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Less than 1 million
Total Population: 959,300 In the 1800's London grew into a large city. It started growing rapidly in population, wealth, trade, and urbanization. Transportation to and from London became easier causing a major inflow of people and outflow of goods. The construction of the railroad was a major factor in the increase of the population, as people, and goods, could travel long distances in a short amount of time. Source -
A Big Change
Total Population: 6,506,954 After only 100 years, the population rapidly jumped to 6 million! London became a popular city as the capital of one of the world's largest empires - England. It was filled with industrialization and trade. Many goods, and people, flowed in and out of it's ports. Although the population continued growing during the 1900's, it slowed down because of troubles such as WWI and WWII. Source -
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Peak
Totoal Population: 8,615,245 The population had time to rise (by about 2 million) until the begining of WWII. Then is started to decend because of the aftermath of WWI and onset of WWII. Many people were killed, and poverty rates increased. Source -
Drops
Total Population: 7,322,400 As we can see, the population dropped by about 1 million over the 1900's because of the wars and other hardships. But, even though the population dropped, ethnic divercity increased! People from all over the world started coming to London, including African Americans, Asians, and many other races. The inflow of people with different ethnical backgrounds slowly rose the population. Source -
Ethnically Diverse
Total Population: 8,174,100
White British: 45%
Other White: 15%
TOTAL WHITE: 60%
Indian: 7%
Black African: 7%
OTHER: 12% London has become one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world! With over 8 million people! Source
