List of counties of England by population in 1971

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This is a list of counties of England, ordered by population as at the 1971 census. The figures presented here include all the administrative counties with their associated county boroughs. York is accounted for as part of the West Riding, and Lincoln as part of Kesteven.

RankCountyTotal population
1 Greater London 7,452,343
2 Lancashire 5,118,405
3 Yorkshire, West Riding 3,785,013
4 Warwickshire 2,082,230
5 Staffordshire 1,858,348
6 Hampshire 1,565,476
7 Cheshire 1,546,397
8 Durham 1,409,633
9 Kent 1,399,471
10 Essex 1,358,020
11 Gloucestershire 1,076,710
12 Surrey 1,002,892
13 Nottinghamshire 976,403
14 Hertfordshire 924,641
15 Devon 898,409
16 Derbyshire 885,130
17 Northumberland 795,754
18 Leicestershire 772,103
19 Sussex, East 747,976
20 Yorkshire, North Riding 725,656
21 Worcestershire 693,251
22 Somerset 682,665
23 Berkshire 636,860
24 Norfolk 617,621
25 Buckinghamshire 587,556
26 Yorkshire, East Riding 543,309
27 Sussex, West 492,500
28 Wiltshire 486,755
29 Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 470,905
30 Northamptonshire 468,625
31 Bedfordshire 464,286
32 Cornwall 381,665
33 Oxfordshire 381,584
34 Suffolk, East 381,464
35 Dorset 361,925
36 Shropshire 337,104
37 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 303,042
38 Cumberland 292,187
39 Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven 232,549
40 Huntingdon and Peterborough 202,622
41 Suffolk, West 164,732
42 Herefordshire 138,638
43 Isle of Wight 109,515
44 Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland 105,685
45 Westmorland 72,837
46 Rutland 27,471
TOTAL46,018,363

See also

List of counties of England by population

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