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List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population

This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population - 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Support Grants .

See also: List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population - List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area

Rank	County	Population
1	Greater London	7,355,354
2	West Midlands	2,575,768
3	Greater Manchester	2,513,468
4	West Yorkshire	2,089,212
5	Hampshire	1,654,802
6	Essex	1,622,403
7	Kent	1,589,252
8	Lancashire	1,421,912
9	Merseyside	1,361,009
10	South Yorkshire	1,267,288
11	Devon	1,082,287
12	North Yorkshire	1,076,514
13	Tyne and Wear	1,073,515
14	Surrey	1,059,900
15	Staffordshire	1,047,528
16	Hertfordshire	1,036,144
17	Nottinghamshire	1,023,160
18	Cheshire	986,079
19	Lincolnshire	969,569
20	Derbyshire	962,502
21	Leicestershire	899,069
22	Somerset	862,476
23	Gloucestershire	813,250
24	County Durham	810,191
25	Berkshire	803,566
26	Norfolk	802,766
27	West Sussex	755,855
28	East Sussex	744,142
29	Cambridgeshire	716,285
30	Dorset	696,327
31	Buckinghamshire	688,536
32	Suffolk	671,931
33	Northamptonshire	638,238
34	Wiltshire	616,907
35	Oxfordshire	607,457
36	Bedfordshire	570,831
37	East Riding of Yorkshire	558,945
38	Worcestershire	545,897
39	Warwickshire	512,680
40	Cornwall	508,412
41	Cumbria	488,513
42	Shropshire	445,780
43	Bristol	381,618
44	Northumberland	308,386
45	Herefordshire	176,471
46	Isle of Wight	134,876
47	Rutland	34,680