England

Constituent / territory of United Kingdom.

EuropeCapital: London

2026 population

58.6M

Rank #25 globally

Area

130k km²

Metros tracked

113

83% of population in metros

Composite score

438.9

Rank #4 globally

113 tracked metros

Rank	Metro	Population	Score	Tier
#2	London★ Capital▲ Largest	16.0M	180.1	Global Capital
#67	Manchester	3.1M	35.4	Major Metro
#128	Birmingham	3.3M	22.8	Major Metro
#129	Liverpool	1.9M	22.7	Major Metro
#196	Leeds-Bradford	2.4M	13.8	Regional Hub
#221	Newcastle	868K	12.3	Regional Hub
#254	Cambridge	415K	10.2	Regional Hub
#264	Southampton	385K	9.6	Established City
#269	Nottingham	797K	9.4	Established City
#286	Sheffield	822K	8.7	Established City
#292	Bristol	850K	8.6	Established City
#293	Oxford	564K	8.6	Established City
#341	Leicester	713K	7.2	Established City
#402	Brighton & Hove	544K	5.9	Established City
#504	Coventry	594K	4.4	Emerging City
#515	York	203K	4.3	Emerging City
#544	Exeter	131K	4.0	Emerging City
#593	Bath	193K	3.5	Emerging City
#653	Hull	373K	3.0	Emerging City
#655	Lancaster	143K	3.0	Emerging City
#661	Durham	99K	3.0	Emerging City
#682	Sunderland	373K	2.9	Emerging City
#689	Norwich	276K	2.8	Emerging City
#722	Northampton	308K	2.6	Emerging City
#750	Bournemouth	541K	2.4	Emerging City
#828	Portsmouth	529K	2.1	Emerging City
#888	Milton Keynes	287K	1.8	Emerging City
#910	Blackburn-Burnley	436K	1.8	Emerging City
#922	Plymouth	265K	1.7	Emerging City
#923	Ipswich	254K	1.7	Emerging City
#965	Blackpool	334K	1.6	Emerging City
#978	Lincoln	104K	1.6	Emerging City
#984	Stoke-on-Trent	478K	1.6	Emerging City
#991	Gloucester	132K	1.5	Emerging City
#1040	Middlesbrough	477K	1.4	Emerging City
#1093	Peterborough	244K	1.3	Emerging City
#1119	Cheltenham	119K	1.3	Emerging City
#1127	Dover	116K	1.3	Emerging City
#1164	King's Lynn	154K	1.2	Emerging City
#1221	Derby	261K	1.1	Emerging City
#1334	Colchester	193K	1.0	Emerging City
#1339	Telford	186K	1.0	Emerging City
#1346	Yeovil	173K	1.0	Emerging City
#1351	Banbury	161K	1.0	Emerging City
#1364	Folkestone	110K	0.9	Local City
#1372	Sudbury	66K	0.9	Local City
#1408	Preston	377K	0.9	Local City
#1652	Doncaster	308K	0.6	Local City
#1670	Warrington	211K	0.6	Local City
#1706	Bedford	185K	0.6	Local City
#1727	Boston (Linc)	166K	0.6	Local City
#1733	Taunton	157K	0.6	Local City
#1735	Grimsby	157K	0.6	Local City
#1776	Scarborough	109K	0.5	Local City
#1782	Worcester	104K	0.5	Local City
#1792	Workington	96K	0.5	Local City
#1820	Barrow	67K	0.5	Local City
#2082	Newbury	161K	0.4	Local City
#2149	Barnsley	245K	0.3	Local City
#2158	Swindon	233K	0.3	Local City
#2222	Mansfield	191K	0.3	Local City
#2243	Huntingdon	181K	0.3	Local City
#2271	Crewe	163K	0.3	Local City
#2278	Bognor Regis	165K	0.3	Local City
#2298	Canterbury	157K	0.3	Local City
#2308	Braintree	155K	0.3	Local City
#2317	Scunthorpe	151K	0.3	Local City
#2345	Torquay	139K	0.3	Local City
#2354	Wrexham	135K	0.3	Local City
#2360	Stratford-upon-Avon	135K	0.3	Local City
#2380	Weston-super-Mare	130K	0.3	Local City
#2397	Alfreton	126K	0.3	Local City
#2403	Burton	124K	0.3	Local City
#2414	Stroud	121K	0.3	Local City
#2440	Shrewsbury	112K	0.3	Local City
#2443	Carlisle	110K	0.3	Local City
#2453	Darlington	108K	0.3	Local City
#2460	Kettering	106K	0.3	Local City
#2466	Chesterfield	104K	0.3	Local City
#2479	Eastbourne	102K	0.3	Local City
#2481	Chippenham	101K	0.3	Local City
#2482	Cannock	101K	0.3	Local City
#2488	Lewes	100K	0.3	Local City
#2505	Gainsborough	95K	0.3	Local City
#2515	Hartlepool	92K	0.3	Local City
#2519	Buxton	91K	0.3	Local City
#2536	Salisbury	86K	0.3	Local City
#2549	Tiverton	83K	0.3	Local City
#2578	Weymouth	75K	0.3	Local City
#2595	Hereford	69K	0.3	Local City
#2602	Whitehaven	67K	0.3	Local City
#2612	Goole	41K	0.3	Local City
#2706	Dorchester	42K	0.3	Local City
#2709	Worksop	42K	0.3	Local City
#2744	Leiston	34K	0.3	Local City
#2774	Market Harborough	28K	0.3	Local City
#2775	Truro	28K	0.3	Local City
#2776	Evesham	28K	0.3	Local City
#2998	Newquay	38K	0.1	Local City
#3258	Hastings	184K	0.1	Local City
#3353	Clacton-on-Sea	148K	0.0	Local City
#3376	Margate	141K	0.0	Local City
#3393	Stafford	137K	0.0	Local City
#3430	Winchester	127K	0.0	Local City
#3451	Chichester	124K	0.0	Local City
#3609	Barnstaple	99K	0.0	Local City
#3639	Wellingborough	94K	0.0	Local City
#3649	Saffron Walden	91K	0.0	Local City
#3711	Bridgwater	81K	0.0	Local City
#3877	Bury St. Edmunds	58K	0.0	Local City
#3921	Clitheroe	53K	0.0	Local City
#4081	Haverhill	35K	0.0	Local City
#4234	Berwick	16K	0.0	Local City