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