List of non-metropolitan counties of England by population

See List of ceremonial counties of England by population for a list including metropolitan counties and unitary authorities.

This is a list of non-metropolitan 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.

In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a shire county the population of the unitary authority is excluded. For example, Luton is excluded from the population figure for Bedfordshire.

The figures are mid-year estimates for 2006 from the Office for National Statistics [1].

Rank	County	Population	Area (in km²)	Density (people/km²)
1	Kent	1,382,800	3,545	390
2	Essex	1,361,200	3,472	392
3	Hampshire	1,266,000	3,679	344
4	Lancashire	1,165,800	2,904	401
5	Surrey	1,085,400	1,670	650
6	Hertfordshire	1,058,600	1,643	644
7	Norfolk	832,500	5,372	155
8	Staffordshire	822,800	2,623	314
9	West Sussex	770,900	1,991	387
10	Nottinghamshire	769,000	2,085	369
11	Derbyshire	754,100	2,551	296
12	Devon	740,800	6,567	113
13	Suffolk	702,100	3,802	185
14	Cheshire	686,300	2,083	329
15	Lincolnshire	686,300	5,921	116
16	Northamptonshire	669,300	2,367	283
17	Leicestershire	635,000	2,084	305
18	Oxfordshire	631,900	2,606	242
19	North Yorkshire	591,600	8,040	74
20	Cambridgeshire	589,600	3,053	193
21	Gloucestershire	578,700	2,653	218
22	Worcestershire	552,900	1,741	318
23	Cornwall	524,200	3,549	148
24	Warwickshire	522,200	1,978	264
25	Somerset	518,700	3,452	150
26	East Sussex	506,200	1,713	296
27	County Durham	500,700	2,232	224
28	Cumbria	496,200	6,823	73
29	Buckinghamshire	487,300	1,565	311
30	Wiltshire	448,700	3,255	138
31	Bedfordshire	403,900	1,192	339
32	Dorset	403,000	2,542	159
33	Northumberland	309,900	5,026	62
34	Shropshire	289,200	3,197	90

Region level:	Region	Region	Region	London
County level:	Metropolitan county	Shire county	Unitary authority	Greater London
District level:	Metropolitan district	Shire district	n/a	London borough
Parish level:	(Civil parish)	(Civil parish)	(Civil parish)	n/a

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