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More people are now living in cities or other built-up areas than a decade ago, according to figures released yesterday. London in particular is more crowded than in the early 1990s, the latest official report on Census data for England and Wales said. The capital saw its population jump by 8% between 1991 and 2001 to 8.3 million people, while the size of the city has grown only 0.4% in the same period.
About 627,000 more people were living in the Greater London area in 2001 than in 1991, according to the report from the Office for National Statistics. Greater London was the most densely populated part of the country with nearly 51 people per hectare in 2001 - about four people per hectare more than in 1991.See the full content of this document
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Boom in Urban Population
Overall, nearly nine out of 10 people in ...
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