The site takes census data from 2001 and 2011 to map populations densities. It works for the whole of the UK, but the story in London is particularly illuminating. It's put together by Duncan ...

As expected, the population was bigger, reaching 59.6m, and older. But local authorities in London quickly complained ... previous estimates suggested (see map). Other cities such as Manchester ...

The bottom row of cartograms, or 'equal-population maps', redraws the local authority areas according to population size. London, for example, has a small area but large population and so appears ...

Anthony Travers, professor at the London School of Economics, told a newspaper in August that a shrinking working-age population would heap greater tax demands on those who are already in work.

Britain’s capital this week passed a historic milestone, according to the statisticians of the Greater London Authority. The population of the metropolis surpassed its previous peak of 8,615,245.

And in place of the hip-Islingtonites dwelling in today's north London suburb were a population of illiterate peasant farmers. "The maps of this period are brilliant," said Mr Harper. "You can see ...

1936: The first A-Z map of London is published ... Perhaps we can put it down to population growth. The capital's headcount was about to reach its 20th Century peak, having grown from 6.5 million ...