Statistics for English Counties by Population

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Rank	Population	County	% Correct
1st	8,899,375	Greater London	100%
2nd	2,916,458	West Midlands	72%
3rd	2,812,569	Greater Manchester	69%
4th	2,320,214	West Yorkshire	66%
7th	1,832,752	Essex	45%
5th	1,846,478	Kent	45%
9th	1,423,065	Merseyside	41%
11th	1,194,166	Devon	34%
47th	39,697	Rutland	34%
10th	1,402,918	South Yorkshire	34%
6th	1,844,245	Hampshire	31%
16th	1,136,371	Tyne and Wear	31%
8th	1,498,300	Lancashire	28%
12th	1,189,934	Surrey	28%
46th	141,538	Isle of Wight	24%
19th	1,059,271	Cheshire	21%
48th	8,706	City of London	21%
20th	1,053,486	Leicestershire	17%
25th	903,680	Norfolk	17%
15th	1,154,195	Nottinghamshire	17%
35th	687,524	Oxfordshire	17%
22nd	965,424	Somerset	17%
32nd	758,556	Suffolk	17%
24th	911,403	Berkshire	14%
43rd	463,405	Bristol	14%
28th	852,523	Cambridgeshire	14%
29th	844,985	East Sussex	14%
45th	192,107	Herefordshire	14%
13th	1,184,365	Hertfordshire	14%
14th	1,158,816	North Yorkshire	14%
17th	1,131,052	Staffordshire	14%
27th	858,852	West Sussex	14%
30th	808,666	Buckinghamshire	10%
40th	568,210	Cornwall	10%
21st	1,053,316	Derbyshire	10%
31st	772,268	Dorset	10%
37th	600,259	East Riding of Yorkshire	10%
18th	1,087,659	Lincolnshire	10%
44th	320,274	Northumberland	10%
39th	571,010	Warwickshire	10%
38th	592,057	Worcestershire	10%
36th	669,338	Bedfordshire	7%
23rd	916,202	Gloucestershire	7%
33rd	747,622	Northamptonshire	7%
42nd	498,073	Shropshire	7%
26th	866,846	Durham	3%
34th	720,060	Wiltshire	3%
41st	498,888	Cumbria	0%