title: List of counties of Wales by population in 1971
text: # List of counties of Wales by population in 1971
  
  This is a list of historic counties of Wales, ordered by population as at the 1971 census.
  
  | Rank | County | Total population |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Glamorgan | 1,258,738 |
  | 2 | Monmouthshire | 462,172 |
  | 3 | Denbighshire | 185,193 |
  | 4 | Flintshire | 175,769 |
  | 5 | Carmarthenshire | 162,568 |
  | 6 | Caernarvonshire | 123,065 |
  | 7 | Pembrokeshire | 98,973 |
  | 8 | Anglesey | 59,756 |
  | 9 | Cardiganshire | 54,877 |
  | 10 | Breconshire | 53,381 |
  | 11 | Montgomeryshire | 43,131 |
  | 12 | Merionethshire | 35,329 |
  | 13 | Radnorshire | 18,277 |
  