This is a guide to the size of the wards in Rugby borough based on the data from the 2001 UK Census. The entire population of the borough was 87,367.
| Rank | Ward | Population |
| 1 | Benn | 6,265 |
| 2 | Newbold | 5,996 |
| 3 | New Bilton | 5,689 |
| 4 | Caldecott | 5,595 |
| 5 | Earl Craven and Wolston | 5,552 |
| 6 | Overslade | 5,520 |
| 7 | Dunchurch and Knightlow | 5,432 |
| 8 | Eastlands | 5,381 |
| 9 | Hillmorton | 5,183 |
| 10 | Bilton | 4,991 |
| 11 | Admirals | 4,743 |
| 12 | Brownsover South | 4,147 |
| 13 | Brownsover North | 4,074 |
| 14 | Paddox | 3,714 |
| 15 | Fosse | 3,545 |
| 16 | Lawford and King's Newnham | 3,231 |
| 17 | Avon and Swift | 2,555 |
| 18 | Wolvey | 2,262 |
| 19 | Leam Valley | 1,820 |
| 20 | Ryton-on-Dunsmore | 1,672 |
N.B. Ward populations will differ from the village population which they are named after and which they are linked to as ward boundaries very rarely match village boundaries exactly.
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