List of counties of England by population in 1981

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This is a list of counties of England, ordered by population as at the 1981 census.

Rank County Total population
1 Greater London 6,495,163
2 West Midlands 2,605,113
3 Greater Manchester 2,547,045
4 West Yorkshire 1,999,043
5 Merseyside 1,481,857
6 Essex 1,446,621
7 Kent 1,428,921
8 Hampshire 1,423,915
9 Lancashire 1,348,440
10 South Yorkshire 1,282,161
11 Tyne and Wear 1,120,100
12 Staffordshire 999,539
13 Surrey 974,479
14 Nottinghamshire 967,734
15 Hertfordshire 936,123
16 Devon 919,483
17 Cheshire 911,980
18 Derbyshire 895,149
19 Avon 891,560
20 Humberside 835,643
21 Leicestershire 827,407
22 Norfolk 676,688
23 Berkshire 662,689
24 North Yorkshire 643,475
25 West Sussex 641,071
26 East Sussex 633,613
27 Hereford and Worcester 617,671
28 Durham 594,788
29 Suffolk 583,594
30 Dorset 570,321
31 Cambridgeshire 563,773
32 Cleveland 558,820
33 Buckinghamshire 553,225
34 Lincolnshire 538,269
35 Northamptonshire 519,046
36 Wiltshire 504,984
37 Oxfordshire 500,554
38 Bedfordshire 497,639
39 Gloucestershire 487,806
40 Cumbria 467,355
41 Warwickshire 466,045
42 Somerset 413,048
43 Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 412,835
44 Salop (Shropshire) 365,355
45 Northumberland 291,175
46 Isle of Wight 113,008
TOTAL 45,214,323

References[edit]

  • 1981 census
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