Size Comparison of the UK’s 30 Most Populous Urban Areas
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Most populous urban areas in the United Kingdom
1. Greater London – 9,787,426 (Built-up area* 1,737.9 km2)
2. Greater Manchester – 2,553,379 (630.3 km2)
3. West Midlands – 2,440,986 (598.9 km2)
4. West Yorkshire – 1,777,934 (487.8 km2)
5. Greater Glasgow – 1,209,143 (368.5 km2)
6. Liverpool – 864,122 (199.6 km2)
7. South Hampshire – 855,569 (192 km2)
8. Tyneside – 774,891 (180.5 km2)
9. Nottingham – 729,977 (176.4 km2)
10. Sheffield – 685,368 (167.5 km2)
11. Bristol – 617,280 (144.4 km2)
12. Belfast Urban Area 595,879
13. Leicester – 508,916 (109.4 km2)
14. Edinburgh 482,005
15. Brighton and Hove – 474,485 (89.4 km2)
16. Bournemouth/Poole – 466,266 (131 km2)
17. Cardiff – 447,287 (102.3 km2)
18. Teesside – 376,633 (108.2 km2)
19. Stoke-on-Trent – 372,775 (103.9 km2)
20. Coventry – 359,262 (81.3 km2)
21. Sunderland – 335,415 (83.5 km2)
22. Birkenhead – 325,264 (88.2 km2)
23. Reading – 318,014 (83.7 km2)
24. Kingston upon Hull – 314,018 (82.6 km2)
25. Preston – 313,322 (82.4 km2)
26. Newport – 306,844 (84.2 km2)
27. Swansea – 300,352 (87.6 km2)
28. Southend-on-Sea – 295,310 (71.8 km2)
29. Derby – 270,468 (64.1 km2)
30. Plymouth – 260,203 (59.7 km2)
*The definition used in United Kingdom censuses for what constitutes a continuous urban area is a built-up land over 200,000m2 in an area, and those within 200m of each other are connected.
