List of unitary authorities of England

This is a list of unitary authorities of England ordered by population.

Figures are mid-year estimates for 2019 from the Office for National Statistics.[1] Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements[2]

Rank	Authority	Region	Population	Density (people/km²)	Area (km²)
1	Cornwall	South West	569,578	160	3,546
2	Buckinghamshire	South East	543,973	432
3	County Durham	North East	530,094	237	2,226
4	Wiltshire	South West	500,024	153	3,255
5	Bristol	South West	463,377	4,224	110
6	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	395,331	2,453	161
7	Cheshire East	North West	384,152	326	1,166
8	Dorset	South West	378,508	142	2,491
9	Leicester	East Midlands	354,224	4,843	73
10	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	341,173	141	2,405
11	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	343,071	371	917
12	Nottingham	East Midlands	332,900	4,437	75
13	Northumberland	North East	322,434	64	5,014
14	Shropshire	West Midlands	323,136	100	3,197
15	Brighton & Hove	South East	290,885	3,508	83
16	Central Bedfordshire	East	288,648	396	716
17	South Gloucestershire	South West	285,093	569	497
18	Medway	South East	278,556	1,436	194
19	Milton Keynes	South East	269,457	870	309
20	Plymouth	South West	262,100	3,296	80
21	Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	259,778	3,648	71
22	Derby	East Midlands	257,302	3,296	78
23	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	256,375	2,738	93
24	Southampton	South East	252,520	5,065	50
25	Swindon	South West	222,193	965	230
26	Portsmouth	South East	214,905	5,326	40
27	Luton	East	213,052	4,939	43
28	North Somerset	South West	215,052	572	374
29	Warrington	North West	210,014	1,160	181
30	York	Yorkshire and the Humber	210,618	772	272
31	Peterborough	East	202,259	585	343
32	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	197,348	962	205
33	Herefordshire	West Midlands	192,801	88	2,180
34	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	193,282	555	346
35	Southend-on-Sea	East	183,125	4,370	42
36	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	179,854	612	290
37	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	172,292	203	846
38	Thurrock	East	174,341	1,055	164
39	Bedford	East	173,292	360	476
40	Wokingham	South East	171,119	939	179
41	Reading	South East	161,780	4,040	40
42	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	159,563	833	192
43	West Berkshire	South East	158,450	225	704
44	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	151,422	768	197
45	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	149,696	1,087	137
46	Slough	South East	149,539	4,582	33
47	Isle of Wight	South East	141,771	372	380
48	Middlesbrough	North East	140,980	2,608	54
49	Blackpool	North West	139,446	3,997	35
50	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	137,150	558	245
51	Torbay	South West	136,264	2,159	63
52	Halton	North West	129,410	1,624	79
53	Bracknell Forest	South East	122,549	1,112	109
54	Darlington	North East	106,803	540	198
55	Hartlepool	North East	93,663	997	94
56	Rutland	East Midlands	39,927	104	382

References

1. "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2019". Office for National Statistics. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
2. "Standard Area Measurements (2016) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.