Administrative Counties
Administrative counties did not include the county boroughs, see below for their populations.
Rank | Administrative county | Population |
---|---|---|
1 | Greater London | 7,452,343 |
2 | Lancashire | 2,509,267 |
3 | Yorkshire, West Riding | 1,793,473 |
4 | Kent | 1,366,296 |
5 | Essex | 1,195,250 |
6 | Cheshire | 1,108,775 |
7 | Surrey | 1,002,892 |
8 | Hampshire | 999,056 |
9 | Hertfordshire | 924,641 |
10 | Durham | 814,396 |
11 | Staffordshire | 736,870 |
12 | Nottinghamshire | 675,770 |
13 | Derbyshire | 665,548 |
14 | Warwickshire | 625,229 |
15 | Somerset | 597,991 |
16 | Buckinghamshire | 587,556 |
17 | Gloucestershire | 559,821 |
18 | Northumberland | 504,207 |
19 | Berkshire | 503,921 |
20 | Sussex, West | 492,500 |
21 | Leicestershire | 487,893 |
22 | Wiltshire | 486,755 |
23 | Worcestershire | 456,230 |
24 | Devon | 453,969 |
25 | Norfolk | 445,302 |
26 | Sussex, East | 443,294 |
27 | Cornwall | 381,665 |
28 | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 375,365 |
29 | Dorset | 361,925 |
30 | Northamptonshire | 341,981 |
31 | Shropshire | 337,104 |
32 | Yorkshire, North Riding | 329,423 |
33 | Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely | 303,042 |
34 | Bedfordshire | 302,878 |
35 | Oxfordshire | 272,780 |
36 | Suffolk, East | 258,151 |
37 | Yorkshire, East Riding | 257,340 |
38 | Cumberland | 220,607 |
39 | Huntingdon and Peterborough | 202,622 |
40 | Suffolk, West | 164,732 |
41 | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 158,279 |
42 | Herefordshire | 138,638 |
43 | Isle of Wight | 109,515 |
44 | Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland | 105,685 |
45 | Westmorland | 72,837 |
46 | Rutland | 27,471 |
TOTAL | 32,611,285 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Administrative Counties And County Boroughs Of England By Population In 1971