Urban agglomeration
9M
Growth (20 yrs)
+26%
City fertility
1.35
Foreign-born / foreign
40.6%
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018
| Year | Population | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 8,360,847 | — | Estimate |
| 1960 | 8,195,769 | -2% | Estimate |
| 1970 | 7,509,405 | -8% | Estimate |
| 1980 |
Source: ONS
Ages 0–14
18.1%
Ages 15–64
69.3%
Ages 65+
12.6%
Foreign-born / foreign
40.6%
Age structure source: ONS Census 2021 — age structure, Greater London.
Non-UK born residents as % of usual residents (Greater London). Source: ONS Census 2021 — country of birth, London region.
33 boroughs · census / register 2021 · sum 8.8M
| # | Name | Population | Share | Area | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croydon | 390,719 | 4.4% | — | — |
| 2 | Barnet | 389,344 | 4.4% | — | — |
| 3 | Ealing | 367,116 | 4.2% | — | — |
| 4 | Newham | 351,136 | 4.0% | — | — |
| 5 |
Coordinates 51.51, -0.13 · map tiles © OpenStreetMap / CARTO
Source: World Bank
Source: World Bank
| 6,751,196 |
| -10% |
| Estimate |
| 1985 | 6,740,954 | -0% | Estimate |
| 1990 | 6,794,400 | +1% | Estimate |
| 2000 | 7,272,819 | +7% | Estimate |
| 2010 | 8,044,433 | +11% | Estimate |
| 2015 | 8,661,381 | +8% | Estimate |
| 2018 | 9,046,485 | +4% | Estimate |
| 2025 | 9,840,742 | +9% | UN projection |
| 2035 | 10,556,486 | +7% | UN projection |
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018. Values are for the urban agglomeration, not the administrative city boundary.
Since 1990, London’s urban agglomeration grew from 6.8M to 9M (+33%). The UN projects 10.6M by 2035.
Estimates run through 2018; later years are UN projections. Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018.
| Brent |
| 339,800 |
| 3.9% |
| — |
| — |
| 6 | Bromley | 329,991 | 3.7% | — | — |
| 7 | Enfield | 329,984 | 3.7% | — | — |
| 8 | Wandsworth | 327,506 | 3.7% | — | — |
| 9 | Lambeth | 317,654 | 3.6% | — | — |
| 10 | Tower Hamlets | 310,306 | 3.5% | — | — |
| 11 | Redbridge | 310,260 | 3.5% | — | — |
| 12 | Southwark | 307,637 | 3.5% | — | — |
| 13 | Hillingdon | 305,909 | 3.5% | — | — |
| 14 | Lewisham | 300,553 | 3.4% | — | — |
| 15 | Greenwich | 289,068 | 3.3% | — | — |
| 16 | Hounslow | 288,181 | 3.3% | — | — |
| 17 | Waltham Forest | 278,426 | 3.2% | — | — |
| 18 | Haringey | 264,238 | 3.0% | — | — |
| 19 | Havering | 262,029 | 3.0% | — | — |
| 20 | Harrow | 261,187 | 3.0% | — | — |
| 21 | Hackney | 259,146 | 2.9% | — | — |
| 22 | Bexley | 246,472 | 2.8% | — | — |
| 23 | Barking and Dagenham | 218,939 | 2.5% | — | — |
| 24 | Islington | 216,589 | 2.5% | — | — |
| 25 | Merton | 215,187 | 2.4% | — | — |
| 26 | Camden | 210,136 | 2.4% | — | — |
| 27 | Sutton | 209,639 | 2.4% | — | — |
| 28 | Westminster | 204,236 | 2.3% | — | — |
| 29 | Richmond upon Thames | 195,278 | 2.2% | — | — |
| 30 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 183,157 | 2.1% | — | — |
| 31 | Kingston upon Thames | 168,063 | 1.9% | — | — |
| 32 | Kensington and Chelsea | 143,375 | 1.6% | — | — |
| 33 | City of London | 8,583 | 0.1% | — | — |
Source: ONS Census 2021 — usual resident population by local authority. Administrative units may not sum to the UN urban-agglomeration total above (different geographic definitions).
