Rank
|
Population
|
County
|
1st
|
8,899,375
|
Greater London
|
2nd
|
2,916,458
|
West Midlands
|
3rd
|
2,812,569
|
Greater Manchester
|
4th
|
2,320,214
|
West Yorkshire
|
5th
|
1,846,478
|
Kent
|
6th
|
1,844,245
|
Hampshire
|
7th
|
1,832,752
|
Essex
|
8th
|
1,498,300
|
Lancashire
|
9th
|
1,423,065
|
Merseyside
|
10th
|
1,402,918
|
South Yorkshire
|
11th
|
1,194,166
|
Devon
|
12th
|
1,189,934
|
Surrey
|
13th
|
1,184,365
|
Hertfordshire
|
14th
|
1,158,816
|
North Yorkshire
|
15th
|
1,154,195
|
Nottinghamshire
|
16th
|
1,136,371
|
Tyne and Wear
|
17th
|
1,131,052
|
Staffordshire
|
18th
|
1,087,659
|
Lincolnshire
|
19th
|
1,059,271
|
Cheshire
|
20th
|
1,053,486
|
Leicestershire
|
21st
|
1,053,316
|
Derbyshire
|
22nd
|
965,424
|
Somerset
|
23rd
|
916,202
|
Gloucestershire
|
24th
|
911,403
|
Berkshire
|
|
Rank
|
Population
|
County
|
25th
|
903,680
|
Norfolk
|
26th
|
866,846
|
Durham
|
27th
|
858,852
|
West Sussex
|
28th
|
852,523
|
Cambridgeshire
|
29th
|
844,985
|
East Sussex
|
30th
|
808,666
|
Buckinghamshire
|
31st
|
772,268
|
Dorset
|
32nd
|
758,556
|
Suffolk
|
33rd
|
747,622
|
Northamptonshire
|
34th
|
720,060
|
Wiltshire
|
35th
|
687,524
|
Oxfordshire
|
36th
|
669,338
|
Bedfordshire
|
37th
|
600,259
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
38th
|
592,057
|
Worcestershire
|
39th
|
571,010
|
Warwickshire
|
40th
|
568,210
|
Cornwall
|
41st
|
498,888
|
Cumbria
|
42nd
|
498,073
|
Shropshire
|
43rd
|
463,405
|
Bristol
|
44th
|
320,274
|
Northumberland
|
45th
|
192,107
|
Herefordshire
|
46th
|
141,538
|
Isle of Wight
|
47th
|
39,697
|
Rutland
|
48th
|
8,706
|
City of London
|
|