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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]
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."
The 20 largest ESPON metropolitan areas in the UK, ranked by population. A 2001 ESPON metropolitan area was defined as consisting of an urban area , conurbation or agglomeration , together with the surrounding area to which it was closely economically and socially integrated through commuting .
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.
In the United States, metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). [8] In the Philippines, metropolitan areas have an official agency, such as Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which manages Manila metropolitan area. [9]
The 2023 population of Greater London of just under 10 million made it Europe's third-most populous city, accounting for 13.4% of the United Kingdom's population 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.
Using this definition the term "city" is used as a primary urban area, which is distinct from the Office for National Statistics urban area agglomerations, with a total population in excess of 125,000. [3] The population figures are based on the cumulative total population of the constituent wards. This list is not the same as the list of local ...
The Greater London Built-up or Urban Area had a population of 9,787,426 and occupied an area of 1,737.9 square kilometres (671.0 sq mi) at the time of the 2011 census. [ 1 ] It includes most of the London region – omitting most of its woodland; small, buffered districts; the Lee Valley Park ; and the two largest sewage treatment works serving ...