largest city / urban agglomeration in the United Kingdom, more than three times larger than the next largest cities of Manchester and Birmingham.
The population of London was approximately 8.9 million in 2022, an increase of over two million people when compared with the early 1980s. Throughout the 1980s the population of the United Kingdom's capital grew at a very slow rate, before accelerating to a much faster rate in the 1990s. London is by far the Population of London from 1981 to 2022
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- Premium Statistic GDP of London 1998-2021
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Transport
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- Premium Statistic Passenger traffic at London Heathrow Airport 2002-2022
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- Premium Statistic Number of passenger journeys on the London Underground (UK) 2000-2023
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Crime
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- Basic Statistic Number of crime offences recorded in London 2015-2023
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Tourism
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- Premium Statistic Number of tourist visits to London, UK 2011-2021
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- Premium Statistic Leading international tourist markets visiting London 2019
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Population of London from 1981 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/910658/population-of-london/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Population of London from 1981 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/910658/population-of-london/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Population of London from 1981 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/910658/population-of-london/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
Population of London from 1981 to 2022 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), November 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/910658/population-of-london/