List of cities in United Kingdom by population

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2018)
Date	08 Mar 2025

Top Statistics

UK cities population
City	Population		Share (%)	Rank		Change
City	2024	2025	Share (%)	UK	World	Population	(%)
London	9,748,033	9,840,742	14.1	1	39	92,709	0.95
Manchester	2,811,756	2,832,585	4.07	2	203	20,829	0.74
Birmingham (West Midlands)	2,684,807	2,704,617	3.89	3	212	19,810	0.74
West Yorkshire	1,942,470	1,956,474	2.81	4	300	14,004	0.72
Glasgow	1,708,147	1,718,941	2.47	5	352	10,794	0.63
Southampton/Portsmouth (South Hampshire)	959,202	966,741	1.39	6	678	7,539	0.79
Liverpool	922,871	928,997	1.34	7	706	6,126	0.66
Newcastle upon Tyne	828,712	834,242	1.20	8	776	5,530	0.67
Nottingham	813,078	819,334	1.18	9	789	6,256	0.77
Sheffield	751,303	756,783	1.09	10	864	5,480	0.73
Bristol	713,884	720,052	1.04	11	904	6,168	0.86
Belfast	647,438	651,982	0.937	12	990	4,544	0.70
Brighton-Worthing-Littlehampton	627,524	632,475	0.909	13	1027	4,951	0.79
Leicester	570,858	575,352	0.827	14	1153	4,494	0.79
Edinburgh	558,676	563,534	0.810	15	1177	4,858	0.87
Bournemouth/Poole	522,736	526,845	0.757	16	1251	4,109	0.79
Cardiff	491,755	495,378	0.712	17	1319	3,623	0.74
Coventry-Bedworth	449,820	454,584	0.654	18	1440	4,764	1.06
Teeside (Middlesbrough)	395,076	397,527	0.572	19	1610	2,451	0.62
Stoke-on-Trent (The Potteries)	394,290	396,812	0.571	20	1613	2,522	0.64
Reading-Wokingham	352,913	355,596	0.511	21	1750	2,683	0.76
Sunderland	347,131	349,162	0.502	22	1769	2,031	0.59
Preston	336,176	338,446	0.487	23	1806	2,270	0.68
Birkenhead	334,081	335,971	0.483	24	1812	1,890	0.57
Kingston upon Hull	326,568	328,518	0.472	25	1825	1,950	0.60
Newport	322,795	324,815	0.467	26	1833	2,020	0.63
Southend-On-Sea	320,769	323,035	0.464	27	1837	2,266	0.71
Swansea	318,188	320,236	0.460	28	1842	2,048	0.64