County
|
Population
|
City
|
Greater London
|
9,047,570
|
London
|
West Midlands
|
1,160,254
|
Birmingham
|
Merseyside
|
586,889
|
Liverpool
|
City of Bristol
|
577,246
|
Bristol
|
Greater Manchester
|
563,561
|
Manchester
|
South Yorkshire
|
552,143
|
Sheffield
|
West Yorkshire
|
511,164
|
Leeds
|
Leicestershire
|
472,558
|
Leicester
|
Nottinghamshire
|
315,987
|
Nottingham
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
288,028
|
Kingston upon Hull
|
Tyne and Wear
|
287,535
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Staffordshire
|
278,137
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
Hampshire
|
269,750
|
Southampton
|
Derbyshire
|
264,654
|
Derby
|
East Sussex
|
244,917
|
Brighton and Hove
|
Devon
|
239,677
|
Plymouth
|
Northamptonshire
|
230,031
|
Northampton
|
Berkshire
|
229,482
|
Reading
|
Bedfordshire
|
221,502
|
Luton
|
Dorset
|
197,383
|
Bournemouth
|
Norfolk
|
197,212
|
Norwich
|
Wiltshire
|
192,408
|
Swindon
|
Essex
|
185,111
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
Buckinghamshire
|
184,824
|
Milton Keynes
|
|
County
|
Population
|
City
|
Cambridgeshire
|
178,805
|
Peterborough
|
North Yorkshire
|
177,354
|
Middlesbrough
|
Cheshire
|
172,684
|
Warrington
|
Oxfordshire
|
162,291
|
Oxford
|
Shropshire
|
152,222
|
Telford
|
Suffolk
|
148,742
|
Ipswich
|
Gloucestershire
|
147,509
|
Gloucester
|
Lancashire
|
145,821
|
Blackpool
|
Hertfordshire
|
141,651
|
Watford
|
Kent
|
119,905
|
Maidstone
|
West Sussex
|
115,191
|
Worthing
|
Surrey
|
107,854
|
Woking
|
Lincolnshire
|
106,415
|
Lincoln
|
Somerset
|
103,614
|
Bath
|
Worcestershire
|
102,791
|
Worcester
|
Durham
|
93,305
|
Darlington
|
Warwickshire
|
90,429
|
Nuneaton
|
Cumbria
|
74,889
|
Carlisle
|
Herefordshire
|
63,783
|
Hereford
|
Northumberland
|
39,535
|
Blyth
|
Cornwall
|
26,037
|
Saint Austell
|
Isle of Wight
|
25,844
|
Newport
|
Rutland
|
11,191
|
Oakham
|
City of London
|
9,401
|
City of London
|
|
Also, Preston is more populous than Blackpool