London Free Press

London area population hits record 630,000 despite slower growth

The population of the London area has surpassed 630,000 for the first time, despite growing at its slowest pace in recent ...
Newsweek

London Population to Fall for First Time in 30 years

London's population has been predicted to shrink for the first time in more than 30 years, according to a report by accountancy and analysis firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The change is being ...
The National Interest

Is the Pandemic Causing London’s Population to Decline?

The purpose of a city is to allow people to live and work close together, so social distancing has the potential to threaten cities’ very existence. A recent report by audit and consultancy firm PwC ...
The Economist

Inner London’s population is much lower than expected

For almost as long as Britain has been conducting population censuses, people have objected to the results. “I do not believe one word of what is said about the increase of the population,” argued ...
The Conversation

Will the COVID pandemic cause London’s population to decline?

Humphrey Southall has undertaken projects funded by the Greater London Authority, the European Union Regional Policy Directorate (DG6) and the Centre for Cities to redistrict historical census data so ...