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Percentage of the population whose main language is English in London in 2021. According to the 2011 Census, 6,083,420 or 77.9% of London's population aged 3 and over spoke English as a main language, with a further 1,406,912 (19.8%) speaking it as a second language or well to very well.
At the 2021 census, the total Black population of London stood at 1.5 million [18] This is a rise of 1.8% from the 2011 census, when the population stood at 990,000. Inner London and Outer London have a near-equal black population. The 2011 census is the first time that the black population in Outer London has overtaken that of Inner London:
The population of England in 2021 was estimated to be 56,489,800. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This is the most recent census. [ 4 ] In the previous census, in 2011, the population was 53,012,456.
The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at 67,596,281 in 2022. [1] It is the 21st most populated country in the world and has a population density of 279 people per square kilometre (720 people/sq mi), with England having significantly greater density than Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. [1]
The 1662 table gives the approximate order of the towns of the time from the survey. Most notable from a modern viewpoint is the fact that Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield do not make the top thirty, whereas within around 100 years they would become England's largest provincial cities.
During the 19th century, London was transformed into the world's largest city and capital of the British Empire. The population rose from over 1 million in 1801 to 5.567 million in 1891. [3] In 1897, the population of "Greater London" (defined here as the Metropolitan Police District plus the City of London) was estimated at 6.292 million. [4]
In the 1070s, London's population has been estimated at around 18,000. [5] The high point of London's population for this period is around 1300, when the population reached 80,000-100,000. [ 6 ] This was greatly reduced following outbreaks of plague in the 14th century, and London's population has been estimated at 40,000 in 1377. [ 7 ]
Medieval demography. Medieval demography is the study of human demography in Europe and the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages. It estimates and seeks to explain the number of people who were alive during the Medieval period, population trends, life expectancy, family structure, and related issues.