London

Demographics

London had about 860,000 people in 1801 (in comparison, Paris had about 670,000 in 1802), and the population of Edo (modern-day Tokyo, Japan), at the time the largest city in the world, has been estimated at 1 million to 1.25 million people. London was the most populous city in the world from 1825 until 1925, when it was overtaken by New York.

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1801 - 1802 - Edo - Tokyo - Japan - 1825 - 1925 - New York

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Residents of London are known as Londoners. The city and the 32 boroughs (some 1,579 km² or 610 square miles) had an official 7,421,228 inhabitants, making London the most populous city in Europe alongside Moscow. Subsequent reviews suggested that the returns were understated, and that the population on Census Day was closer to 7.29 million. The official estimate of London's population in mid-2003 is 7,387,900 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8561.xls

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In the 2001 census, 76% of these seven million people classed their ethnic group as white (classified as British White, Irish White or "Other White" in the 2001 census), 10% as Indian, Bangladeshi or Pakistani, 5% as black African, 5% as black Caribbean, 3% as mixed race and 1% as Chinese. The largest religious groupings are Christian (58.2%) and No Religion (15.8%). 21.8% of inhabitants were born outside the European Union. The Irish are the largest foreign-born group in London (numbering approximately 200,000).

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Ethnic group - British - Irish - 2001 census - India - Bangladesh - Pakistan - Africa - Caribbean - Chinese - Christian - No Religion - European Union

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The population of the urban area of London at the 2001 census, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics, was 8,278,251 inhabitants. (External reference: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8271&More=Y). London urban area is the third-largest in Europe, behind Moscow (11.7 million inhabitants in 2000) and Paris (9.6 million inhabitants in 1999).

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Urban area - Office for National Statistics

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Unlike many other countries, the UK does not provide national metropolitan area population figures based on commuter percentages and economic influence. This is left up to each individual city to define. This has created much confusion when comparing London's true metropolitan area region with others around the world. It is helped even less by confusion of the term "Greater London" with the political entity of the City of London, which is often confused with the metropolitan area.

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UK - Metropolitan area

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Without a specific national reference to London's metropolitan area, many different sources provide alternate definitions. One such definition describes the London metropolitan area (6,267 square miles, 16,043 km²) with a population of 13,945,000 — larger than the combined populations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (External references: http://www.demographia.com/dm-lonarea.htm, http://www.lbwf.gov.uk/demography/census/london/london_boroughs_census2001.pdf) If this definition is followed, then London is the largest metropolitan area of Europe, along with Moscow (whose metropolitan area has somewhere around 14 million people), and above Paris (11.5 million people in the metropolitan area in 2004).

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London metropolitan area - Scotland - Wales - Northern Ireland

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In 2004, the Greater London Authority defined a metropolitan region centred on London with a population of 18 million. This region extends to cover the commuter belt, and much of South East England and East of England, for example including the cities of Brighton and Oxford. (External references:http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/sds/london_plan/lon_plan_all.pdf,http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/sds/london_plan/lon_plan_1.pdf,http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/sds/draft_london_plan/dlp_ch1.pdf)

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