Population: every council in North West

Manchester had the highest population of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 551,938.

Ribble Valley had the lowest, at 61,561. The middle council, Bury, had 193,851.

Population for every council in North West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Manchester	551,938
2	Liverpool	486,088
3	Cheshire East	398,772
4	Cheshire West and Chester	357,150
5	Wigan	329,330
6	Wirral	320,199
7	Bolton	295,963
8	Stockport	294,773
9	Sefton	279,233
10	Cumberland summed-from-output-areas	273,276
11	Salford	269,923
12	Oldham	242,088
13	Trafford	235,052
14	Tameside	231,071
15	Westmorland and Furness summed-from-output-areas	226,589
16	Rochdale	223,773
17	Warrington	210,974
18	Bury	193,851
19	St. Helens	183,248
20	Blackburn with Darwen	154,738
21	Knowsley	154,519
22	Preston	147,835
23	Lancaster	142,934
24	Blackpool	141,036
25	Halton	128,478
26	Chorley	117,732
27	West Lancashire	117,429
28	Wyre	111,946
29	South Ribble	111,035
30	Pendle	95,757
31	Burnley	94,646
32	Hyndburn	82,234
33	Fylde	81,374
34	Rossendale	70,871
35	Ribble Valley	61,561