List of settlements in Kent by population

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{{Use British English|date=November 2016}}

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{{Location map+|Kent|width=400|float=right|caption=The 20 largest settlements of the county of Kent, along with Kings Hill, with district centres in yellow, and key towns and areas shown in white.|places=

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Maidstone |long = 0.529|lat =51.272|position = right|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Gillingham |long = 0.5498 |lat = 51.3792|position=right|background = white}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Dartford |long = 0.254|lat =51.474|background = yellow|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Chatham |long = 0.5362|lat =51.361|position = bottom|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Ashford |long = 0.8676 |lat = 51.1465|position = right|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Rochester |long = 0.4982 |lat =51.3883|position = top|background = white}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Margate |long = 1.3838|lat =51.385|position = top|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = {{bg|yellow|Royal Tunbridge Wells}}|long = 0.263|lat =51.132|position = left}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Gravesend |long = 0.3685|lat = 51.4415|position = right|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Canterbury |long =1.087|lat =51.275|position =bottom|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Folkestone |long = 1.166 |lat = 51.081|position = bottom|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Sittingbourne |long = 0.74 |lat = 51.3360|position=right|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Dover |long = 1.3089 |lat = 51.1295|position=top|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Ramsgate |long = 1.416|lat = 51.336|position=left|background = white}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Tonbridge |long =0.2764 |lat = 51.1987|position=right|background = white}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Herne Bay |long =1.13|lat = 51.37|position=top|background = white}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Whitstable |long = 1.0257|lat = 51.36607|position=left|background = white}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Deal |long = 1.4006 |lat = 51.2226|position=left|background = white}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Sevenoaks |long =0.1874 |lat =51.2781 |position=top|background = yellow}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Northfleet |long = 0.324783 |lat = 51.447588|position=left|background = white}}

{{Location map~|Kent |label = Kings Hill |long = 0.4 |lat = 51.273|position=bottom|background = yellow}}}}

This is a list of settlements in Kent by population based on the results of the 2011 census. Another United Kingdom census took place in 2021. In 2011, there were 44 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Kent, shown in the table below.

See the List of places in Kent article for an extensive list of local places and districts.