LIST OF NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND BY POPULATION

This is a 'list of non-metropolitan counties of England by population'.
It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure and does not include metropolitan counties or unitary authorities.
In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a shire county the population of the unitary authority is excluded. For example, Luton is excluded from the population figure for Bedfordshire.
The figures are mid-year estimates for 2005 from the Office for National Statistics[1].

Rank	County	Population	Area (in km²)	Density (people/km²)
1	Kent	1,369,900	3,545	386
2	Essex	1,340,000	3,472	386
3	Hampshire	1,259,400	3,679	342
4	Lancashire	1,156,100	2,904	398
5	Surrey	1,075,600	1,670	644
6	Hertfordshire	1,048,200	1,643	638
7	Norfolk	824,200	5,372	153
8	Staffordshire	816,700	2,623	311
9	West Sussex	764,300	1,991	384
10	Nottinghamshire	762,600	2,085	366
11	Derbyshire	747,500	2,551	293
12	Devon	731,000	6,567	111
13	Suffolk	692,100	3,802	182
14	Cheshire	679,700	2,083	326
15	Lincolnshire	678,700	5,921	115
16	Northamptonshire	651,800	2,367	275
17	Leicestershire	627,800	2,084	301
18	Oxfordshire	626,900	2,606	241
19	Cambridgeshire	588,900	3,053	193
20	North Yorkshire	582,000	8,040	72
21	Gloucestershire	575,400	2,653	217
22	Worcestershire	555,900	1,741	319
23	Warwickshire	533,900	1,978	270
24	Cornwall	517,300	3,549	146
25	Somerset	515,600	3,452	149
26	County Durham	499,800	2,232	224
27	Cumbria	498,800	6,823	73
28	East Sussex	497,900	1,713	291
29	Buckinghamshire	481,600	1,565	308
30	Wiltshire	446,700	3,255	137
31	Dorset	401,200	2,542	158
32	Bedfordshire	397,700	1,192	334
33	Northumberland	311,400	5,026	62
34	Shropshire	289,100	3,197	90

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By population density

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By population density

Rank	County	Population	Area (in km²)	Density (people/km²)
1	Surrey	1,075,600	1,670	644
2	Hertfordshire	1,048,200	1,643	638
3	Lancashire	1,156,100	2,904	398
4	Kent	1,369,900	3,545	386
5	Essex	1,340,000	3,472	386
6	West Sussex	764,300	1,991	384
7	Nottinghamshire	762,600	2,085	366
8	Hampshire	1,259,400	3,679	342
9	Bedfordshire	397,700	1,192	334
10	Cheshire	679,700	2,083	326
11	Worcestershire	555,900	1,741	319
12	Staffordshire	816,700	2,623	311
13	Buckinghamshire	481,600	1,565	308
14	Leicestershire	627,800	2,084	301
15	Derbyshire	747,500	2,551	293
16	East Sussex	497,900	1,713	291
17	Northamptonshire	651,800	2,367	275
18	Warwickshire	533,900	1,978	270
19	Oxfordshire	626,900	2,606	241
20	County Durham	499,800	2,232	224
21	Gloucestershire	575,400	2,653	217
22	Cambridgeshire	588,900	3,053	193
23	Suffolk	692,100	3,802	182
24	Dorset	401,200	2,542	158
25	Norfolk	824,200	5,372	153
26	Somerset	515,600	3,452	149
27	Cornwall	517,300	3,549	146
28	Wiltshire	446,700	3,255	137
29	Lincolnshire	678,700	5,921	115
30	Devon	731,000	6,567	111
31	Shropshire	289,100	3,197	90
32	Cumbria	498,800	6,823	73
33	North Yorkshire	582,000	8,040	72
34	Northumberland	311,400	5,026	62

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