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. 2020 Dec 21;18(12):e3000506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000506

Table 1. Population of London, England (1550–1931).

Year Inner London Outer London Total London Source
1550 120,000 120,000 [55]
1560 140,800 140,800 [55]*
1580 180,400 180,400 [55]*
1600 200,000 200,000 [55]
1620 297,000 297,000 [55]*
1640 390,500 390,500 [55]*
1650 391,450 391,450 [55]*
1660 392,400 392,400 [55]*
1680 468,600 468,600 [55]*
1700 490,000 490,000 [55]
1735 660,000 660,000 [40]
1745 670,000 670,000 [40]
1750 675,000 675,000 [55]
1755 680,000 680,000 [40]
1765 730,000 730,000 [40]
1775 780,000 780,000 [40]
1785 826,502 859,234 [40]
1795 909,507 1,007,703 [40]
1801 959,310 137,474 1,096,784 [54]
1811 1,139,355 164,209 1,303,564 [54]
1821 1,379,543 193,667 1,573,210 [54]
1831 1,655,582 222,647 1,878,229 [54]
1841 1,949,277 258,376 2,207,653 [54]
1851 2,363,341 288,598 2,651,939 [54]
1861 2,808,494 379,991 3,188,485 [54]
1871 3,261,396 579,199 3,840,595 [54]
1881 3,830,297 883,144 4,713,441 [54]
1891 4,227,954 1,344,014 5,571,968 [54]
1901 4,536,267 1,970,622 6,506,889 [54]
1911 4,521,685 2,638,756 7,160,441 [54]
1921 4,484,523 2,902,232 7,386,755 [54]
1931 4,397,003 3,713,355 8,110,358 [54]

Entries with an asterisk were estimated based on linear interpolation from ([55], Tables 2 and 5).