List of United Kingdom nations by population

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A list of the United Kingdom's four constituent countries (and English regions) by population as recorded by the 2001 Census:

Rank Name Population Percent
1 England 49,138,831 83.6%

- South East
- London
- North West
- East
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- South West
- East Midlands
- North East

8,000,550
7,172,036
6,729,800
5,388,154
5,267,337
4,964,838
4,928,458
4,172,179
2,515,479

13.6%
12.2%
11.4%
9.2%
9.0%
8.4%
8.4%
7.1%
4.3%

2 Scotland 5,062,011 8.6%
3 Wales 2,903,085 4.9%
4 Northern Ireland 1,685,267 2.9%
United Kingdom 58,789,194 100%

source: the 2001 census

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