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London Urbanized Area Components Ranked by Population Density

Rank Area County/Authority Area: Square Miles Area: Square Kilometers Population: 1998 Population per Square Mile Population per Square Kilometer
1 Kensington and Chelsea London-Inner 5 12 169,900 36,698 14,158
2 Islington London-Inner 6 15 179,000 30,931 11,933
3 Westminster London-Inner 8 22 220,800 26,014 10,036
4 Lambeth London-Inner 10 27 269,500 25,872 9,981
5 Hammersmith and Fulham London-Inner 6 16 157,500 25,515 9,844
6 Hackney London-Inner 8 20 194,700 25,233 9,735
7 Tower Hamlets London-Inner 8 20 181,300 23,496 9,065
8 Camden London-Inner 8 22 188,600 22,221 8,573
9 Southwark London-Inner 11 29 232,000 20,736 8,000
10 Wandsworth London-Inner 14 35 265,600 19,670 7,589
11 Haringey London-Inner 12 30 221,600 19,146 7,387
12 Lewisham London-Inner 14 35 243,800 18,055 6,966
13 Newham London-Inner 14 36 231,300 16,654 6,425
14 Brent London-Outer 17 44 253,200 14,916 5,755
15 Waltham Forest London-Outer 15 40 221,400 14,347 5,535
16 Ealing London-Outer 21 55 302,100 14,237 5,493
17 Merton London-Outer 15 38 184,300 12,571 4,850
18 Barking and Dagenham London-Outer 13 34 155,600 11,862 4,576
19 Greenwich London-Outer 19 48 215,100 11,615 4,481
20 Luton Unitary Authority 17 43 183,300 11,049 4,263
21 Southend-on-Sea Unitary Authority 16 42 176,000 10,862 4,190
22 Harrow London-Outer 20 51 211,300 10,739 4,143
23 Redbridge London-Outer 22 56 231,900 10,734 4,141
24 Slough Unitary Authority 10 27 111,700 10,723 4,137
25 Sutton London-Outer 17 43 177,100 10,675 4,119
26 Watford Hertfordshire 8 21 81,700 10,084 3,890
27 Croydon London-Outer 34 87 338,200 10,076 3,887
28 Kingston upon Thames London-Outer 15 38 147,300 10,047 3,876
29 Barnet London-Outer 34 89 331,500 9,654 3,725
30 Reading Unitary Authority 15 40 147,800 9,577 3,695
31 Hounslow London-Outer 22 58 211,600 9,456 3,648
32 Bexley London-Outer 24 61 217,800 9,255 3,570
33 Richmond upon Thames London-Outer 21 55 186,700 8,799 3,395
34 Enfield London-Outer 31 81 264,900 8,477 3,270
35 Stevenage Hertfordshire 10 26 78,500 7,826 3,019
36 Harlow Essex 12 30 75,800 6,549 2,527
37 Hillingdon London-Outer 42 110 251,200 5,919 2,284
38 Rushmoor Hampshire 15 39 87,200 5,795 2,236
39 Crawley West Sussex 17 44 96,600 5,691 2,195
40 Epsom and Ewell Surrey 13 34 70,300 5,359 2,068
41 Bromley London-Outer 59 152 297,100 5,066 1,955
42 Havering London-Outer 46 118 228,300 5,015 1,935
43 Castle Point Essex 17 45 84,500 4,867 1,878
44 City of London London-Inner 1 3 5,200 4,493 1,733
45 Broxbourne Hertfordshire 20 52 82,300 4,102 1,583
46 Spelthorne Surrey 22 57 88,600 4,029 1,554
47 Basildon Essex 42 110 164,400 3,874 1,495
48 Woking Surrey 25 64 91,800 3,718 1,434
49 Elmbridge Surrey 37 97 129,300 3,455 1,333
50 Medway Unitary Authority 74 192 242,600 3,275 1,264
51 Dartford Kent 28 73 85,400 3,032 1,170
52 Bracknell Forest Unitary Authority 42 109 110,700 2,632 1,016
53 Hertsmere Hertfordshire 38 98 97,300 2,573 993
54 Runnymede Surrey 30 78 76,400 2,539 979
55 Three Rivers Hertfordshire 34 89 86,500 2,519 972
56 Reigate and Banstead Surrey 50 129 120,200 2,415 932
57 Gravesham Kent 38 99 91,800 2,403 927
58 Surrey Heath Surrey 37 95 83,900 2,289 883
59 Thurrock Unitary Authority 63 164 135,000 2,134 823
60 St. Albans Hertfordshire 62 161 131,400 2,115 816
61 Wokingham Unitary Authority 69 179 145,300 2,104 812
62 Welwyn Hatfield Hertfordshire 49 127 95,000 1,939 748
63 Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Authority 76 198 140,500 1,839 710
64 Milton Keynes Unitary Authority 119 309 203,200 1,705 658
65 Dacorum Hertfordshire 82 212 137,100 1,676 647
66 South Bedfordshire Bedfordshire 82 213 110,100 1,340 517
67 Wycombe Buckinghamshire 125 325 163,400 1,303 503
68 Brentwood Essex 57 149 71,400 1,242 479
69 Chiltern Buckinghamshire 76 196 93,700 1,239 478
70 Colchester Essex 129 334 156,400 1,214 468
71 Guildford Surrey 105 271 126,700 1,212 468
72 Rochford Essex 65 169 77,300 1,186 457
73 Chelmsford Essex 132 342 154,600 1,172 452
74 Tonbridge and Malling Kent 93 240 106,000 1,145 442
75 South Bucks Buckinghamshire 56 145 63,700 1,139 439
76 Hart Hampshire 83 215 86,200 1,039 401
77 Tendring Essex 130 337 134,900 1,038 400
Urban area as defined by Demographia, including adjacent local authority areas with more than 1,000 persons per square mile (400 persons per square kilometer). Data for 19998 from UK National Statistics (www.statistics.gov.uk).

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