List of cities in United Kingdom by Population
Source | UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2018) |
Date | 29 Dec 2023 |
City | Population | Share (%) | Rank | Change | |||
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2022 | 2023 | UK | World | Population | (%) | ||
London | 9,540,576 | 9,648,110 | 14.2 | 1 | 38 | 107,534 | 1.13 |
Manchester | 2,770,434 | 2,791,005 | 4.12 | 2 | 199 | 20,571 | 0.74 |
Birmingham (West Midlands) | 2,645,598 | 2,665,100 | 3.93 | 3 | 206 | 19,502 | 0.74 |
West Yorkshire | 1,915,134 | 1,928,661 | 2.85 | 4 | 295 | 13,527 | 0.71 |
Glasgow | 1,688,907 | 1,698,088 | 2.51 | 5 | 337 | 9,181 | 0.54 |
Southampton/Portsmouth (South Hampshire) | 943,745 | 951,531 | 1.40 | 6 | 663 | 7,786 | 0.83 |
Liverpool | 911,546 | 917,032 | 1.35 | 7 | 686 | 5,486 | 0.60 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 818,452 | 823,431 | 1.22 | 8 | 751 | 4,979 | 0.61 |
Nottingham | 800,394 | 806,757 | 1.19 | 9 | 768 | 6,363 | 0.79 |
Sheffield | 740,532 | 745,876 | 1.10 | 10 | 837 | 5,344 | 0.72 |
Bristol | 700,630 | 707,412 | 1.04 | 11 | 893 | 6,782 | 0.97 |
Belfast | 638,717 | 643,005 | 0.949 | 12 | 972 | 4,288 | 0.67 |
Brighton-Worthing-Littlehampton | 617,353 | 622,480 | 0.919 | 13 | 1010 | 5,127 | 0.83 |
Leicester | 561,635 | 566,282 | 0.836 | 14 | 1128 | 4,647 | 0.83 |
Edinburgh | 548,206 | 553,569 | 0.817 | 15 | 1158 | 5,363 | 0.98 |
Bournemouth/Poole | 514,313 | 518,556 | 0.766 | 16 | 1227 | 4,243 | 0.82 |
Cardiff | 484,591 | 488,153 | 0.721 | 17 | 1292 | 3,562 | 0.74 |
Coventry-Bedworth | 438,732 | 444,547 | 0.656 | 18 | 1418 | 5,815 | 1.33 |
Teeside (Middlesbrough) | 390,772 | 392,813 | 0.580 | 19 | 1578 | 2,041 | 0.52 |
Stoke-on-Trent (The Potteries) | 389,754 | 391,927 | 0.579 | 20 | 1585 | 2,173 | 0.56 |
Reading-Wokingham | 347,510 | 350,214 | 0.517 | 21 | 1740 | 2,704 | 0.78 |
Sunderland | 343,738 | 345,312 | 0.510 | 22 | 1759 | 1,574 | 0.46 |
Preston | 331,928 | 333,996 | 0.493 | 23 | 1801 | 2,068 | 0.62 |
Birkenhead | 331,017 | 332,417 | 0.491 | 24 | 1807 | 1,400 | 0.42 |
Kingston upon Hull | 323,250 | 324,801 | 0.480 | 25 | 1831 | 1,551 | 0.48 |
Newport | 319,221 | 320,921 | 0.474 | 26 | 1838 | 1,700 | 0.53 |
Southend-On-Sea | 316,403 | 318,553 | 0.470 | 27 | 1842 | 2,150 | 0.68 |
Swansea | 314,488 | 316,264 | 0.467 | 28 | 1846 | 1,776 | 0.56 |