Demographia

London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris
Population, Land Area & Density
Compared by Urban Area Sector

  London (1998) Los Angeles (1990) New York (1990) Paris
(1999)
Population        
Inner Area 2,761,000 1,711,000 1,488,000 2,125,000
Balance of Core 4,427,000 1,774,000 5,835,000 4,039,000
Total Core 7,188,000 3,485,000 7,323,000 6,164,000
Outside Core 5,044,000 7,917,000 8,721,000 3,481,000
Urbanized Area 12,232,000 11,402,000 16,044,000 9,645,000
         
Land Area: Square Miles      
Inner Area 124 128 22 41
Balance of Core 486 339 280 248
Total Core 610 467 302 289
Outside Core 990 1,499 2,665 762
Urbanized Area 1,600 1,966 2,967 1,051
         
Land Area: Square Kilometers      
Inner Area 321 332 57 106
Balance of Core 1,260 879 726 643
Total Core 1,581 1,210 783 749
Outside Core 2,566 3,885 6,908 1,975
Urbanized Area 4,147 5,096 7,690 2,724
         
Population per Square Mile      
Inner Area 22,266 13,367 67,636 51,829
Balance of Core 9,109 5,233 20,839 16,286
Total Core 11,784 7,463 24,248 21,329
Outside Core 5,095 5,282 3,272 4,568
Urbanized Area 7,645 5,800 5,407 9,177
         
Population per Square Kilometer      
Inner Area 8,590 5,157 26,094 19,996
Balance of Core 3,514 2,019 8,040 6,283
Total Core 4,546 2,879 9,355 8,229
Outside Core 1,966 2,038 1,263 1,762
Urbanized Area 2,949 2,237 2,086 3,540
         
Distribution of Population      
Inner Area 22.6% 15.0% 9.3% 22.0%
Balance of Core 36.2% 15.6% 36.4% 41.9%
Total Core 58.8% 30.6% 45.6% 63.9%
Outside Core 41.2% 69.4% 54.4% 36.1%
Urbanized Area 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
         
Distribution of Land Area      
Inner Area 7.8% 6.5% 0.7% 3.9%
Balance of Core 30.4% 17.2% 9.4% 23.6%
Total Core 38.1% 23.8% 10.2% 27.5%
Outside Core 61.9% 76.2% 89.8% 72.5%
Urbanized Area 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
         
Definitions of Inner Area      
London: Inner boroughs (pre-1964 London County Council)
Los Angeles: Central planning area, city of Los Angeles  
New York: Manhattan borough      
Paris: Ville de Paris        
         
Definitions of Core        
London: Greater London Authority    
Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles    
New York: City of New York (Greater New York)  
Paris: Ville de Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Siene-St.-Denis, Val-de-Marne
         
Sources:        
London: Demographia estimates    
Los Angeles: US Census Bureau data    
New York: US Census Bureau data    
Paris: INSEE data        

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