Largest cities in the United Kingdom by population (2025)

Largest cities in the United Kingdom
#	City	Region	Population	Change in one year	Born abroad
1	London	London	9,122,909	−0.3%	40.6%
2	Birmingham	West Midlands	1,176,960	−0.5%	26.7%
3	Leeds	Yorkshire and the Humber	840,550	−0.3%	15.8%
4	Glasgow	Scotland	654,330	+0.6%	–
5	Manchester	North West England	588,256	−0.1%	31.4%
6	Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber	579,517	−0.1%	15.0%
7	Bradford	Yorkshire and the Humber	557,758	−0.4%	18.7%
8	Edinburgh	Scotland	531,370	−0.1%	–
9	Liverpool	North West England	507,915	−0.1%	14.9%
10	Bristol	South West England	495,260	+0.2%	18.8%
11	Leicester	East Midlands	383,116	−0.9%	41.1%
12	Cardiff	Wales	381,516	−0.1%	16.5%
13	Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	369,450	+0.7%	8.5%
14	Coventry	West Midlands	364,766	−1.1%	27.9%
15	Belfast	Northern Ireland	351,927	−0.1%	11.7%
16	Nottingham	East Midlands	325,765	−1.5%	24.6%
17	Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	323,016	+0.9%	10.4%
18	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East England	320,838	+0.6%	17.4%
19	Milton Keynes	South East England	308,866	+1.0%	25.7%
20	Salford	North West England	297,004	+1.2%	19.0%
21	Sunderland	North East England	287,070	+0.1%	5.1%
22	Brighton and Hove	South East England	284,170	−0.3%	19.6%
23	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	281,434	+0.3%	22.9%
24	Derby	East Midlands	275,344	+0.6%	19.6%
25	Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	273,257	−0.5%	13.1%
26	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	272,282	+0.8%	13.1%
27	Plymouth	South West England	271,361	−0.2%	9.2%
28	Southampton	South East England	259,230	−0.5%	24.1%
29	Swansea	Wales	249,429	−0.5%	9.4%
30	Aberdeen	Scotland	230,180	−0.5%	–
31	Peterborough	East of England	224,757	+0.3%	28.2%
32	Portsmouth	South East England	211,475	−0.7%	16.9%
33	York	Yorkshire and the Humber	209,118	+0.4%	10.8%
34	Colchester	East of England	201,163	+0.7%	14.5%
35	Chelmsford	East of England	190,570	+1.2%	11.9%
36	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	185,214	+0.4%	12.5%
37	Newport	Wales	168,584	+0.7%	12.2%
38	Oxford	South East England	165,940	−1.1%	35.0%
39	Preston	North West England	164,498	+1.8%	19.3%
40	Canterbury	South East England	162,612	+0.1%	12.9%
41	Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	152,367	+0.5%	7.5%
42	St Albans	East of England	150,757	±0.0%	17.0%
43	Cambridge	East of England	149,872	−1.2%	38.0%
44	Dundee	Scotland	148,390	−0.6%	–
45	Norwich	East of England	145,676	−1.0%	17.6%
46	Lancaster	North West England	145,237	−0.1%	9.5%
47	Gloucester	South West England	138,565	+0.5%	14.4%
48	Wrexham	Wales	137,977	±0.0%	7.9%
49	Exeter	South West England	137,894	−0.8%	15.0%
50	Winchester	South East England	136,856	+1.0%	11.0%
51	Worcester	West Midlands	106,954	+0.4%	12.8%
52	Lincoln	East Midlands	103,351	−1.5%	15.1%

Population: mid-2025. Change in one year: mid-2024 → mid-2025. Born abroad: Census 2021.

Sources

Population: ONS – Population estimates for local authorities, mid-2025 (with NRS and NISRA), via Nomis NM_31_1
Born abroad: ONS Census 2021 TS004 Country of birth (Nomis) and NISRA Census 2021 MS-A17 Country of birth

Figures as published by the statistics office. One year's change is calculated by PassPeers from the office's own figures for both dates.

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