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25 most populous local authorities of the United Kingdom

25 local authorities, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The local authorities

  1. 1Kent1.7 M
  2. 2Essex1.6 M
  3. 3Hampshire1.5 M
  4. 4Lancashire1.3 M
  5. 5Surrey1.3 M
  6. 6Hertfordshire1.2 M
  7. 7Birmingham1.2 M
  8. 8Norfolk945 k
  9. 9West Sussex921 k
  10. 10Staffordshire913 k
  11. 11Nottinghamshire862 k
  12. 12Devon846 k
  13. 13Leeds841 k
  14. 14Derbyshire827 k
  15. 15Lincolnshire794 k
  16. 16Suffolk790 k
  17. 17Oxfordshire770 k
  18. 18Leicestershire752 k
  19. 19Cambridgeshire717 k
  20. 20Gloucestershire672 k
  21. 21Glasgow City654 k
  22. 22Warwickshire644 k
  23. 23North Yorkshire639 k
  24. 24Worcestershire624 k
  25. 25Somerset591 k

Second-level units: the 218 local authorities, within the 4 countries (the first level), which the region hint names. Population of each region: a 2025 estimate: the latest official figure (a census or an estimate, as each item names it) scaled with the rest of its country’s regions to the World Bank’s 2025 national total, so a country’s regions share one year. Each item names its source and year. Regions without a figure are left out. Sources: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), World Bank (CC BY 4.0), with the official figures each item names.

On the map

Map of 25 most populous local authorities of the United Kingdom, 25 local authorities: each one marked on the globe

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