This is a list of principal areas of Wales ordered by population. The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics[1].
| Rank |
District |
Population |
Style |
| 1 |
Cardiff |
321,000 |
City and county |
| 2 |
Rhondda Cynon Taff |
233,700 |
County borough |
| 3 |
Swansea |
228,100 |
City and county |
| 4 |
Carmarthenshire |
179,500 |
County |
| 5 |
Caerphilly |
171,800 |
County borough |
| 6 |
Flintshire |
150,500 |
County |
| 7 |
Newport |
140,200 |
City and county |
| 8 |
Neath Port Talbot |
137,400 |
County borough |
| 9 |
Bridgend |
133,900 |
County borough |
| 10 |
Powys |
132,000 |
County |
| 11 |
Wrexham |
131,900 |
County borough |
| 12 |
Vale of Glamorgan |
124,000 |
County borough |
| 13 |
Gwynedd |
118,400 |
County |
| 14 |
Pembrokeshire |
117,900 |
County |
| 15 |
Conwy |
111,700 |
County borough |
| 16 |
Denbighshire |
97,000 |
County |
| 17 |
Torfaen |
91,100 |
County borough |
| 18 |
Monmouthshire |
88,200 |
County |
| 19 |
Ceredigion |
77,800 |
County |
| 20 |
Blaenau Gwent |
69,200 |
County borough |
| 21 |
Anglesey |
69,000 |
County |
| 22 |
Merthyr Tydfil |
55,600 |
County borough |
See also
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