List of United Kingdom nations by population

A list of United Kingdom nations (and English regions) by population as recorded by the 2001 Census:

Rank	Name	Population
1	England - South East - Greater London - North West - East - West Midlands - Yorkshire and the Humber - South West - East Midlands - North East	49,138,831 8,000,550 7,172,036 6,729,800 5,388,154 5,267,337 4,964,838 4,928,458 4,172,179 2,515,479
2	Scotland	5,062,011
3	Wales	2,903,085
4	Northern Ireland	1,685,267
	United Kingdom	58,789,194