Population of Cities in United Kingdom 2026

UK cities population

Code	City	Population		Share (%)	Rank		Change
Code	City	2025	2026	Share (%)	UK	World	Population	(%)
Lond	London	10,416,420	10,486,502	15.1	1	33	70,082	0.67
Birm	Birmingham	2,631,757	2,643,320	3.80	2	191	11,563	0.44
Manc	Manchester	2,535,427	2,541,887	3.65	3	198	6,460	0.25
Live	Liverpool	1,227,470	1,230,203	1.77	4	422	2,733	0.22
Leed	Leeds	1,065,607	1,069,849	1.54	5	481	4,242	0.40
Glas	Glasgow	970,320	972,041	1.40	6	539	1,721	0.18
Newc	Newcastle upon Tyne	760,969	762,907	1.10	7	704	1,938	0.25
Nott	Nottingham	649,610	651,144	0.936	8	836	1,534	0.24
Bris	Bristol	615,703	617,050	0.887	9	884	1,347	0.22
Shef	Sheffield	549,695	553,114	0.795	10	1000	3,419	0.62
Leic	Leicester	530,264	532,476	0.766	11	1049	2,212	0.42
Edin	Edinburgh	521,784	522,664	0.751	12	1066	880	0.17
Port	Portsmouth	488,385	495,029	0.712	13	1131	6,644	1.36
Brig	Brighton	467,937	473,759	0.681	14	1187	5,822	1.24
Belf	Belfast	441,925	445,064	0.640	15	1260	3,139	0.71
Cove	Coventry	427,678	429,576	0.618	16	1318	1,898	0.44
Card	Cardiff	390,692	391,786	0.563	17	1466	1,094	0.28
Bour	Bournemouth	386,557	388,680	0.559	18	1476	2,123	0.55
Midd	Middlesbrough	349,436	350,184	0.503	19	1651	748	0.21
Sout	Southampton	347,446	348,930	0.502	20	1657	1,484	0.43
Stok	Stoke-on-Trent	332,542	333,322	0.479	21	1742	780	0.23
Hull	Hull	322,100	323,068	0.465	22	1791	968	0.30
Wake	Wakefield	306,684	308,459	0.443	23	1890	1,775	0.58
Sout	Southend-on-Sea	280,158	282,474	0.406	24	2074	2,316	0.83
Read	Reading	274,632	276,174	0.397	25	2125	1,542	0.56
Luto	Luton	273,544	274,626	0.395	26	2144	1,082	0.40
Derb	Derby	271,170	271,826	0.391	27	2172	656	0.24
Gill	Gillingham	258,422	261,010	0.375	28	2266	2,588	1.00
Plym	Plymouth	257,281	258,219	0.371	29	2292	938	0.36
Nort	Northampton	222,991	225,174	0.324	30	2643	2,183	0.98
Milt	Milton Keynes	211,234	213,277	0.307	31	2811	2,043	0.97
Walt	Walton-on-Thames	205,663	207,970	0.299	32	2905	2,307	1.12
Farn	Farnham	202,349	203,378	0.292	33	2973	1,029	0.51
Blac	Blackpool	193,561	200,099	0.288	34	3025	6,538	3.38
Norw	Norwich	195,969	198,613	0.286	35	3049	2,644	1.35
Swin	Swindon	195,820	196,544	0.283	36	3083	724	0.37
Aber	Aberdeen	188,927	189,598	0.273	37	3215	671	0.36
Pres	Preston	183,362	183,766	0.264	38	3316	404	0.22
Sund	Sunderland	182,966	183,402	0.264	39	3324	436	0.24
Pete	Peterborough	178,184	181,366	0.261	40	3361	3,182	1.79
Ipsw	Ipswich	175,504	177,083	0.255	41	3459	1,579	0.90
Oxfo	Oxford	172,436	173,629	0.250	42	3530	1,193	0.69
Slou	Slough	167,492	168,099	0.242	43	3638	607	0.36
Dund	Dundee	159,648	160,798	0.231	44	3808	1,150	0.72
Hudd	Huddersfield	159,354	159,821	0.230	45	3832	467	0.29
Warr	Warrington	152,208	152,488	0.219	46	4030	280	0.18
York	York	150,274	151,032	0.217	47	4069	758	0.50
Blac	Blackburn	145,401	145,716	0.210	48	4235	315	0.22
Camb	Cambridge	140,937	142,459	0.205	49	4326	1,522	1.08
Swan	Swansea	141,420	141,871	0.204	50	4341	451	0.32
Burn	Burnley	140,995	141,632	0.204	51	4350	637	0.45
Glou	Gloucester	139,667	140,484	0.202	52	4389	817	0.58
Telf	Telford	137,637	138,298	0.199	53	4459	661	0.48
Marg	Margate	132,833	136,468	0.196	54	4512	3,635	2.74
Colc	Colchester	134,095	135,538	0.195	55	4548	1,443	1.08
Grim	Grimsby	128,440	128,757	0.185	56	4813	317	0.25
Pole	Polegate	124,504	125,610	0.181	57	4936	1,106	0.89
Chel	Cheltenham	119,298	119,808	0.172	58	5192	510	0.43
Newp	Newport	119,212	119,552	0.172	59	5203	340	0.29
Linc	Lincoln	116,742	117,039	0.168	60	5325	297	0.25
Barn	Barnsley	115,047	115,391	0.166	61	5405	344	0.30
Torq	Torquay	113,689	114,024	0.164	62	5476	335	0.29
High	High Wycombe	111,988	113,985	0.164	63	5477	1,997	1.78
Wiga	Wigan	112,087	112,560	0.162	64	5549	473	0.42
Chel	Chelmsford	110,371	111,514	0.160	65	5602	1,143	1.04
Basi	Basingstoke	110,509	111,024	0.160	66	5623	515	0.47
Craw	Crawley	110,089	110,913	0.159	67	5632	824	0.75
Maid	Maidstone	109,320	110,091	0.158	68	5681	771	0.71
Wish	Wishaw	109,579	110,082	0.158	69	5684	503	0.46
Bedf	Bedford	109,667	110,080	0.158	70	5686	413	0.38
Exet	Exeter	109,213	109,476	0.157	71	5715	263	0.24
Ella	Elland	108,787	109,104	0.157	72	5733	317	0.29
Basi	Basildon	106,917	107,927	0.155	73	5792	1,010	0.94
Gray	Grays	106,493	107,290	0.154	74	5829	797	0.75
Nort	Northfleet	106,024	106,765	0.154	75	5854	741	0.70
Worc	Worcester	104,338	105,160	0.151	76	5951	822	0.79
Donc	Doncaster	102,672	103,235	0.148	77	6072	563	0.55

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
Date	09 Feb 2026

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