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At the 2001 census, the population of the Greater London Urban Area was 8,278,251. [15] This area does not include some outliers within Greater London, but does extend into the adjacent South East England and East of England regions. In 2004 the London Plan of the Mayor of London defined a metropolitan region with a population of 18 million. [16]
London ethnic demographics over time. London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, has become one of the most ethnically diverse and multicultural cities in the world. Greater London had a population of 8,899,375 at the 2021 census. Around 41% of its population were born outside the UK, [1] and over 300 languages are spoken in the ...
The population of the current area of Greater London rose from about 1.1 million in 1801 (when only about 850,000 people were in the urban area, while 250,000 were living in villages and towns not yet part of London) to an estimated 8.6 million in 1939, but declined to 6.7 million in 1988, before starting to rebound in the 1990s.
The 2023 population of Greater London of just under 10 million [27] made it Europe's third-most populous city, [28] accounting for 13.4% of the United Kingdom's population [29] and over 16% of England's population. The Greater London Built-up Area is the fourth-most populous in Europe, with about 9.8 million inhabitants as of 2011.
The London travel to work area in 2001 (dark blue), with the administrative boundary of Greater London shown. The London travel to work area, defined by the Office for National Statistics as the area for which "of the resident economically active population, at least 75% actually work in the area, and also, that of everyone working in the area, at least 75% actually live in the area."
Demographics of London; Demographics of Birmingham; Demographics of Greater Manchester; United Kingdom Census 2011; National Statistics Socio-economic Classification; Census 2001 Ethnic Codes; List of English districts by population; List of urban areas in England by population; List of towns and cities in England by historical population
The Greater London Built-up Area, or Greater London Urban Area, is a conurbation in south-east England that constitutes the continuous urban sprawl of London, and includes surrounding adjacent urban towns as defined by the Office for National Statistics. [1] It is the largest urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of 9,787,426 in 2011.
Geography of London. London is the largest urban area and the capital city of the United Kingdom. It lies in the southeastern part of the island of Great Britain. The London region covers 1,579 square kilometres (610 sq mi), and had a population of 8.982 million in 2019 and a population density of 5,596 people per square km in 2021.