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What is the population of Britain's major cities ?
Population of Britain Increasing Population There are currently sixty-six officially designated cities in the UK, fifty of which are in England. London, the capital of England and the UK, occupies over 620 square miles and is the most populous city in the European Union, with over 7 million residents. It is also one of the European Union’s most densely settled areas: only Copenhagen, Brussels and Paris are more densely populated. Birmingham, in the industrial Midlands, has a population of 976,400 and is England's second largest city. The information below has been taken from the 2001 Census. A census of the British population has been taken every 10 years since 1801. The next census will be in 2011. Last updated November 2008 Rank City Where found Area Population ( 2001 Census) 1 London England 1,580 km² (620 mi²) 7,172,091 2 Birmingham England 283 km² (109 mi²) 970,892 3 Leeds England 552 km² 715,404 4 Glasgow Scotland 177 km² (68 mi²) 577,869 5 Sheffield England   513,234 6 Bradford England   467,665 7 Edinburgh Scotland 260 km² (100 mi²) 448,624 8 Liverpool England   439,477 9 Manchester England   392,819 10 Bristol England   380,615 11 Cardiff Wales   305,353 12 Coventry England 97 km² (37 mi²) 300,848 13 Leicester England   279,921 14 Belfast Northern Ireland   276,459 15 Nottingham England 75 km² (29 mi²). 266,988 16 Newcastle on Tyne England   259,000 17 Kingston upon Hull England   243,589 18 Plymouth England   240,720 19 Stoke-on-Trent England   240,636 20 Wolverhampton England 69 km² (27 mi²) 236,582 21 Derby England   221,708

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