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May 15, 2014 · Between 1714 and 1840, London’s population swelled from around 630,000 to nearly 2 million, making it the largest and most powerful city in the world.
You can also map these population figures independently of the other datasets by choosing Population and Area Data from the data query page. Population Statistics and Notes (Downloads) London Population Estimates, 1690s, 1740s, 1800 (Summary Overview in CSV)
Jul 6, 2010 · It doubled in size again in the first half of the seventeenth century, from 200,000 in 1600 to 400,000 in 1650. The city's population grew nearly threefold during the seventeenth century, and almost tenfold between the middle of the sixteenth century and the middle of the eighteenth.
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The first well-grounded estimates suggest a population of about 75,000 in 1550, 200,000 in 1600, 400,000 in 1650, and over half a million by 1700. The 18th cent. saw an initial slowdown of metropolitan growth but the first census in 1801 revealed the population of London to be about 1,117,000.
In the mid-1670s, when the Proceedings began to be published, the population of the capital was approximately 500,000. Fourteen years later, Gregory King, Britain’s first great demographer, estimated it at 527,000.
Aug 17, 2020 · Between 1500 and 1700, London grew from the capital of England with a population of 50,000 to the seat of an emerging empire with a population nearing 500,000. At the beginning of this period, most of London’s population lived within the medieval walls.
Feb 17, 2011 · In 1743, Bethnal Green had a population of 15,000; by 1801, 22,000 people lived there, making it as large as Oxford and Cambridge combined. To the north, London crept out towards Sadler's Wells,...
