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] .
See also: List of Administrative shire counties of England by
Population - List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area
| Rank |
County |
Population |
| 1 |
Greater London |
7,355,354 |
| 2 |
West Midlands |
2,575,768 |
| 3 |
Greater Manchester |
2,513,468 |
| 4 |
West Yorkshire |
2,089,212 |
| 5 |
Hampshire |
1,654,802 |
| 6 |
Essex |
1,622,403 |
| 7 |
Kent |
1,589,252 |
| 8 |
Lancashire |
1,421,912 |
| 9 |
Merseyside |
1,361,009 |
| 10 |
South Yorkshire |
1,267,288 |
| 11 |
Devon |
1,082,287 |
| 12 |
North Yorkshire |
1,076,514 |
| 13 |
Tyne and Wear |
1,073,515 |
| 14 |
Surrey |
1,059,900 |
| 15 |
Staffordshire |
1,047,528 |
| 16 |
Hertfordshire |
1,036,144 |
| 17 |
Nottinghamshire |
1,023,160 |
| 18 |
Cheshire |
986,079 |
| 19 |
Lincolnshire |
969,569 |
| 20 |
Derbyshire |
962,502 |
| 21 |
Leicestershire |
899,069 |
| 22 |
Somerset |
862,476 |
| 23 |
Gloucestershire |
813,250 |
| 24 |
County Durham |
810,191 |
| 25 |
Berkshire |
803,566 |
| 26 |
Norfolk |
802,766 |
| 27 |
West Sussex |
755,855 |
| 28 |
East Sussex |
744,142 |
| 29 |
Cambridgeshire |
716,285 |
| 30 |
Dorset |
696,327 |
| 31 |
Buckinghamshire |
688,536 |
| 32 |
Suffolk |
671,931 |
| 33 |
Northamptonshire |
638,238 |
| 34 |
Wiltshire |
616,907 |
| 35 |
Oxfordshire |
607,457 |
| 36 |
Bedfordshire |
570,831 |
| 37 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
558,945 |
| 38 |
Worcestershire |
545,897 |
| 39 |
Warwickshire |
512,680 |
| 40 |
Cornwall |
508,412 |
| 41 |
Cumbria |
488,513 |
| 42 |
Shropshire |
445,780 |
| 43 |
Bristol |
381,618 |
| 44 |
Northumberland |
308,386 |
| 45 |
Herefordshire |
176,471 |
| 46 |
Isle of Wight |
134,876 |
| 47 |
Rutland |
34,680 |
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