Population · 2025

Population: local authority ranking

Population: Birmingham comes top with 1,176,960 and Isles of Scilly comes last with 2,299. The median across 361 local authorities is 148,772.

Podium and top 100

1Birmingham1,176,960 2Leeds840,550 3Glasgow City654,330

#	Local authority	Region	Population
1	Birmingham	West Midlands	1,176,960
2	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	840,550
3	Glasgow City	Scotland	654,330
4	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	639,133
5	Somerset	South West	590,972
6	Manchester	North West	588,256
7	Cornwall	South West	584,782
8	Buckinghamshire	South East	584,296
9	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	579,517
10	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	557,758
11	County Durham	North East	539,146
12	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	531,370
13	Wiltshire	South West	526,392
14	Liverpool	North West	507,915
15	Bristol, City of	South West	495,260
16	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	445,832
17	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	444,218
18	Cheshire East	North West	425,459
19	Croydon	London	410,085
20	Barnet	London	408,087
21	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	405,829
22	Dorset	South West	391,036
23	Ealing	London	387,072
24	Leicester	East Midlands	383,116
25	Cardiff	Wales	381,516
26	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	379,569
27	Newham	London	376,542
28	Fife	Scotland	373,990
29	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	373,951
30	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	369,450
31	Coventry	West Midlands	364,766
32	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	360,334
33	Sandwell	West Midlands	352,918
34	Brent	London	352,201
35	Belfast	Northern Ireland	351,927
36	Wigan	North West	347,089
37	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	343,930
38	Wandsworth	London	339,859
39	Bromley	London	336,048
40	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	334,330
41	Tower Hamlets	London	334,240
42	Northumberland	North East	333,975
43	Dudley	West Midlands	333,941
44	Shropshire	West Midlands	333,162
45	Wirral	North West	329,896
46	Enfield	London	329,400
47	Hillingdon	London	326,671
48	Nottingham	East Midlands	325,765
49	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	323,016
50	Redbridge	London	321,829
51	Central Bedfordshire	East	321,605
52	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	320,838
53	Lambeth	London	314,298
54	Southwark	London	312,366
55	Bolton	North West	309,732
56	Milton Keynes	South East	308,866
57	South Gloucestershire	South West	308,787
58	Stockport	North West	304,879
59	Greenwich	London	301,225
60	Lewisham	London	301,037
61	Hounslow	London	299,486
62	Salford	North West	297,004
63	Walsall	West Midlands	295,722
64	Medway	South East	292,697
65	Sefton	North West	287,583
66	Sunderland	North East	287,070
67	Brighton and Hove	South East	284,170
68	Waltham Forest	London	283,713
69	Cumberland	North West	282,343
70	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	281,434
71	Havering	London	280,787
72	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	279,161
73	Derby	East Midlands	275,344
74	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	273,257
75	Harrow	London	272,612
76	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	272,282
77	Plymouth	South West	271,361
78	Hackney	London	266,241
79	Haringey	London	266,218
80	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	264,640
81	Southampton	South East	259,230
82	Bexley	London	257,103
83	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	252,784
84	Oldham	North West	251,915
85	East Suffolk	East	250,106
86	Swansea	Wales	249,429
87	Swindon	South West	245,286
88	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	241,015
89	Trafford	North West	240,981
90	Tameside	North West	240,822
91	Barking and Dagenham	London	238,295
92	Rochdale	North West	237,641
93	Highland	Scotland	237,260
94	Luton	East	236,380
95	Westmorland and Furness	North West	231,307
96	Aberdeen City	Scotland	230,180
97	North Somerset	South West	227,160
98	Peterborough	East	224,757
99	Islington	London	224,551
100	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	223,044

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Population
347	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	67,688
348	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	67,593
349	Ribble Valley	North West	66,938
350	Adur	South East	64,802
351	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	61,533
352	West Devon	South West	58,980
353	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	58,362
354	Melton	East Midlands	54,694
355	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	51,610
356	Rutland	East Midlands	41,629
357	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	25,770
358	Shetland Islands	Scotland	22,710
359	Orkney Islands	Scotland	21,920
360	City of London	London	15,631
361	Isles of Scilly	South West	2,299

Regions compared

Total for each region.

South East9,691,844
London9,122,909
North West7,772,854
East6,613,801
West Midlands6,205,854
South West5,906,997
Yorkshire and The Humber5,672,166
Scotland5,545,500
East Midlands5,085,641
Wales3,175,181
North East2,762,746
Northern Ireland1,928,446

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Population”?

Birmingham ranks first for “Population”, with 1,176,960.

What is the median for “Population”?

The median across the 361 ranked local authorities is 148,772.