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List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population

This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population - 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Support Grants [1].

Usage note:This list is based a definition of a county which is frequently used by the British public, but some of these counties are no longer administrative areas, or have smaller populations for administrative purposes because they include administratively independent unitary authorities.

RankCountyPopulation
1Greater London7,355,354
2West Midlands2,575,768
3Greater Manchester2,513,468
4West Yorkshire2,089,212
5Hampshire1,654,802
6Essex1,622,403
7Kent1,589,252
8Lancashire1,421,912
9South Yorkshire1,366,023
10Merseyside1,361,009
11Devon1,082,287
12North Yorkshire1,076,514
13Tyne and Wear1,073,515
14Surrey1,059,900
15Staffordshire1,047,528
16Hertfordshire1,036,144
17Nottinghamshire1,023,160
18Cheshire986,079
19Lincolnshire969,569
20Derbyshire962,502
21Leicestershire899,069
22Somerset862,476
23Gloucestershire813,250
24County Durham810,191
25Berkshire803,566
26Norfolk802,766
27West Sussex755,855
28East Sussex744,142
29Cambridgeshire716,285
30Dorset696,327
31Buckinghamshire688,536
32Suffolk671,931
33Northamptonshire638,238
34Wiltshire616,907
35Oxfordshire607,457
36Bedfordshire570,831
37East Riding of Yorkshire558,945
38Worcestershire545,897
39Warwickshire512,680
40Cornwall508,412
41Cumbria488,513
42Shropshire445,780
43Bristol381,618
44Northumberland308,386
45Herefordshire176,471
46Isle of Wight134,876
47Rutland34,680
48City of London7,807

See also

List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population
List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area

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