United Kingdom · region of England
London population 2026
London has 9,122,909 people on the latest official figure, for mid-2025, 26,737 fewer than a year earlier (−0.29%). It is 2nd of the UK’s 9 English regions by population, home to 13.1% of the UK’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 9.1 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
London in numbers
- Population
- 9.1 million mid-2025
- Change in a year
- −0.29% −26,737 people
- Change since 2020
- +2.89% from 8.9 million
- Share of the UK
- 13.1% 2nd of 9 English regions
- Population density
- 5,804per km² 1,572 km²
- Births in the year
- 105 thousand deaths: 50 thousand
- International migration
- +52 thousand net arrivals from abroad
- Moves within the UK
- −132 thousand more people left than moved in
In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 54,211, 51,839 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 131,961 more people moved to the rest of the UK than moved in.
That is about as many people as Austria (9.1 million).
Population of London by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 8,204,407 |
| 2012 | 8,320,767 |
| 2013 | 8,438,987 |
| 2014 | 8,547,192 |
| 2015 | 8,659,545 |
| 2016 | 8,743,651 |
| 2017 | 8,776,229 |
| 2018 | 8,833,335 |
| 2019 | 8,889,743 |
| 2020 | 8,867,008 |
| 2021 | 8,804,769 |
| 2022 | 8,917,360 |
| 2023 | 9,066,906 |
| 2024 | 9,149,646 |
| 2025 | 9,122,909 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,122,909 | −26,737 | −0.29% |
| 2024 | 9,149,646 | +82,740 | +0.91% |
| 2023 | 9,066,906 | +149,546 | +1.68% |
| 2022 | 8,917,360 | +112,591 | +1.28% |
| 2021 | 8,804,769 | −62,239 | −0.70% |
| 2020 | 8,867,008 | −22,735 | −0.26% |
| 2019 | 8,889,743 | +56,408 | +0.64% |
| 2018 | 8,833,335 | +57,106 | +0.65% |
| 2017 | 8,776,229 | +32,578 | +0.37% |
| 2016 | 8,743,651 | +84,106 | +0.97% |
| 2015 | 8,659,545 | +112,353 | +1.31% |
| 2014 | 8,547,192 | +108,205 | +1.28% |
| 2013 | 8,438,987 | +118,220 | +1.42% |
| 2012 | 8,320,767 | +116,360 | +1.42% |
| 2011 | 8,204,407 | – | – |
London among the UK’s English regions
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South East England | 9,691,844 | +0.55% | 13.9% | 508 |
| 2 | London | 9,122,909 | −0.29% | 13.1% | 5,804 |
| 3 | North West England | 7,772,854 | +0.73% | 11.2% | 551 |
| 4 | East of England | 6,613,801 | +0.65% | 9.5% | 346 |
| 5 | West Midlands | 6,205,854 | +0.39% | 8.9% | 477 |
| 6 | South West England | 5,906,997 | +0.38% | 8.5% | 248 |
| 7 | Yorkshire and the Humber | 5,672,166 | +0.28% | 8.2% | 368 |
| 8 | East Midlands | 5,085,641 | +0.50% | 7.3% | 326 |
| 9 | North East England | 2,762,746 | +0.51% | 4.0% | 322 |
Air quality in London today
Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.
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Source and method
Office for National Statistics, mid-year population estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Standard area measurements, ONS. The ONS publishes new mid-year estimates once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the UK, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.
Cite this page: London population, Office for National Statistics, mid-2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-kingdom/london/
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