World Gazetteer

United Kingdom: metropolitan areas

(c = census, e = estimate, calc = calculation)
metropolitan areas bold, for the other places the metropolitan area and the city are identical
see also the list of proper places
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no.	name	census 1991	census 2001	estimate 2004	calculation 2013	parent division
1	London		11 961 530		13 857 155
2	Manchester-Liverpool	4 170 981	4 064 827		5 659 815
3	Birmingham	3 166 758	3 178 438		4 052 402
4	Leeds	1 512 875			2 153 489
5	Glasgow	1 695 893	1 658 226		1 616 755
6	Newcastle upon Tyne	1 248 606			1 566 660
7	Portsmouth-Southampton	774 399	828 161		1 380 854
8	Sheffield	1 102 302			1 335 765
9	Nottingham	613 726			1 193 669
10	Bristol	656 797	681 155		960 916
11	Belfast		579 554		791 704	Northern Ireland
12	Cardiff				769 873
13	Edinburgh				751 345
14	Teesside				732 774
15	Brighton	437 592	461 181		665 312
16	Leicester				624 896
17	Coventry	421 427			457 063
18	Kingston upon Hull	310 636	301 416		272 903	England
19	Plymouth	245 295	243 795		257 042	England
20	Stoke-on-Trent	266 543	259 252		251 535	England
21	Milton Keynes	156 148	184 506		234 404
22	Northampton	179 596	189 474		182 638	England
23	Swansea	171 038	169 880		175 552	Wales
24	Norwich	171 304	174 047		169 789	England
25	Aberdeen	182 133	184 788	176 690	161 639	Scotland
26	Peterborough	134 788	136 292		160 564	England
27	Swindon	145 236	155 432		158 873	England
28	Bournemouth	155 488	167 527		157 230	England
29	Preston	177 660	184 836		156 098	England
30	Ipswich	130 157	138 718		147 896	England
31	Oxford	118 795	143 016		147 523	England
32	Blackpool	146 262	142 283		142 414	England
33	Dundee	157 808	154 674	144 528	139 442	Scotland
34	York	124 609	137 505		135 354	England
35	Poole	138 479	144 800		134 196	England
36	Gloucester	114 003	123 205		128 772	England
37	Cambridge	95 682	117 717		116 216	England
38	Exeter	94 717	106 772		109 730	England
39	Eastbourne	94 793	106 562		108 753	England
40	Cheltenham	91 301	98 875		106 859	England
41	Blackburn	105 994	105 085		103 079	England
42	Colchester	96 063	104 390		100 054	England
43	Derry		90 736		99 000	Northern Ireland
44	Worcester	82 661	94 029		97 175	England
45	Basingstoke	77 837	90 171		90 266	England
46	Lincoln	80 281	85 963		87 093	England
47	Bedford	73 917	82 488		83 820	England
48	Harrogate		85 128		82 767	England
49	Grimsby	90 703	87 574		82 677	England
50	Crewe	63 351	67 683		81 208	England
51	Hastings	81 139	85 828		81 083	England
52	Weston-super-Mare	69 372	78 044		79 912	England
53	Lowestoft	62 907	68 340		79 002	England
54	Newcastle-under-Lyme	73 731	74 427		78 824	England
55	Scunthorpe	75 982	72 660		75 757	England
56	Carlisle	72 439	71 773		74 268	England
57	Burnley	74 661	73 021		70 808	England
58	Torquay	59 587	62 968		69 563	England
59	Mansfield	71 858	69 987		68 277	England
60	Ashford	52 002	58 936		64 589	England
61	Shrewsbury	64 219	67 126		64 422	England
62	Stafford	61 885	63 681		63 524	England
63	Craigavon	53 434	57 685		63 051	Northern Ireland
64	Taunton	55 855	58 241		62 183	England
65	Bognor Regis	56 744	62 141		62 156	England
66	Rhondda	59 947	59 602		61 607	Wales
67	Margate	56 734	58 465		60 061	England
68	Great Yarmouth	56 190	58 032		59 952	England
69	Kettering	47 186	51 063		55 497	England
70	Dunfermline	39 068	39 229	43 760	55 388	Scotland
71	Hereford	54 326	56 373		54 562	England
72	Corby	49 053	49 222		53 535	England
73	Clacton-on-Sea	45 065	51 284		53 283	England
74	Paignton	42 989	47 398		52 196	England
75	Wellingborough	41 602	46 959		52 188	England
76	Weymouth	46 065	48 279		50 827	England
77	Cwmbran	46 021	47 254		50 414	Wales
78	Llanelli	44 953	46 357		50 081	Wales
79	Banbury	39 906	43 867		48 685	England
80	Bicester	22 128	31 113		48 172	England

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