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[Chtimi]

According to the Office for National Statistics, the UK population is projected to reach 71,100,000 in 2031. Many newspapers deal with this subject, wondering about the evolution of the UK society and how to answer effectively to the fastest demographic growth since the baby boom. Read for instance the (rather pessimistic) article "record immigration sees UK population soar" from The Daily Telegraph where you also can download (pdf) the "ONS report on national population projections".

http://www.telegraph...pulation423.xml

[caterpillar2]

Spartan, on Sep 28 2004, 10:57 PM, said:

European National and City Population Figures
(List Includes Principalities)

France:60,424,213
Largest cities
Paris 2,125,246 (1999)
Marseille 798,430 (1999)
Lyon 445,452 (1999)
Toulouse 390,350 (1999)
Nice 342,738 (1999)
Nantes 270,251 (1999)
Strasbourg 264,115 (1999)
Montpellier 225,392 (1999)
Bordeaux 215,363 (1999)
Rennes 206,229 (1999)

Germany: 82,424,609
Largest cities
Berlin 3,382,200 (2001 estimate)
Hamburg 1,715,400 (2001 estimate)
Munich 1,210,200 (2001 estimate)
Cologne 962,900 (2001 estimate)
Frankfurt 646,600 (2001 estimate)
Essen 595,200 (2001 estimate)
Dortmund 589,000 (2001 estimate)
Stuttgart 583,900 (2001 estimate)
Düsseldorf 569,400 (2001 estimate)

United Kingdom: 60,270,708
Largest cities
London 7,172,036 (2001)
Birmingham 976,400 (2001 estimate)
Leeds 715,500 (2001 estimate)
Glasgow 578,700 (2001 estimate)
Sheffield 513,100 (2001 estimate)
Bradford 467,900 (2001 estimate)
Liverpool 439,476 (2001)
Edinburgh 449,000 (2001 estimate)
Manchester 392,900 (2001 estimate)
Bristol 380,615 (2001)

Spain: 40,280,780 (2004 estimate)
Largest cities
Madrid 3,092,759 (2003 estimate)
Barcelona 1,503,884 (2001)
Valencia 780,653 (2003 estimate)
Seville 709,975 (2003 estimate)
Zaragoza 626,081 (2003 estimate)
Málaga 547,105 (2003 estimate)
Bilbao 349,972 (2001)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 354,863 (2001)
Murcia 391,146 (2003 estimate)
Valladolid 316,580 (2001)

Portugal: 10,119,250
Largest cities (population)
Lisbon 564,657 (2001)
Porto 263,131 (2001)
Vila Nova de Gaia 288,749 (2001)
Amadora 175,872 (2001)

Italy: 58,057,477
Largest cities
Rome 2,655,970 (2001 estimate)
Milan 1,301,551 (2001 estimate)
Naples 1,000,470 (2001 estimate)
Turin 900,987 (2001 estimate)
Palermo 679,290 (2001 estimate)
Genoa 632,366 (2001 estimate)
Bologna 379,964 (2001 estimate)
Florence 374,501 (2001 estimate)
Catania 336,222 (2001 estimate)
Bari 332,143 (2001 estimate)

Belgium: 10,348,276
Brussels 139,501 (2003 estimate)
Antwerp 452,474 (2003 estimate)
Ghent 228,016 (2003 estimate)
Charleroi 200,460 (2003 estimate)
Liège 184,303 (2003 estimate)
Bruges 116,811 (2003 estimate)
Namur 105,705 (2003 estimate)

The Netherlands: 16,318,199
Largest cities (population)
Amsterdam 735,328 (2002 estimate)
Rotterdam 593,321 (2000)
The Hague 440,900 (2000)
Utrecht 234,323 (2000)
Eindhoven 201,843 (2000)
Tilburg 193,238 (2000)
Groningen 172,701 (2000)
Breda 160,398 (2000)
Apeldoorn 153,491 (2000)
Nijmegen 152,463 (2000)

Ireland: 3,969,558
Largest cities (population)
Dublin 495,781 (2002)
Cork 123,062 (2002)

Iceland: 282,151
Largest cities (population)
Reykjavík 112,268 (2002 estimate)

Poland: 38,626,349
Largest cities (population)
Warsaw 1,618,468 (1999 estimate)
Łódź 806,728 (1999 estimate)
Kraków 740,666 (1999 estimate)
Wrocław 637,877 (1999 estimate)
Poznań 578,235 (1999 estimate)
Gdańsk 458,988 (1999 estimate)
Szczecin 416,988 (1999 estimate)
Bydgoszcz 386,855 (1999 estimate)
Lublin 356,251 (1999 estimate)
Katowice 345,934 (1999 estimate)
Białystok 283,937 (1999 estimate)

Switzerland:7,450,867
Largest cities (population)
Zurich 340,900 (2003 estimate)
Geneva 176,000 (2003 estimate)
Basel 164,900 (2003 estimate)
Bern 122,500 (2003 estimate)
Lausanne 115,600 (2003 estimate)

Austria: 8,174,762
Largest cities (population)
Vienna 1,562,482 (2001)
Graz 226,892 (2001)
Linz 186,266 (2001)
Salzburg 144,817 (2001)
Innsbruck 113,826 (2001)

[b[Russia: 144,112,350[/b]
Moscow 8,304,600 (2001 estimate)
St Petersburg 4,627,800 (2001 estimate)
Nizhniy Novgorod 1,343,300 (2001 estimate)
Ufa 1,088,800 (2001 estimate)
Omsk 1,138,400 (2001 estimate)
Novosibirsk 1,393,200 (2001 estimate)
Kazan 1,090,200 (2001 estimate)
Yekaterinburg 1,256,900 (2001 estimate)
Chelyabinsk 1,081,100 (2001 estimate)
Samara 1,146,400 (2001 estimate)
Perm 1,004,800 (2001 estimate)

Greece: 10,647,529 ('04 est.)
Largest cities (population)
Athens 772,072 (1991)
Salonica 383,967 (1991)
Pireás 182,671 (1991)
Patras 153,344 (1991)
Peristéra 137,288 (1991)
Iráklion 116,178 (1991)
Kallithéa 114,233 (1991)
Lárisa 113,090 (1991)

Denmark: 5,413,392
Largest cities (population)
Copenhagen 500,531 (2002 estimate)
Århus 222,559 (2003 estimate)
Odense 145,374 (2003 estimate)
Ålborg 121,100 (2003 estimate)

Norway
Finland
Sweeden

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
{Kalingrad}
Belarus
Ukraine
Moldova

Luxembourg
Romania
Czech Republic
Slovakia

Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Serbia
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Albania

Vatican City
Andorra
San Marino
Monaco
Liechtenstien
Gibraltat

Cyprus
Turkey

EDIT: I added the countries that will ultimately have figures listed. This encompases all nations that exist on what is generally considered to be the "European Continent," which is part of the larger Eurasian landmass.

Latest edit: 9/30/04

The data is interesting but doesn't really paint an accurate picture. For example, Barcelona has a population of over 4 million in the metro area. Outside the metro area, there isn't too much for quite a few miles. The city populations are misleading. Sort of like saying that Atlanta has a population of 400,000 when in reality it is close to five million.

[jdkacz]

caterpillar2, on Jul 5 2009, 04:55 PM, said:

The data is interesting but doesn't really paint an accurate picture. For example, Barcelona has a population of over 4 million in the metro area. Outside the metro area, there isn't too much for quite a few miles. The city populations are misleading. Sort of like saying that Atlanta has a population of 400,000 when in reality it is close to five million.

Is there Metro stats available?

I guess I was surprised to see the limited amount of cities w/ 1M plus populations. As you mention, it may be skewed due to metro populations.

I'd be interested to compare and also see newer figures.

[Chtimi]

The data from World Gazetteer is accurate to me, at least for the European cities. What is arguable is how some large cities are grouped (Manchester-Liverpool, Randstad, Rhein-Main, Alma...), but considering the high density of those areas, why not ?
The metropolitan areas are written in boldface. To know their composition, just click on the name, then "cities" at the top of the new page.

So, according to World-Gazetteer, the 25 top metro areas in the European Union are (millions) :

London : 13.22
Paris : 11.89
Rhine-Rhur : 11.83
Randstad : 6.59
Madrid : 6.32

Manchester-Liverpool : 5.16
Barcelona : 4.97
Milan : 4.34
Berlin : 4.05
Rome : 3.94

Athens : 3.85
Naples : 3.84
Birmingham : 3.78
Hamburg : 3.26
Rhine-Main (Franckfurt) : 3.14

Lisbon : 2.64
Budapest : 2.57
Katowice : 2.54
Copenhagen-Malmö : 2.39
Stuttgart : 2.33

Munich : 2.31
Warsaw : 2.26
Alma (Aachen-Liège-Maastricht) : 2.23
Brussels : 2.20
Bucharest : 2.18

Edited by Chtimi, 26 September 2009 - 07:50 PM.

[Chtimi]

Hi, these are the last population figures for France

Population by region

Region (population in 01/01/2009, 1,000) average yearly growth rate from 1999 to 2009

French Guiana, overseas (229) 3.9
Corsica (307) 1.7
Reunion, overseas (817) 1.5
Languedoc-Roussillon (2 616) 1.3
Midi-Pyrénées (2 865) 1.2
Aquitaine (3 200) 1.0
Brittany (3 163) 0.9
Pays de la Loire (3 538) 0.9
Rhône-Alpes (6 160) 0.9

ÃŽle-de-France (11 746) 0.7
Poitou-Charentes (1 759) 0.7
Alsace (1 847) 0.6
Guadeloupe, overseas (404) 0.5
Martinique, overseas (402) 0.5

Centre (2 544) 0.4
Franche-Comté (1 168) 0.4
Limousin (741) 0.4
Auvergne (1 343) 0.3
Lower-Normandy (1 467) 0.3
Picardy (1 906) 0.3

Burgundy (1 637) 0.2
Upper-Normandy (1 822) 0.2
Lorraine (2 342) 0.1
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (4 022) 0.1
Champagne-Ardenne (1 336) - 0.1

For comparison : France (64 321) 0.4


Variation of the population density by year between 1999 and 2006:



Top25 metropolitan areas

Metro area (corresponding espace urbain, see next post) population 01/01/2007

Paris (Grand bassin parisien) 11 836 970
Lyon (Rhône et Alpes) 1 757 180
Marseille (Grand delta méditerranéen) 1 618 369
Lille* (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) 1 163 934
Toulouse (Toulouse) 1 118 472

Bordeaux (Bordeaux) 1 009 313
Nice (Nice-Côte-d'Azur) 999 678
Nantes (Nantes-Saint-Nazaire) 768 305
Strasbourg* (Est) 641 853
Toulon (Grand delta méditerranéen) 600 740

Rennes (Rennes) 577 680
Douai-Lens (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) 546 294
Grenoble (Rhône-et-Alpes) 532 749
Rouen (Grand bassin parisien) 525 643
Montpellier (Grand delta méditerranéen) 514 473

Metz (Est) 439 351
Clermont-Ferrand (Clermont-Ferrand) 429 460
Nancy (Est) 415 523
Valenciennes (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) 399 144
Tours (Tours) 397 010

Caen (Grand bassin parisien) 385 482
Orléans (Grand bassin parisien) 369 521
Angers (Angers) 345 788
Dijon (Est) 336 807
Avignon (Grand delta méditerranéen) 317 141

*French part only


Metropolitan areas:




5 best average yearly percent change 1999-2007

1. Toulouse : 1.9
2. Montpellier : 1.4
3. Rennes : 1.3
4. Avignon : 1.1
4. Bordeaux : 1.1
5. Nantes : 1.0

[Chtimi]

Top25 espaces urbains (combined statistical area).

Espace urbain : population in 2007 (average yearly percent change 1990 to 1999 / ibid. 1999 to 2007)

Grand bassin parisien : 16 751 064 (0.3 / 0.6)
Rhône et Alpes : 5 152 123 (0.6 / 0.9)
Est : 5 053 326 (0.3 / 0.4)
Grand delta méditerranéen : 4 140 675 (0.8 / 1.0)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais : 3 818 672 (0.1 / 0.1)

Toulouse : 1 482 531 (1.2 / 1.7)
Nice-Côte-d'Azur : 1 293 381 (0.6 / 1.0)
Bordeaux : 1 190 197 (0.7 / 1.2)
Nantes-Saint-Nazaire : 1 095 489 (0.9 / 1.1)
Rennes : 1 049 374 (0.9 / 1.1)

Tours : 598 857 (0.6 / 0.6)
Clermont-Ferrand : 592 396 (0.2 / 0.6)
La Rochelle-Niort-Val de Charente : 538 470 (0.5 / 1.0)
Pau-Tarbes : 408 380 (0.3 / 0.8)
Lorient-Vannes : 409 561 (0.6 / 1.1)

Le Mans : 369 013 (0.4 / 0.6)
Bourges-Châteauroux : 344 973 (- 0.1 / 0.0)
Brest : 351 777 (0.4 / 0.3)
Angers : 345 788 (0.8 / 0.5)
Amiens : 319 643 (0.3 / 0.2)

Poitiers-Châtellereault : 310 071 (0.8 / 1.0)
Limoges : 283 351 (0.3 / 0.8)
Perpignan : 279 983 (0.8 / 1.5)
Bayonne : 246 856 (0.8 / 1.0)
Béziers-Narbonne : 233 220 (0.5 / 1.4)


Espaces urbains:



Source: Insee

Edited by Chtimi, 19 July 2010 - 09:14 PM.

[Chtimi]

There are now more than 500 million citizens in the European Union.




This is another graph that includes the enlargement steps of the EU : http://www.ined.fr/e...h/population_ue


Population growth by European country, period 2002 > 2007.




An interesting map showing the population change at the regional scale, period 2003 > 2007:


http://epp.eurostat...._regional_level

More stats from this page: http://epp.eurostat....gory:Population  

[Chtimi]

Hi, here are the main French metropolitan areas according to the last census:

City (average annual percent change 1999 > 2008) Population 2008

Paris (+ 0.7) 11 899 544
Lyon (+ 0.8) 1 771 459
Marseille (+ 0.8) 1 621 766
Lille* (+ 0.2) 1 162 872
Toulouse (+ 1.8) 1 131 642

Bordeaux (+ 1.0) 1 014 632
Nice (+ 0.8) 1 000 992
Nantes (+ 0.9) 772 406
Strasbourg* (+ 0.6) 645 160
Toulon (+ 0.8) 604 257

Rennes (+ 1.3) 585 261
Douai-Lens (- 0.2) 545 210
Grenoble (+ 0.4) 534 242
Rouen (+ 0.2) 527 172
Montpellier (+ 1.3) 516 360

* French part only

Source: Insee