For a list including metropolitan counties and unitary authorities, see List of ceremonial counties of England.
This is a list of two-tier counties of England by population.
It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure and does not include metropolitan counties or unitary authorities.
Where a unitary authority has separated from a shire county the population of the unitary authority is counted elsewhere. For example, the population of Blackpool is not included in Lancashire in this table.
The figures are mid-year estimates for 2022 from the Office for National Statistics.
Densities are calculated from population and area values.
| County | Population | Area (in km) |
Density (people/km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 1,593,191 | 3,544 | 449 |
| Essex | 1,519,509 | 3,458 | 439 |
| Hampshire | 1,416,808 | 3,678 | 385 |
| Lancashire | 1,253,154 | 2,894 | 433 |
| Surrey | 1,214,540 | 1,663 | 731 |
| Hertfordshire | 1,204,588 | 1,643 | 733 |
| Norfolk | 925,299 | 5,384 | 172 |
| Staffordshire | 886,284 | 2,620 | 338 |
| West Sussex | 892,336 | 1,991 | 448 |
| Nottinghamshire | 834,822 | 2,085 | 400 |
| Derbyshire | 803,464 | 2,547 | 315 |
| Devon | 826,319 | 6,564 | 126 |
| Suffolk | 768,555 | 3,800 | 202 |
| Lincolnshire | 775,524 | 5,937 | 131 |
| Leicestershire | 722,155 | 2,083 | 347 |
| Oxfordshire | 738,276 | 2,605 | 283 |
| Cambridgeshire | 689,109 | 3,046 | 226 |
| Gloucestershire | 652,409 | 2,653 | 246 |
| Worcestershire | 609,216 | 1,741 | 350 |
| Warwickshire | 607,604 | 1,975 | 308 |
| East Sussex | 550,720 | 1,709 | 322 |
References
- "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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