Southest England Population by Area from 1891
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Area |
1891 |
1901 |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
Land Area (SqMi) |
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Southeast England |
7,750,000 |
8,931,000 |
11,526,000 |
12,071,000 |
13,229,000 |
14,832,000 |
15,911,000 |
17,028,000 |
16,644,000 |
17,425,000 |
18,387,000 |
10,612 |
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Metropolitan Area |
6,167,000 |
7,198,000 |
9,525,000 |
9,940,000 |
10,915,000 |
12,088,000 |
12,713,000 |
13,262,000 |
12,736,000 |
13,176,000 |
13,945,000 |
6,279 |
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Greater London |
5,572,000 |
6,507,000 |
7,160,000 |
7,387,000 |
8,110,000 |
8,197,000 |
7,993,000 |
7,368,000 |
6,609,000 |
6,679,000 |
7,172,000 |
622 |
|
Inner London |
4,228,000 |
4,536,000 |
4,521,000 |
4,485,000 |
4,397,000 |
3,682,000 |
3,493,000 |
2,959,000 |
2,426,000 |
2,504,000 |
2,766,000 |
118 |
|
Ring 1: Outer London |
1,344,000 |
1,971,000 |
2,639,000 |
2,902,000 |
3,713,000 |
4,515,000 |
4,500,000 |
4,409,000 |
4,183,000 |
4,175,000 |
4,406,000 |
504 |
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Ring 2: Adjacent to Green Belt |
595,000 |
691,000 |
2,365,000 |
2,553,000 |
2,805,000 |
3,891,000 |
4,720,000 |
5,894,000 |
6,127,000 |
6,497,000 |
6,773,000 |
5,657 |
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Berkshire |
211,000 |
237,000 |
281,000 |
295,000 |
311,000 |
403,000 |
503,000 |
633,000 |
676,000 |
753,000 |
800,000 |
725 |
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Bracknell Forest UA |
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110,000 |
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Reading UA |
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143,000 |
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Slough UA |
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119,000 |
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West Berkshire UA |
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144,000 |
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Windsor and Maidenhead UA |
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134,000 |
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Wokingham UA |
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150,000 |
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Buckinghamshire |
166,000 |
172,000 |
220,000 |
236,000 |
272,000 |
386,000 |
486,000 |
586,000 |
564,000 |
639,000 |
686,000 |
746 |
|
Milton Keynes UA |
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|
207,000 |
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Balance: Buckinghamshire |
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479,000 |
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Essex |
367,000 |
405,000 |
1,351,000 |
1,470,000 |
1,755,000 |
2,044,000 |
2,237,000 |
1,354,000 |
1,469,000 |
1,547,000 |
1,614,000 |
1,418 |
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Southend UA |
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160,000 |
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Thurrock UA |
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143,000 |
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Balance: Essex |
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1,311,000 |
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Hertfordshire |
215,000 |
243,000 |
311,000 |
333,000 |
401,000 |
610,000 |
832,000 |
922,000 |
957,000 |
989,000 |
1,034,000 |
631 |
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Kent |
710,000 |
806,000 |
869,000 |
938,000 |
959,000 |
1,091,000 |
1,199,000 |
1,399,000 |
1,463,000 |
1,536,000 |
1,580,000 |
1,443 |
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Medway UA |
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250,000 |
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Balance: Kent |
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1,330,000 |
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Middlesex |
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799,000 |
1,126,000 |
1,253,000 |
1,639,000 |
2,269,000 |
2,230,000 |
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Surrey |
270,000 |
325,000 |
846,000 |
930,000 |
1,181,000 |
1,603,000 |
1,733,000 |
1,000,000 |
998,000 |
1,034,000 |
1,059,000 |
694 |
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Ring 3 |
1,583,000 |
1,733,000 |
2,001,000 |
2,131,000 |
2,314,000 |
2,744,000 |
3,198,000 |
3,765,000 |
3,908,000 |
4,249,000 |
4,442,000 |
4,333 |
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Bedfordshire |
163,000 |
174,000 |
195,000 |
206,000 |
221,000 |
312,000 |
381,000 |
463,000 |
504,000 |
532,000 |
566,000 |
477 |
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Luton UA |
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184,000 |
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Balance: Bedfordshire |
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382,000 |
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East Sussex |
370,000 |
410,000 |
487,000 |
532,000 |
547,000 |
554,000 |
586,000 |
648,000 |
653,000 |
716,000 |
740,000 |
824 |
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Brighton & Hove UA |
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248,000 |
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Balance: East Sussex |
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492,000 |
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Hampshire |
562,000 |
651,000 |
774,000 |
819,000 |
926,000 |
1,102,000 |
1,241,000 |
1,453,000 |
1,459,000 |
1,582,000 |
1,644,000 |
1,503 |
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Portsmouth UA |
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187,000 |
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Southampton UA |
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217,000 |
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Balance: Hampshire |
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1,240,000 |
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Isle of Wight |
79,000 |
82,000 |
88,000 |
95,000 |
88,000 |
96,000 |
95,000 |
109,000 |
118,000 |
126,000 |
133,000 |
147 |
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Oxfordshire |
232,000 |
224,000 |
236,000 |
238,000 |
260,000 |
353,000 |
403,000 |
498,000 |
515,000 |
581,000 |
605,000 |
749 |
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West Sussex |
177,000 |
192,000 |
221,000 |
241,000 |
272,000 |
327,000 |
492,000 |
594,000 |
659,000 |
712,000 |
754,000 |
633 |
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Notes:
Metropolitan area: Greater London plus counties adjacent to the greenbelt.
Note: Adjacent to Greenbelt county populations include outer London population before the creation of GLA (first evident in the 1971 census). |
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