Counties in England by population

This is a list of ceremonial counties in England by population in 2021/22.

Rank	County	Total population	Region	Largest settlement
1	Greater London	8,899,375	London	London
2	West Midlands	2,916,458	West Midlands	Birmingham
3	Greater Manchester	2,812,569	North West	Manchester
4	West Yorkshire	2,320,214	Yorkshire and the Humber	Leeds
5	Kent	1,846,478	South East	Maidstone
6	Hampshire	1,844,245	South East	Southampton
7	Essex	1,832,752	East	Southend-on-Sea
8	Lancashire	1,498,300	North West	Blackpool
9	Merseyside	1,498,300	North West	Liverpool
10	South Yorkshire	1,402,918	Yorkshire and the Humber	Sheffield
11	Devon	1,194,166	South West	Plymouth
12	Surrey	1,189,934	South East	Woking
13	Hertfordshire	1,184,365	East	Hemel Hempstead
14	North Yorkshire	1,158,816	Yorkshire and the Humber	Middlesbrough
15	Nottinghamshire	1,154,195	East Midlands	Nottingham
16	Tyne & Wear	1,136,371	North East	Newcastle upon Tyne
17	Staffordshire	1,131,052	West Midlands	Stoke-on-Trent
18	Lincolnshire	1,087,659	East Midlands	Lincoln
19	Cheshire	1,059,271	North West	Chester
20	Leicestershire	1,053,486	East Midlands	Leicester
21	Derbyshire	1,053,316	East Midlands	Derby
22	Somerset	965,424	South West	Bath
23	Gloucestershire	916,202	South West	Gloucester
24	Berkshire	911,403	South East	Reading
25	Norfolk	903,680	East	Norwich
26	County Durham	866,846	North East	Darlington
27	West Sussex	858,852	South East	Crawley
28	Cambridgeshire	852,523	East	Cambridge
29	East Sussex	844,985	South East	Brighton
30	Buckinghamshire	808,666	South East	Milton Keynes
31	Dorset	772,268	South West	Bournemouth
32	Suffolk	758,556	East	Ipswich
33	Northamptonshire	747,622	East Midlands	Northampton
34	Wiltshire	720,060	South West	Swindon
35	Oxfordshire	687,524	South East	Oxford
36	Bedfordshire	669,338	East	Bedford
37	East Riding of Yorkshire	600,259	Yorkshire and the Humber	Kingston upon Hull
38	Worcestershire	592,057	West Midlands	Worcester
39	Warwickshire	571,010	West Midlands	Warwick
40	Cornwall	568,210	South West	Redruth
41	Cumbria	498,888	North West	Carlisle
42	Shropshire	498,073	West Midlands	Telford
43	Bristol	463,405	South West	Bristol
44	Northumberland	320,274	North East	Blyth
45	Herefordshire	192,107	West Midlands	Hereford
46	Isle of Wight	141,538	South East	Newport
46	Rutland	39,697	East Midlands	Oakham

References

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"English Counties by Population and Area 2021/2022 – UK Population Data". populationdata.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

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