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| Council | Council Population | City Status | Largest Town in Council Area | |
| 1 | Birmingham | 977,087 | Yes | Birmingham |
| 2 | Leeds | 715,402 | Yes | Leeds |
| 3 | Glasgow | 577,869 | Yes | Glasgow |
| 4 | Sheffield | 513,234 | Yes | Sheffield |
| 5 | Bradford | 467,665 | Yes | Bradford |
| 6 | Edinburgh | 448,624 | Yes | Edinburgh |
| 7 | Liverpool | 439,473 | Yes | Liverpool |
| 8 | Manchester | 392,819 | Yes | Manchester |
| 9 | Kirklees | 388,567 | No | Huddersfield |
| 10 | Bristol | 380,615 | Yes | Bristol |
| 11 | Fife | 349,429 | No | Dunfermline |
| 12 | Croydon | 330,587 | No | London Borough |
| 13 | North Lanarkshire | 321,067 | No | Cumbernauld |
| 14 | Wakefield | 315,172 | Yes | Wakefield |
| 15 | Barnet | 314,564 | No | London Borough |
| 16 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 314,113 | No | Bridlington |
| 17 | Wirral | 312,293 | No | Birkenhead |
| 18 | Cardiff | 305,353 | Yes | Cardiff |
| 19 | Dudley | 305,155 | No | Dudley |
| 20 | South Lanarkshire | 302,216 | No | East Kilbride |
| 21 | Wigan | 301,415 | No | Wigan |
| 22 | Ealing | 300,948 | No | London Borough |
| 23 | Coventry | 300,848 | Yes | Coventry |
| 24 | Bromley | 295,532 | No | London Borough |
| 25 | Doncaster | 286,866 | No | Doncaster |
| 26 | Stockport | 284,528 | No | Stockport |
| 27 | Sefton | 282,958 | No | Southport |
| 28 | Sandwell | 282,904 | No | West Bromwich |
| 29 | Sunderland | 280,807 | Yes | Sunderland |
| 30 | Leicester | 279,921 | Yes | Leicester |
| 31 | Belfast | 277,391 | Yes | Belfast |
| 32 | Enfield | 273,559 | No | London Borough |
| 33 | Nottingham | 266,988 | Yes | Nottingham |
| 34 | Lambeth | 266,169 | No | London Borough |
| 35 | Brent | 263,464 | No | London Borough |
| 36 | Bolton | 261,037 | No | Bolton |
| 37 | Wandsworth | 260,380 | No | London Borough |
| 38 | Newcastle | 259,536 | Yes | Newcastle |
| 39 | Walsall | 253,499 | No | Walsall |
| 40 | Medway | 249,488 | No | Gillingham |
| 41 | Lewisham | 248,922 | No | London Borough |
| 42 | Rotherham | 248,175 | No | Rotherham |
| 43 | Brighton and Hove | 247,817 | Yes | Brighton and Hove |
| 44 | South Gloucestershire | 245,641 | No | Kingswood |
| 45 | Southwark | 244,866 | No | London Borough |
| 46 | Newham | 243,891 | No | London Borough |
| 47 | Hull | 243,589 | Yes | Hull |
| 48 | Hillingdon | 243,006 | No | London Borough |
| 49 | Plymouth | 240,720 | Yes | Plymouth |
| 50 | Stoke | 240,636 | Yes | Stoke |
| 51 | Redbridge | 238,635 | No | London Borough |
| 52 | Wolverhampton | 236,582 | Yes | Wolverhampton |
| 53 | Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | 231,946 | No | Rhondda |
| 54 | Aberdeenshire | 226,871 | No | Peterhead |
| 55 | Havering | 224,248 | No | London Borough |
| 56 | Swansea | 223,301 | Yes | Swansea |
| 57 | Derby | 221,708 | Yes | Derby |
| 58 | Waltham Forest | 218,341 | No | London Borough |
| 59 | Bexley | 218,307 | No | London Borough |
| 60 | Barnsley | 218,063 | No | Barnsley |
| 61 | Southampton | 217,445 | Yes | Southampton |
| 62 | Oldham | 217,273 | No | Oldham |
| 63 | Haringey | 216,507 | No | London Borough |
| 64 | Salford | 216,103 | Yes | Salford |
| 65 | Greenwich | 214,403 | No | London Borough |
| 66 | Tameside | 213,043 | No | Ashton-under-Lyne |
| 67 | Hounslow | 212,341 | No | London Borough |
| 68 | Aberdeen | 212,125 | Yes | Aberdeen |
| 69 | Trafford | 210,145 | No | Sale |
| 70 | Highland | 208,914 | Yes | Inverness (Inverness Has City Status) |
| 71 | Milton Keynes | 207,057 | No | Milton Keynes |
| 72 | Harrow | 206,814 | No | London Borough |
| 73 | Rochdale | 205,357 | No | Rochdale |
| 74 | Hackney | 202,824 | No | London Borough |
Notes
The table has been compiled using the 2001 Census publications Key Statistics for local authorities in England and Wales Table KS01 - released on 13 February 2003, Key Statistics for Council areas and Health Board areas Scotland Table KS01 - released 13 February 2003, Northern Ireland Census 2001 Key Statistics (District Council Level) Table KS01 - released 19 December 2002