List of districts in South East England by population

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This is a list of Local Government Districts in the South East England government region, in descending order of population (2021). [1]

This table does not distinguish between non-metropolitan districts, unitary authorities and cities. It is not a table of urban populations, as many districts include non-urban hinterlands.

RankDistrictPopulation Ceremonial county
1 Brighton & Hove 277,103 East Sussex
2 Medway 279,773 Kent
3 Milton Keynes 287,060 Buckinghamshire
4 Southampton 248,922 Hampshire
5 Portsmouth 208,003 Hampshire
6 Aylesbury Vale Buckinghamshire
7 New Forest 175,785 Hampshire
8 Basingstoke and Deane 185,154 Hampshire
9 Wycombe Buckinghamshire
10 Maidstone 175,782 Kent
11 Wokingham 177,503 Berkshire
12 Canterbury 157,432 Kent
13 Reading 174,224 Berkshire
14 Wealden 160,152 East Sussex
15 Arun 164,889 West Sussex
16 West Berkshire 161,448 Berkshire
17 Oxford 162,040 Oxfordshire
18 Windsor and Maidenhead 153,496 Berkshire
19 Slough 158,500 Berkshire
20 Mid Sussex 152,566 West Sussex
21 Guildford 143,650 Surrey
22 Cherwell 161,016 Oxfordshire
23 Swale 151,676 Kent
24 Reigate and Banstead 150,846 Surrey
25 Thanet 140,587 Kent
26 Isle of Wight 140,459 Isle of Wight
27 Horsham 146,778 West Sussex
28 South Oxfordshire 149,085 Oxfordshire
29 Elmbridge 138,754 Surrey
31 Vale of White Horse 138,913 Oxfordshire
30 Eastleigh 136,443 Hampshire
32 Tonbridge and Malling 132,201 Kent
33 Ashford 132,747 Kent
34 Havant 124,208 Hampshire
35 Waverley 128,229 Surrey
36 Test Valley 130,492 Hampshire
37 Winchester 127,444 Hampshire
38 Bracknell Forest 124,607 Berkshire
39 Chichester 124,068 West Sussex
40 Sevenoaks 120,514 Kent
41 East Hampshire 125,744 Hampshire
42 Tunbridge Wells 115,311 Kent
43 Fareham 114,511 Hampshire
44 Dover 116,410 Kent
45 Crawley 118,493 West Sussex
46 Folkestone and Hythe 109,758 Kent
47 Worthing 111,338 West Sussex
48 West Oxfordshire 114,237 Oxfordshire
49 Dartford 116,753 Kent
50 Gravesham 106,900 Kent
51 Eastbourne 101,686 East Sussex
52 Lewes 99,905 East Sussex
53 Woking 103,943 Surrey
54 Spelthorne 102,956 Surrey
55 Rushmoor 99,756 Hampshire
56 Hart 99,408 Hampshire
57 Chiltern Buckinghamshire
58 Rother 93,108 East Sussex
59 Hastings 90,995 East Sussex
60 Surrey Heath 90,453 Surrey
61 Tandridge 87,876 Surrey
62 Mole Valley 87,386 Surrey
63 Runnymede 88,079 Surrey
64 Gosport 81,952 Hampshire
65 Epsom and Ewell 80,938 Surrey
66 South Bucks Buckinghamshire
67 Adur 64,544 West Sussex

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