Most and least populated places in South East (2021)

Buckinghamshire was the most populated of South East’s 64 councils in 2021 (population 553,078).

Adur was the least populated (64,544). The middle council, Tonbridge and Malling, had 132,201.

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Population for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Buckinghamshire	553,078
2	Milton Keynes	287,060
3	Medway	279,773
4	Brighton and Hove	277,103
5	Southampton	248,922
6	Portsmouth	208,003
7	Basingstoke and Deane	185,154
8	Wokingham	177,503
9	New Forest	175,785
10	Maidstone	175,782
11	Reading	174,224
12	Arun	164,889
13	Oxford	162,040
14	West Berkshire	161,448
15	Cherwell	161,016
16	Wealden	160,152
17	Slough	158,500
18	Canterbury	157,432
19	Windsor and Maidenhead	153,496
20	Mid Sussex	152,566
21	Swale	151,676
22	Reigate and Banstead	150,846
23	South Oxfordshire	149,085
24	Horsham	146,778
25	Guildford	143,650
26	Thanet	140,587
27	Isle of Wight	140,459
28	Vale of White Horse	138,913
29	Elmbridge	138,754
30	Eastleigh	136,443
31	Ashford	132,747
32	Tonbridge and Malling	132,201
33	Test Valley	130,492
34	Waverley	128,229
35	Winchester	127,444
36	East Hampshire	125,744
37	Bracknell Forest	124,607
38	Havant	124,208
39	Chichester	124,068
40	Sevenoaks	120,514
41	Crawley	118,493
42	Dartford	116,753
43	Dover	116,410
44	Tunbridge Wells	115,311
45	Fareham	114,511
46	West Oxfordshire	114,237
47	Worthing	111,338
48	Folkestone and Hythe	109,758
49	Gravesham	106,900
50	Woking	103,943
51	Spelthorne	102,956
52	Eastbourne	101,686
53	Lewes	99,905
54	Rushmoor	99,756
55	Hart	99,408
56	Rother	93,108
57	Hastings	90,995
58	Surrey Heath	90,453
59	Runnymede	88,079
60	Tandridge	87,876
61	Mole Valley	87,386
62	Gosport	81,952
63	Epsom and Ewell	80,938
64	Adur	64,544

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