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United Kingdom — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: United Kingdom — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

United Kingdom had an estimated population of 59,889,407 in 2005, with 3,141 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures, see our UK population tables and annual trends from ONS estimates.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	London	12,599,561
2	Manchester-Liverpool	4,622,162
3	Birmingham	3,487,716
4	Leeds	1,880,819
5	Glasgow	1,644,296
6	Newcastle upon Tyne	1,428,965
7	Sheffield	1,233,068
8	Portsmouth-Southampton	1,003,519
9	Nottingham	940,423
10	Bristol	775,430
11	Cardiff	720,419
12	Edinburgh	696,625
13	Teesside	675,098
14	Belfast	647,120
15	Leicester	600,110
16	Brighton	529,048
17	Coventry	403,138
18	Milton Keynes	202,863
19	Derry	93,499

Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 3,141)

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	London	England	7,421,209
2	Birmingham	England	984,333
3	Glasgow	Scotland	610,268
4	Liverpool	England	468,945
5	Leeds	England	455,123
6	Sheffield	England	447,047
7	Edinburgh	Scotland	435,791
8	Bristol	England	430,713
9	Manchester	England	395,515
10	Leicester	England	339,239
11	Coventry	England	308,313
12	Kingston upon Hull	England	302,296
13	Cardiff	Wales	302,139
14	Bradford	England	299,310
15	Belfast	Northern Ireland	274,770
16	Stoke-on-Trent	England	260,419
17	Wolverhampton	England	252,791
18	Plymouth	England	247,297
19	Nottingham	England	246,654
20	Southampton	England	246,201
21	Reading	England	244,070
22	Derby	England	235,029
23	Dudley	England	199,059
24	Northampton	England	197,322
25	Portsmouth	England	194,150
26	Luton	England	193,669
27	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	192,382
28	Preston	England	190,687
29	Aberdeen	Scotland	183,790
30	Sunderland	England	177,965
31	Norwich	England	177,636
32	Bournemouth	England	175,017
33	Walsall	England	172,141
34	Swansea	Wales	170,883
35	Southend-on-Sea	England	163,377
36	Swindon	England	162,439
37	Oxford	England	154,566
38	Dundee	Scotland	151,592
39	Poole	England	150,092
40	Huddersfield	England	149,017
41	York	England	144,202
42	Ipswich	England	143,767
43	Blackpool	England	143,101
44	Middlesbrough	England	142,707
45	Bolton	England	141,331
46	Peterborough	England	140,141
47	Oldbury-Smethwick	England	139,702
48	Stockport	England	139,052
49	Brighton	England	139,001
50	West Bromwich	England	135,618
51	Slough	England	134,072
52	Gloucester	England	128,721
53	Cambridge	England	128,488
54	Watford	England	125,707
55	Rotherham	England	117,618
56	Newport	Wales	117,326
57	Exeter	England	113,118
58	Eastbourne	England	112,906
59	Colchester	England	109,414
60	Crawley	England	107,061
61	Sutton Coldfield	England	107,030
62	Blackburn	England	106,154
63	Oldham	England	104,782
64	Woking-Byfleet	England	103,932
65	Cheltenham	England	103,249
66	Chelmsford	England	102,671
67	Saint Helens	England	102,555
68	Basildon	England	101,362
69	Gillingham	England	101,187
70	Worcester	England	100,023
71	Worthing	England	99,110
72	Rochdale	England	97,550
73	Basingstoke	England	96,348
74	Solihull	England	96,267
75	Harlow	England	94,365
76	Bath	England	93,238
77	Southport	England	93,044
78	Maidstone	England	90,894
79	Lincoln	England	89,228
80	Hastings	England	89,100
81	Grimsby	England	87,819
82	Darlington	England	87,204
83	Londonderry	Northern Ireland	87,153
84	Harrogate	England	87,024
85	Hartlepool	England	86,713
86	Bedford	England	86,658
87	Hemel Hempstead	England	85,629
88	Stevenage	England	84,651
89	Saint Albans	England	84,561
90	South Shields	England	83,655
91	Weston-super-Mare	England	82,903
92	Halifax	England	82,624
93	Birkenhead	England	81,805
94	Chester	England	81,313
95	Warrington	England	81,238
96	Wigan	England	80,788
97	High Wycombe	England	80,357
98	Stockton-on-Tees	England	79,957
99	Wakefield	England	78,978
100	Gateshead	England	77,649
101	Lisburn	Northern Ireland	77,506
102	Redditch	England	77,128
103	Bracknell	England	76,103
104	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	75,794
105	Chatham	England	75,509
106	Hove	England	75,174
107	Aylesbury	England	74,565
108	East Kilbride	Scotland	74,231
109	Tamworth	England	74,129
110	Nuneaton	England	73,555
111	Burnley	England	73,480
112	Paisley	Scotland	73,074
113	Carlisle	England	72,633
114	Scunthorpe	England	72,514
115	Guildford	England	71,873
116	Lowestoft	England	71,479
117	Barnsley	England	71,447
118	Grays	England	70,934
119	Salford	England	70,905
120	Gosport	England	70,793
121	Chesterfield	England	70,679
122	Crewe	England	70,455
123	Mansfield	England	70,447
124	Shrewsbury	England	69,519
125	Cannock	England	68,067
126	Beeston and Stapleford	England	67,797
127	Ellesmere Port	England	67,768
128	Doncaster	England	67,670
129	Epsom and Ewell	England	65,402
130	Bognor Regis	England	65,391
131	Torquay	England	65,388
132	Stafford	England	65,290
133	Kingswood	England	64,793
134	Royal Leamington Spa	England	64,640
135	Waterlooville	England	64,350
136	Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	63,860
137	Rugby	England	63,323
138	Wolverton-Stony Stratford	England	63,167
139	Ashford	England	62,787
140	Aldershot	England	61,339
141	Royal Tunbridge Wells	England	61,075
142	Bury	England	61,044
143	Taunton	England	60,433
144	Bangor	Northern Ireland	60,385
145	Margate	England	60,134
146	Farnborough	England	59,902
147	Runcorn	England	59,679
148	Great Yarmouth	England	59,601
149	Maidenhead	England	59,463
150	Rhondda	Wales	59,450
151	Loughborough	England	59,317
152	Craigavon	Northern Ireland	59,236
153	Wallasey	England	58,794
154	Littlehampton	England	58,714
155	Hereford	England	58,281
156	Cheadle and Gatley	England	57,995
157	Bootle	England	57,791
158	Fareham	England	57,390
159	Morley	England	57,385
160	Cheshunt	England	57,374
161	Bebington	England	56,803
162	Dartford	England	56,694
163	Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	56,679
164	Kidderminster	England	56,657
165	Dewsbury	England	56,640
166	Stourbridge	England	56,284
167	Widnes	England	56,097
168	Sale	England	55,689
169	Halesowen	England	55,265
170	Huyton-with-Roby	England	54,738
171	Clacton-on-Sea	England	54,674
172	Gravesend	England	54,263
173	Eastleigh	England	54,225
174	Greasby	England	53,988
175	Walton and Weybridge	England	53,864
176	Livingston	Scotland	53,798
177	Washington	England	53,526
178	Kettering	England	53,329
179	Esher-Molesey	England	52,392
180	Crosby	England	52,140
181	Reigate	England	52,123
182	Dunstable	England	51,973
183	Macclesfield	England	51,739
184	Barry	Wales	51,681
185	Morecambe	England	51,644
186	Reigate-Redhill	England	51,559
187	Staines	England	51,040
188	Batley	England	50,807
189	Horsham	England	50,680
190	Weymouth	England	50,253
191	Bletchley	England	50,193
192	Keighley	England	50,171
193	Corby	England	50,029
194	Paignton	England	49,886
195	Wellingborough	England	49,783
196	Carlton	England	49,687
197	Cumbernauld	Scotland	49,392
198	Benfleet	England	48,824
199	Camberley-Frimley	England	48,655
200	West Bridgeford	England	48,314
201	Cwmbran	Wales	48,157
202	Long Eaton	England	47,898
203	Hamilton	Scotland	47,615
204	Brentwood	England	47,606
205	Barrow-in-Furness	England	47,264
206	Llanelli	Wales	47,206
207	Lancaster	England	47,162
208	Canterbury	England	46,978
209	Braintree	England	46,765
210	Kirkcaldy	Scotland	46,436
211	Neath	Wales	46,126
212	Banbury	England	46,075
213	Folkestone	England	45,992
214	Durham	England	45,696
215	Salisbury	England	45,600
216	Middleton	England	45,589
217	Havant	England	45,574
218	Ayr	Scotland	45,513
219	Hinckley	England	45,130
220	Welwyn Garden City	England	44,725
221	Winchester	England	44,094
222	Sutton in Ashfield	England	43,912
223	Great Sankey	England	43,793
224	Yeovil	England	43,733
225	Ashton-under-Lyne	England	43,675
226	Wrexham	Wales	43,649
227	Perth	Scotland	43,633
228	Leigh	England	43,626
229	Leatherhead	England	43,544
230	Greenock	Scotland	43,495
231	Telford	England	43,244
232	Kilmarnock	Scotland	42,904
233	Wallsend	England	42,739
234	Christchurch	England	42,396
235	Loughton	England	42,229
236	Lytham Saint Anneʿs	England	42,168
237	Northwich	England	42,113
238	Camborne-Redruth	England	42,068
239	Stretford	England	41,953
240	Kingʿs Lynn	England	41,640
241	Altrincham	England	41,548
242	Bridgend	Wales	41,352
243	Newburn	England	41,347
244	Urmston	England	41,198
245	Sittingbourne	England	41,148
246	Wokingham	England	41,143
247	Swinton and Pendlebury	England	41,121
248	Swadlincote	England	40,960
249	Prescot	England	40,889
250	Inverness	Scotland	40,755
251	Bexhill	England	40,478
252	Worksop	England	40,443
253	Locks Heath	England	40,374
254	Burton-upon-Trent	England	40,039
255	Andover	England	39,951
256	Banstead-Tadworth	England	39,833
257	Coatbridge	Scotland	39,751
258	North Shields	England	39,747
259	Kirkby	England	39,208
260	Bishopʿs Stortford	England	38,987
261	Dunfermline	Scotland	38,960
262	Skelmersdale	England	38,944
263	Hazel Grove and Bramhill	England	38,914
264	Scarborough	England	38,909
265	Glenrothes	Scotland	38,734
266	Ramsgate	England	38,624
267	Bury Saint Edmunds	England	38,622
268	Ilkeston	England	38,587
269	Canvey Island	England	38,466
270	Whitley Bay	England	38,055
271	Bridgwater	England	38,020
272	Arnold	England	37,873
273	Houghton-le-Spring	England	37,840
274	Castleford	England	37,713
275	Great Malvern	England	37,663
276	Leyland	England	37,614
277	Eccles	England	37,275
278	Redcar	England	37,203
279	Abingdon	England	37,192
280	Farnham	England	36,971
281	Trowbridge	England	36,922
282	Chester-le-Street	England	36,917
283	Tonbridge	England	36,894
284	Chippenham	England	36,890
285	Herne Bay	England	36,642
286	Wilmslow	England	36,617
287	Mangotsfield	England	36,427
288	Blyth	England	36,355
289	Newark-on-Trent	England	36,204
290	Chipping Sodbury	England	36,108
291	Walkden	England	35,937
292	Tyldesley	England	35,932
293	Bicester	England	35,902
294	Boston	England	35,859
295	Grantham	England	35,720
296	Billingham	England	35,708
297	Pontypool	Wales	35,686
298	Radcliffe	England	35,638
299	Airdrie	Scotland	35,440
300	Longbenton-Killingworth	England	35,362

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	England	50,233,280
2	Scotland	5,003,906
3	Wales	2,935,280
4	Northern Ireland	1,716,941

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.