List of counties of England by population in 1981
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20:list of counties of England, ordered by population
846:Administrative counties and county boroughs, 1971
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776:List of unitary authorities of England
725:List of ceremonial counties of England
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794:List of historic counties of England
758:List of two-tier counties of England
730:By most populated towns and cities
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875:counties by population and area
589:Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
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1011:Lists of counties of England
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1006:1981 United Kingdom census
691:Lists of English counties
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707:List of English counties
22:as at the 1981 census.
839:Counties by population
381:Hereford and Worcester
896:1971 county boroughs
768:Unitary authorities
717:Ceremonial counties
939:1971 by population
740:By economic output
602:Salop (Shropshire)
69:Greater Manchester
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786:Historic counties
750:Two-tier counties
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34:Total population
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808:Counties by area
799:By highest point
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459:Buckinghamshire
342:North Yorkshire
212:Nottinghamshire
160:South Yorkshire
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699:All counties
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563:Warwickshire
524:Bedfordshire
472:Lincolnshire
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969:Population
887:Population
656:1981 census
511:Oxfordshire
368:East Sussex
355:West Sussex
1000:Categories
651:References
643:45,214,323
290:Humberside
264:Derbyshire
177:1,120,100
164:1,282,161
151:1,348,440
147:Lancashire
138:1,423,915
125:1,428,921
112:1,446,621
99:1,481,857
95:Merseyside
86:1,999,043
73:2,547,045
60:2,605,113
47:6,495,163
18:This is a
873:UK Census
498:Wiltshire
446:Cleveland
329:Berkshire
134:Hampshire
963:Scotland
632:113,008
619:291,175
606:365,355
593:412,835
580:413,048
576:Somerset
567:466,045
554:467,355
541:487,806
528:497,639
515:500,554
502:504,984
489:519,046
476:538,269
463:553,225
450:558,820
437:563,773
424:570,321
411:583,594
398:594,788
385:617,671
372:633,613
359:641,071
346:643,475
333:662,689
320:676,688
307:827,407
294:835,643
281:891,560
268:895,149
255:911,980
251:Cheshire
242:919,483
229:936,123
216:967,734
203:974,479
190:999,539
881:England
550:Cumbria
407:Suffolk
316:Norfolk
31:County
420:Dorset
394:Durham
199:Surrey
943:Area
932:Wales
907:Area
638:TOTAL
238:Devon
108:Essex
28:Rank
978:1971
973:1951
947:1831
916:1871
911:1831
901:1981
891:1971
830:1891
825:1871
820:1831
815:1815
277:Avon
121:Kent
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