Welcome to Population Data UK

On this website you’ll find information about the population and demographics of the UK and other nations.

Our goal is to take census statistics and make them easy to understand.

Scroll down the page to find out more about the nations, cities, counties and islands of the UK.

Latest UK population

UK Towns and Cities

Counties

Historically, the UK has been divided into counties, which used to be the local administrative divisions, particularly in England and Scotland (where they were also known as shires).

Today, there are are 48 ceremonial counties in England, often but not always, aligned with councils. You can see the population of the largest counties in England in this table. For more information, including a full table of the population and size (area) of each county, take a look at our detailed article about England’s counties.

We’re building out the counties section of our site, so please bear with us – we know there are gaps.

We’ve also recently added an article about the counties of Ireland.

CountyPopulation
Yorkshire5,218,838
Lancashire4,942,364
Middlesex4,000,927
Essex2,999,248
Surrey2,975,836
Kent2,747,715
Staffordshire2,159,392
Hampshire2,099,640
Cheshire1,668,894
Warwickshire1,632,885

The British isles

Recent Articles

We regularly add new articles to Population Data UK. Take a look below to see our latest.

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