfordshire |
| 137 | Preston | 129,991 | City (2002) | Lancashire |
| 138 | Guildford | 128,944 | Borough | Surrey |
| 139 | St Albans | 128,889 | City (1877) | Hertfordshire |
| 140 | South Oxfordshire | 128,489 | District | Oxfordshire |
| 141 | Warwick | 128,008 | District | Warwickshire |
| 142 | Thanet | 127,638 | District | Kent |
| 143 | Mid Sussex | 127,192 | District | West Sussex |
| 144 | Reigate and Banstead | 126,287 | Borough | Surrey |
| 145 | North Wiltshire | 126,146 | District | Wiltshire |
| 146 | East Devon | 126,069 | District | Devon |
| 147 | Swale | 125,621 | Borough | Kent |
| 148 | South Kesteven | 125,501 | District | Lincolnshire |
| Rank | District | Population | Type | Ceremonial county |
| 149 | Elmbridge | 124,285 | Borough | Surrey |
| 150 | Vale Royal | 123,332 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 151 | Horsham | 122,359 | District | West Sussex |
| 152 | Breckland | 122,153 | District | Norfolk |
| 153 | Mid Bedfordshire | 122,081 | District | Bedfordshire |
| 154 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 122,075 | Borough | Staffordshire |
| 155 | Teignbridge | 121,830 | District | Devon |
| 156 | Norwich | 121,643 | City (1195) | Norfolk |
| 157 | Epping Forest (district) | 121,338 | District | Essex |
| 158 | Slough | 121,202 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire |
| 159 | West Wiltshire | 120,838 | District | Wiltshire |
| 160 | Stafford | 120,226 | District | Staffordshire |
| 161 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 119,840 | Borough | Warwickshire |
| 162 | Broadland | 119,048 | District | Norfolk |
| 163 | Chester | 118,564 | City | Cheshire |
| 164 | North Hertfordshire | 118,292 | District | Hertfordshire |
| 165 | Halton | 118,156 | Unitary, Borough | Cheshire |
| 166 | Ipswich | 117,298 | Borough | Suffolk |
| 167 | Amber Valley | 117,046 | Borough | Derbyshire |
| 168 | Vale of White Horse | 116,746 | District | Oxfordshire |
| 169 | Havant | 116,413 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 170 | Eastleigh | 116,006 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 171 | Waverley | 115,976 | Borough | Surrey |
| 172 | Salisbury | 115,060 | District | Wiltshire |
| 173 | Suffolk Coastal | 114,983 | District | Suffolk |
| 174 | Ashfield | 114,223 | District | Nottinghamshire |
| 175 | Wychavon | 113,898 | District | Worcestershire |
| 176 | Waveney | 113,370 | District | Suffolk |
| 177 | South Bedfordshire | 113,367 | District | Bedfordshire |
| 178 | Stratford-on-Avon | 113,109 | District | Warwickshire |
| 179 | South Norfolk | 112,117 | District | Norfolk |
| 180 | Gedling | 111,989 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| 181 | Crewe and Nantwich | 111,624 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 182 | Exeter | 111,110 | City | Devon |
| 183 | Cambridge | 110,656 | City (1951) | Cambridgeshire |
| 184 | Test Valley | 110,624 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 185 | Erewash | 110,562 | Borough | Derbyshire |
| 186 | Gloucester | 110,538 | City | Gloucestershire |
| 187 | Cheltenham | 110,064 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
| 188 | Bracknell Forest | 109,627 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire |
| 189 | East Hampshire | 109,609 | District | Hampshire |
| 190 | Fareham | 108,972 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 191 | Tonbridge and Malling | 108,751 | Borough | Kent |
| 192 | Sevenoaks | 108,567 | District | Kent |
| 193 | West Lancashire | 108,562 | District | Lancashire |
| 194 | Bassetlaw | 108,479 | District | Nottinghamshire |
| 195 | Stroud | 108,292 | District | Gloucestershire |
| 196 | Winchester | 108,122 | City | Hampshire |
| 197 | Broxtowe | 107,693 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| 198 | Sedgemoor | 107,575 | District | Somerset |
| 199 | Wyre | 106,826 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 200 | Chichester | 106,703 | District | West Sussex |
| 201 | Newark and Sherwood | 106,695 | District | Nottinghamshire |
| 202 | Scarborough | 106,692 | Borough | North Yorkshire |
| 203 | South Staffordshire | 106,130 | District | Staffordshire |
| 204 | Rushcliffe | 106,051 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| 205 | Mendip | 105,161 | District | Somerset |
| 206 | Ashford | 104,756 | Borough | Kent |
| 207 | Dover | 104,688 | District | Kent |
| 208 | South Ribble | 104,541 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 209 | East Staffordshire | 104,318 | Borough | Staffordshire |
| 210 | Taunton Deane | 103,681 | Borough | Somerset |
| 211 | Tunbridge Wells | 103,665 | Borough | Kent |
| 212 | South Lakeland | 102,660 | District | Cumbria |
| 213 | Chorley | 101,320 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 214 | Carlisle | 101,128 | City | Cumbria |
| 215 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 100,788 | Borough | Leicestershire |
| Rank | District | Population | Type | Ceremonial county |
| 216 | Crawley | 99,787 | Borough | West Sussex |
| 217 | Chesterfield | 99,049 | Borough | Derbyshire |
| 218 | North Norfolk | 98,847 | District | Norfolk |
| 219 | St Edmundsbury | 98,459 | Borough | Suffolk |
| 220 | Mansfield | 98,025 | District | Nottinghamshire |
| 221 | Darlington | 97,888 | Unitary, Borough | Durham |
| 222 | Restormel | 97,767 | Borough | Cornwall |
| 223 | Worthing | 97,436 | Borough | West Sussex |
| 224 | Wyre Forest | 97,404 | District | Worcestershire |
| 225 | Welwyn Hatfield | 97,352 | District | Hertfordshire |
| 226 | North East Derbyshire | 97,047 | District | Derbyshire |
| 227 | North Kesteven | 96,852 | District | Lincolnshire |
| 228 | Shepway | 96,827 | District | Kent |
| 229 | West Oxfordshire | 96,744 | District | Oxfordshire |
| 230 | Gravesham | 96,142 | Borough | Kent |
| 231 | Shrewsbury and Atcham | 95,425 | Borough | Shropshire |
| 232 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 95,169 | District | Staffordshire |
| 233 | West Dorset | 94,007 | District | Dorset |
| 234 | Kerrier | 93,944 | District | Cornwall |
| 235 | Easington | 93,741 | District | Durham |
| 236 | Allerdale | 93,659 | Borough | Cumbria |
| 237 | Hertsmere | 93,443 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 238 | Cannock Chase | 93,274 | District | Staffordshire |
| 239 | Worcester | 93,204 | City (1189) | Worcestershire |
| 240 | Lichfield | 93,179 | District | Staffordshire |
| 241 | Lewes | 93,134 | District | East Sussex |
| 242 | Blaby | 91,594 | District | Leicestershire |
| 243 | Great Yarmouth | 91,549 | Borough | Norfolk |
| 244 | Congleton | 91,102 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 245 | Rushmoor | 90,772 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 246 | Eastbourne | 90,738 | Borough | East Sussex |
| 247 | Pendle | 90,238 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 248 | High Peak | 89,753 | Borough | Derbyshire |
| 249 | Spelthorne | 89,700 | Borough | Surrey |
| 250 | Woking | 89,431 | Borough | Surrey |
| 251 | Bromsgrove | 89,353 | District | Worcestershire |
| 252 | Burnley | 88,975 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 253 | Carrick | 88,911 | District | Cornwall |
| 254 | Rugby | 88,783 | Borough | Warwickshire |
| 255 | Chiltern | 88,474 | District | Buckinghamshire |
| 256 | North Devon | 88,331 | District | Devon |
| 257 | Hartlepool | 88,237 | Unitary, Borough | Durham |
| 258 | Durham | 87,656 | City | Durham |
| 259 | Mid Suffolk | 87,647 | District | Suffolk |
| 260 | Broxbourne | 87,469 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 261 | Castle Point | 87,186 | Borough | Essex |
| 262 | Sedgefield | 86,834 | Borough | Durham |
| 263 | North West Leicestershire | 86,576 | District | Leicestershire |
| 264 | Dartford | 86,440 | Borough | Kent |
| 265 | Lincoln | 85,947 | City | Lincolnshire |
| 266 | Hastings | 85,786 | Borough | East Sussex |
| 267 | Rother | 85,337 | District | East Sussex |
| 268 | Derwentside | 85,133 | District | Durham |
| 269 | Hambleton | 84,895 | District | North Yorkshire |
| 270 | Babergh | 84,669 | District | Suffolk |
| 271 | East Dorset | 84,614 | District | Dorset |
| 272 | Fenland | 84,335 | District | Cambridgeshire |
| 273 | Hart | 84,210 | District | Hampshire |
| 274 | South Derbyshire | 83,871 | District | Derbyshire |
| 275 | Kettering | 82,997 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| 276 | Three Rivers | 82,532 | District | Hertfordshire |
| 277 | South Hams | 82,050 | District | Devon |
| 278 | North Cornwall | 81,889 | District | Cornwall |
| 279 | Hyndburn | 81,814 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 280 | South Northamptonshire | 81,697 | District | Northamptonshire |
| 281 | Blyth Valley | 81,611 | Borough | Northumberland |
| 282 | Ellesmere Port and Neston | 81,383 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 283 | West Lindsey | 81,161 | District | Lincolnshire |
| 284 | Forest of Dean | 80,591 | District | Gloucestershire |
| 285 | Watford | 80,361 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 286 | Mole Valley | 80,285 | District | Surrey |
| 287 | Cotswold | 80,171 | District | Gloucestershire |
| 288 | Caradon | 79,815 | District | Cornwall |
| 289 | Surrey Heath | 79,734 | Borough | Surrey |
| 290 | Stevenage | 79,659 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 291 | Tandridge | 79,574 | District | Surrey |
| 292 | Rochford | 79,265 | District | Essex |
| 293 | Redditch | 79,171 | Borough | Worcestershire |
| 294 | South Holland | 79,125 | District | Lincolnshire |
| 295 | Runnymede | 78,887 | Borough | Surrey |
| 296 | Harlow | 78,538 | District | Essex |
| 297 | Harborough | 78,308 | District | Leicestershire |
| 298 | East Northamptonshire | 78,271 | District | Northamptonshire |
| 299 | Selby | 77,984 | District | North Yorkshire |
| 300 | Tewkesbury | 77,321 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
| 301 | Gosport | 77,092 | Borough | Hampshire |
| Rank | District | Population | Type | Ceremonial county |
| 302 | Tamworth | 74,581 | Borough | Staffordshire |
| 303 | East Cambridgeshire | 74,419 | District | Cambridgeshire |
| 304 | Kennet | 74,305 | District | Wiltshire |
| 305 | Fylde | 74,032 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 306 | Wellingborough | 73,889 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| 307 | Daventry | 73,521 | District | Northamptonshire |
| 308 | Malvern Hills | 72,867 | District | Worcestershire |
| 309 | Bolsover | 72,482 | District | Derbyshire |
| 310 | Barrow-in-Furness | 71,655 | Borough | Cumbria |
| 311 | Mid Devon | 70,687 | District | Devon |
| 312 | Derbyshire Dales | 69,443 | District | Derbyshire |
| 313 | Uttlesford | 69,256 | District | Essex |
| 314 | Copeland | 69,193 | Borough | Cumbria |
| 315 | Brentwood | 68,592 | Borough | Essex |
| 316 | Epsom and Ewell | 66,797 | Borough | Surrey |
| 317 | Rossendale | 65,818 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 318 | Weymouth and Portland | 64,246 | Borough | Dorset |
| 319 | Penwith | 63,924 | District | Cornwall |
| 320 | North Warwickshire | 62,940 | Borough | Warwickshire |
| 321 | North Dorset | 62,298 | District | Dorset |
| 322 | South Bucks | 61,751 | District | Buckinghamshire |
| 323 | Wear Valley | 61,156 | District | Durham |
| 324 | Wansbeck | 61,045 | District | Northumberland |
| 325 | Adur | 60,536 | District | West Sussex |
| 326 | Maldon | 60,399 | District | Essex |
| 327 | Torridge | 60,200 | District | Devon |
| 328 | Tynedale | 59,200 | District | Northumberland |
| 329 | North Shropshire | 58,117 | District | Shropshire |
| 330 | Oadby and Wigston | 56,717 | Borough | Leicestershire |
| 331 | Boston | 56,686 | Borough | Lincolnshire |
| 332 | Forest Heath | 55,505 | District | Suffolk |
| 333 | Ribble Valley | 54,866 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 334 | Craven | 53,864 | District | North Yorkshire |
| 335 | Corby | 53,741 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| 336 | Chester-le-Street | 53,256 | District | Durham |
| 337 | Bridgnorth | 52,376 | District | Shropshire |
| 338 | Ryedale | 51,131 | District | North Yorkshire |
| 339 | West Devon | 50,689 | Borough | Devon |
| 340 | Eden | 50,218 | District | Cumbria |
| Rank | District | Population | Type | Ceremonial county |
| 341 | Castle Morpeth | 49,043 | Borough | Northumberland |
| 342 | Melton | 48,125 | Borough | Leicestershire |
| 343 | Richmondshire | 47,846 | District | North Yorkshire |
| 344 | Christchurch | 45,316 | Borough | Dorset |
| 345 | Purbeck | 44,100 | District | Dorset |
| 346 | South Shropshire | 41,257 | District | Shropshire |
| 347 | Oswestry | 38,029 | Borough | Shropshire |
| 348 | West Somerset | 35,914 | District | Somerset |
| 349 | Rutland | 34,680 | Unitary, District | Rutland |
| 350 | Alnwick | 31,355 | District | Northumberland |
| 351 | Berwick upon Tweed | 26,132 | Borough | Northumberland |
| 352 | Teesdale | 24,537 | District | Durham |
| 353 | City of London | 7,807 | Unitary, City | Greater London |
| 354 | Isles of Scilly | 2,162 | Unitary | Cornwall |
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