Provinces & states

First-level administrative divisions, their capitals, population and area.

Province / state Country Capital Population Area
Aberconwy and Colwyn United Kingdom Colwyn Bay 110,700 1,130
Anglesey United Kingdom Llangefni 68,500 719
Avon United Kingdom Bristol 962,000 1,346
Bedfordshire United Kingdom Bedford 534,300 1,235
Berkshire United Kingdom Reading 752,500 1,259
Blaenau Gwent United Kingdom Ebbw Vale 73,300 109
Borders United Kingdom Newtown St. Boswells 105,700 4,698
Bridgend United Kingdom Bridgend 130,900 246
Buckinghamshire United Kingdom Aylesbury 640,200 1,883
Caerphilly United Kingdom Ystrad Fawr 171,000 279
Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Cambridge 669,900 3,409
Cardiff United Kingdom Cardiff 306,600 139
Carmarthenshire United Kingdom Carmarthen 169,000 2,398
Central United Kingdom Stirling 273,400 2,700
Ceredigion United Kingdom Aberystwyth 69,700 1,797
Cheshire United Kingdom Chester 966,500 2,329
Cleveland United Kingdom Middlesbrough 557,500 583
Cornwall / Isles of Scilly United Kingdom Truro 475,200 3,564
Cumbria United Kingdom Carlisle 489,700 6,810
Denbighshire United Kingdom Ruthin 91,300 844
Derbyshire United Kingdom Matlock 938,800 2,631
Devon United Kingdom Exeter 1,040,000 6,711
Dorset United Kingdom Dorchester 662,900 2,654
Dumfries and Galloway United Kingdom Dumfries 147,800 6,425
Durham United Kingdom Durham 604,300 2,436
East Sussex United Kingdom Lewes 716,500 1,795
Essex United Kingdom Chelmsford 1,548,800 3,672
Fife United Kingdom Glenrothes 352,100 1,319
Flintshire United Kingdom Mold 145,300 437
Gloucestershire United Kingdom Glouchester 538,800 2,643
Grampian United Kingdom Aberdeen 532,500 8,752
Greater London United Kingdom London 6,803,100 1,579
Greater Manchester United Kingdom Manchester 2,561,600 1,287
Gwynedd United Kingdom Caernarfon 117,000 2,548
Hampshire United Kingdom Winchester 1,578,700 3,777
Hereford and Worcester United Kingdom Worcester 696,000 3,927
Hertfordshire United Kingdom Hertford 989,500 1,634
Highland United Kingdom Inverness 207,500 26,137
Humberside United Kingdom Hull 874,400 3,512
Island Areas (munic.) United Kingdom Island Areas 72,000 5,566
Isle of Wight United Kingdom Newport 126,600 381
Kent United Kingdom Maidstone 1,538,800 3,731
Lancashire United Kingdom Preston 1,408,300 3,064
Leicestershire United Kingdom Leichester 890,800 2,553
Lincolnshire United Kingdom Lincoln 592,600 5,915
Lothian United Kingdom Edinburgh 758,600 1,770
Merseyside United Kingdom Liverpool 1,441,100 652
Merthyr Tydfil United Kingdom Merthyr Tydfil 59,500 111