Demographia

England Local Authorities:
Ranked by Population

Rank Region Local Authority Population: 1998 Land Area: Square Miles Population per Square Mile Population per Square Kilometer
1 West Midlands Birmingham 1,013,400 102 9,912 3,824
2 Yorkshire And The Humber Leeds 727,400 217 3,355 1,294
3 Yorkshire And The Humber Sheffield 531,100 142 3,751 1,447
4 Yorkshire And The Humber Bradford 483,300 141 3,423 1,320
5 North West Liverpool 461,500 44 10,586 4,084
6 North West Manchester 429,800 45 9,604 3,705
7 South West Bristol, City of UA 402,300 42 9,480 3,657
8 Yorkshire And The Humber Kirklees 390,900 158 2,471 953
9 London Croydon 338,200 34 10,076 3,887
10 London Barnet 331,500 34 9,654 3,725
11 North West Wirral 327,100 61 5,332 2,057
12 Yorkshire And The Humber Wakefield 318,800 128 2,481 957
13 Yorkshire And The Humber East Riding of Yorkshire UA 312,800 932 336 130
14 West Midlands Dudley 311,500 38 8,239 3,179
15 North West Wigan 310,500 77 4,044 1,560
16 West Midlands Coventry 304,300 37 8,131 3,137
17 London Ealing 302,100 21 14,237 5,493
18 London Bromley 297,100 59 5,066 1,955
19 East Midlands Leicester UA 294,300 28 10,450 4,032
20 North West Stockport 292,800 49 6,023 2,324
21 North East Sunderland 292,300 53 5,490 2,118
22 West Midlands Sandwell 290,500 33 8,756 3,378
22 Yorkshire And The Humber Doncaster 290,500 224 1,296 500
24 North West Sefton 287,700 59 4,874 1,880
25 East Midlands Nottingham UA 286,800 29 9,912 3,824
26 North East Newcastle upon Tyne 276,100 43 6,390 2,465
27 London Lambeth 269,500 10 25,872 9,981
28 North West Bolton 267,500 54 4,953 1,911
29 London Wandsworth 265,600 14 19,670 7,589
30 London Enfield 264,900 31 8,477 3,270
31 Yorkshire And The Humber Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 261,800 27 9,558 3,687
32 West Midlands Walsall 261,200 41 6,387 2,464
33 South East Brighton and Hove UA 255,800 32 8,086 3,120
34 Yorkshire And The Humber Rotherham 254,400 109 2,330 899
35 London Brent 253,200 17 14,916 5,755
36 South West Plymouth UA 253,000 31 8,197 3,163
37 West Midlands Stoke-on-Trent UA 251,500 36 7,010 2,704
38 London Hillingdon 251,200 42 5,919 2,284
39 London Lewisham 243,800 14 18,055 6,966
40 South East Medway UA 242,600 74 3,275 1,264
41 West Midlands Wolverhampton 241,600 27 9,076 3,501
42 South West South Gloucestershire UA 241,000 192 1,257 485
43 East Midlands Derby UA 235,800 30 7,836 3,023
44 London Southwark 232,000 11 20,736 8,000
45 London Redbridge 231,900 22 10,734 4,141
46 London Newham 231,300 14 16,654 6,425
47 London Havering 228,300 46 5,015 1,935
48 Yorkshire And The Humber Barnsley 228,100 127 1,803 695
49 North West Salford 225,900 37 6,036 2,329
50 London Haringey 221,600 12 19,146 7,387
51 London Waltham Forest 221,400 15 14,347 5,535
52 London Westminster 220,800 8 26,014 10,036
53 North West Tameside 220,400 40 5,546 2,140
54 North West Trafford 220,300 41 5,387 2,078
55 North West Oldham 219,200 54 4,030 1,555
56 London Bexley 217,800 24 9,255 3,570
57 South East Southampton UA 216,000 19 11,197 4,320
58 London Greenwich 215,100 19 11,615 4,481
59 London Hounslow 211,600 22 9,456 3,648
60 London Harrow 211,300 20 10,739 4,143
61 North West Rochdale 208,200 62 3,373 1,301
62 West Midlands Solihull 205,600 69 2,977 1,149
63 South East Milton Keynes UA 203,200 119 1,705 658
64 North East Gateshead 198,900 55 3,605 1,391
65 East Midlands Northampton 195,800 31 6,266 2,417
66 London Hackney 194,700 8 25,233 9,735
67 North East North Tyneside 194,000 32 5,986 2,310
68 Yorkshire And The Humber Calderdale 192,900 140 1,377 531
69 North West Warrington UA 190,200 68 2,801 1,081
70 South East Portsmouth UA 189,900 15 12,306 4,748
71 South West North Somerset UA 188,700 144 1,311 506
72 London Camden 188,600 8 22,221 8,573
73 London Richmond upon Thames 186,700 21 8,799 3,395
74 London Merton 184,300 15 12,571 4,850
75 East Luton UA 183,300 17 11,049 4,263
76 North West Bury 182,800 38 4,786 1,846
77 London Tower Hamlets 181,300 8 23,496 9,065
78 North East Stockton-on-Tees UA 181,000 79 2,300 887
79 South West Swindon UA 179,700 89 2,025 781
80 London Islington 179,000 6 30,931 11,933
81 North West St. Helens 178,400 51 3,477 1,341
82 Yorkshire And The Humber York UA 177,400 105 1,697 655
83 London Sutton 177,100 17 10,675 4,119
84 East Southend-on-Sea UA 176,000 16 10,862 4,190
85 South East New Forest 171,000 291 589 227