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Largest cities in United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 1,121,375 people (Office for National Statistics, 2021-12-31).

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United Kingdom cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-26

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Birmingham, United Kingdom1,121,375 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
2Glasgow, United Kingdom640,350 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
3Leeds, United Kingdom536,280 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
4Liverpool, United Kingdom506,565 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
5Sheffield, United Kingdom500,535 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
6Manchester, United Kingdom470,405 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
7Bristol, United Kingdom425,215 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
8Croydon, United Kingdom407,821 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
9Leicester, United Kingdom406,580 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
10Cardiff, United Kingdom383,919 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-06-30
11Belfast, United Kingdom352,390 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-06-30
12Coventry, United Kingdom344,285 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
13Bradford, United Kingdom333,950 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
14Nottingham, United Kingdom299,790 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
15Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom286,445 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
16Derby, United Kingdom275,575 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
17Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom270,810 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
18Harrow, United Kingdom269,993 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
19Plymouth, United Kingdom266,955 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
20Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom260,560 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
21Bexley, United Kingdom255,950 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
22Southampton, United Kingdom249,620 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
23Northampton, United Kingdom243,520 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
24Wolverhampton, United Kingdom234,025 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
25Luton, United Kingdom233,525 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
26Aberdeen, United Kingdom231,780 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-06-30
27Portsmouth, United Kingdom223,305 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
28Islington, United Kingdom222,724 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
29Sutton, United Kingdom213,972 people2026-09-26
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
30City of Westminster, United Kingdom209,365 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom leads at 1,121,375 people.
  • City of Westminster, United Kingdom sits at the other end with 209,365 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 286,445 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 912,010 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in United Kingdom show?

Birmingham, United Kingdom has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 1,121,375 people (Office for National Statistics, 2021-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2021 and 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: city, municipality
Observation period
2021-12-31 to 2025-12-31
Last checked
2026-09-26
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Largest cities in United Kingdom [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f69795fbf83f5c7e76ebdb9ff145db49]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-kingdom-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-united-kingdom_efe8dd125478,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in United Kingdom},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {f69795fbf83f5c7e76ebdb9ff145db49},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-kingdom-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
Markdown citation
[Largest cities in United Kingdom](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-kingdom-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version f69795fbf83f5c7e76ebdb9ff145db49; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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Sources

  1. Office for National StatisticsOffice for National Statistics · Checked 2026-08-04
  2. National Records of ScotlandNational Records of Scotland · Checked 2026-08-05
  3. Office for National Statistics via NomisOffice for National Statistics via Nomis · Checked 2026-08-05
  4. ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates UK, mid-2024 — MYE2: Persons by single year of age (All ages totals)Office for National Statistics (ONS) · Checked 2026-09-19
  5. Estimates of the population for England and Wales: mid-2025 — MYE25 tablesOffice for National Statistics · Checked 2026-09-26