List of cities in United Kingdom by population

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2018)
Date	01 Apr 2024

Top Statistics

UK cities population
City	Population		Share (%)	Rank		Change
City	2023	2024	Share (%)	UK	World	Population	(%)
London	9,648,110	9,748,033	14.3	1	38	99,923	1.04
Manchester	2,791,005	2,811,756	4.14	2	202	20,751	0.74
Birmingham (West Midlands)	2,665,100	2,684,807	3.95	3	209	19,707	0.74
West Yorkshire	1,928,661	1,942,470	2.86	4	296	13,809	0.72
Glasgow	1,698,088	1,708,147	2.51	5	344	10,059	0.59
Southampton/Portsmouth (South Hampshire)	951,531	959,202	1.41	6	671	7,671	0.81
Liverpool	917,032	922,871	1.36	7	693	5,839	0.64
Newcastle upon Tyne	823,431	828,712	1.22	8	763	5,281	0.64
Nottingham	806,757	813,078	1.20	9	781	6,321	0.78
Sheffield	745,876	751,303	1.11	10	851	5,427	0.73
Bristol	707,412	713,884	1.05	11	899	6,472	0.91
Belfast	643,005	647,438	0.953	12	986	4,433	0.69
Brighton-Worthing-Littlehampton	622,480	627,524	0.923	13	1015	5,044	0.81
Leicester	566,282	570,858	0.840	14	1142	4,576	0.81
Edinburgh	553,569	558,676	0.822	15	1165	5,107	0.92
Bournemouth/Poole	518,556	522,736	0.769	16	1239	4,180	0.81
Cardiff	488,153	491,755	0.724	17	1307	3,602	0.74
Coventry-Bedworth	444,547	449,820	0.662	18	1428	5,273	1.19
Teeside (Middlesbrough)	392,813	395,076	0.581	19	1596	2,263	0.58
Stoke-on-Trent (The Potteries)	391,927	394,290	0.580	20	1602	2,363	0.60
Reading-Wokingham	350,214	352,913	0.519	21	1743	2,699	0.77
Sunderland	345,312	347,131	0.511	22	1768	1,819	0.53
Preston	333,996	336,176	0.495	23	1806	2,180	0.65
Birkenhead	332,417	334,081	0.492	24	1812	1,664	0.50
Kingston upon Hull	324,801	326,568	0.481	25	1828	1,767	0.54
Newport	320,921	322,795	0.475	26	1836	1,874	0.58
Southend-On-Sea	318,553	320,769	0.472	27	1839	2,216	0.70
Swansea	316,264	318,188	0.468	28	1845	1,924	0.61