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All British Isles Historic Counties By Population

Name all of the historic counties of the British Isles from most to least populous.
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Population
 
County
 
5,218,838
Y
Yorkshire
EN
4,942,364
L
Lancashire
4,000,927
M
Middlesex
2,999,248
E
Essex
2,975,836
S
Surrey
2,747,715
K
Kent
2,159,392
S
Staffordshire
2,099,640
H
Hampshire
1,668,894
C
Cheshire
1,632,885
W
Warwickshire
1,612,454
S
Sussex
1,467,037
D
Durham
1,450,701
Dublin
IR
1,321,460
G
Glamorgan
WA
1,157,166
H
Hertfordshire
EN
1,148,373
D
Derbyshire
1,147,106
G
Gloucestershire
1,133,463
D
Devon
1,125,037
W
Worcestershire
1,096,617
N
Nottinghamshire
1,053,504
S
Somerset
1,038,510
L
Lincolnshire
1,008,014
Lanarkshire
SC
975,403
Leicestershire
EN
916,903
B
Buckinghamshire
842,804
Berkshire
838,786
N
Northamptonshire
807,721
Norfolk
797,006
Northumberland
775,099
S
Suffolk
682,380
W
Wiltshire
621,610
M
Midlothian
SC
615,701
A
Antrim
NI
602,847
B
Bedfordshire
EN
581,231
C
Cork
IR
543,296
D
Dorset
EN
533,594
C
Cornwall
528,983
D
Down
NI
514,723
M
Monmouthshire
WA
512,345
O
Oxfordshire
EN
508,064
R
Renfrewshire
SC
472,027
S
Shropshire
EN
460,448
C
Cambridgeshire
380,495
A
Aberdeenshire
SC
367,676
Ayrshire
365,493
F
Fife
306,241
C
Cumberland
EN
277,680
D
Denbighshire
WA
276,451
G
Galway
IR
264,044
A
Angus
SC
262,419
D
Dunbartonshire
247,971
Derry
NI
246,977
K
Kildare
IR
244,092
S
Stirlingshire
SC
220,296
M
Meath
IR
215,390
F
Flintshire
WA
211,776
H
Huntingdonshire
EN
205,444
L
Limerick
IR
184,232
C
Carmarthenshire
WA
Population
 
County
 
183,631
H
Herefordshire
EN
178,598
A
Armagh
NI
178,440
T
Tyrone
167,661
Tipperary
IR
166,321
D
Donegal
163,527
W
Wexford
156,371
P
Perthshire
SC
155,485
W
Wicklow
IR
155,258
K
Kerry
154,830
W
West Lothian
SC
139,100
L
Louth
IR
139,065
C
Caernarfonshire
WA
137,231
M
Mayo
IR
127,419
C
Clare
127,085
W
Waterford
122,122
P
Pembrokeshire
WA
118,077
I
Inverness-shire
SC
103,685
K
Kilkenny
IR
95,840
W
Westmeath
91,657
L
Laois
87,466
W
Westmorland
EN
84,640
M
Mann
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82,668
O
Offaly
IR
81,201
C
Cavan
77,670
K
Kincardineshire
SC
77,160
D
Dumfriesshire
76,577
R
Ross and Cromarty
75,784
C
Cardiganshire
WA
74,882
E
East Lothian
SC
69,995
R
Roscommon
IR
69,819
S
Sligo
69,751
A
Anglesey
WA
67,654
M
Morayshire
SC
67,598
B
Brecknockshire
WA
64,832
M
Monaghan
IR
64,819
A
Argyllshire
SC
61,956
M
Montgomeryshire
WA
61,931
C
Carlow
IR
61,170
F
Fermanagh
NI
50,957
C
Clackmannanshire
SC
50,800
R
Roxburghshire
47,546
K
Kirkcudbrightshire
46,634
L
Longford
IR
46,537
B
Banffshire
SC
37,874
M
Merionethshire
WA
37,677
R
Rutland
EN
35,087
L
Leitrim
IR
26,618
W
Wigtownshire
SC
26,486
C
Caithness
26,458
B
Berwickshire
25,821
R
Radnorshire
WA
23,167
S
Shetland
SC
21,349
O
Orkney
19,074
P
Peeblesshire
16,010
S
Selkirkshire
13,894
N
Nairnshire
12,803
S
Sutherland
12,534
B
Buteshire
11,223
K
Kinross-shire
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