One thing that always amazes me in these kinds of "historical population" videos is that they never seem to show any significant drop in population for the years 1346 to 1351. These were the main years of the Black Death which decimated the population of Europe and Asia, including England.
That's because they're usually complete bollocks. The person making the video has a few data points which they just plot at the start and end, and everything in between is interpolated automatically, so it ends up showing a smooth progression through the black death as if nothing happened.
Liverpool and Manchester plus the South Lancashire megalopolis was about 6 million. England’s other cities have been kept artificially small to keep London dominant.
this is interesting, but it would be nice to also somehow see the overall population of england and the percent living in urban areas. it wouldn't need to be charted, just showing the number would be fine.
These are just the political "city" boundaries and don't show their metro area which can be quite misleading regarding their size as their metro area can be much bigger.
The Largest City in England are in this order London Birmingham Leeds Sheffield Manchester not greater Manchester Liverpool Bradford Bristol This Video is way off 🤣🤣
@@steveharrison7328 Not likely. Manchester existed for hundreds of years before Liverpool even appears in the historical record. Liverpool isn't even old enough to appear in the Domesday Book.
One thing that always amazes me in these kinds of "historical population" videos is that they never seem to show any significant drop in population for the years 1346 to 1351. These were the main years of the Black Death which decimated the population of Europe and Asia, including England.
That's because they're usually complete bollocks. The person making the video has a few data points which they just plot at the start and end, and everything in between is interpolated automatically, so it ends up showing a smooth progression through the black death as if nothing happened.
People fled to the cities in massive numbers to escape the plague with caused the cities growth rate to outnumber it's death rate by a lot.
Liverpool and Manchester plus the South Lancashire megalopolis was about 6 million. England’s other cities have been kept artificially small to keep London dominant.
There is a difference between "City Proper" and a County like Greater Manchester or Merseyside
These figures are pretty accurate for "City Proper"
this is interesting, but it would be nice to also somehow see the overall population of england and the percent living in urban areas. it wouldn't need to be charted, just showing the number would be fine.
It is very difficult to collect so much data, I will take it into account, maybe in the future I will be able to publish such a video
And only a third of London is british
What would these Top 10 Largest English cities population in the year 3000?
The UK will change its name to Greater London and the population will be about 7 trillion
Big change in the data in the mid to late 1300s
Coventry and wolverhamtpon had about equal population and growth for over a hundred years, that is impressive.
Only for their neighbour Birmingham to smash them down from the industrial revolution onwards.
that's the west midlands for ya
I'm from Wolverhampton
Today Dunwich only has a population of less than 200.
that's because a large amount of the area the town lied on has been eroded away.
Thetford is not a city it’s a town
If you are going to be pedantic neither was Dunwich and Ipswich isn’t either
Neither is Reading
Data source?
different, I can't write them all
These are just the political "city" boundaries and don't show their metro area which can be quite misleading regarding their size as their metro area can be much bigger.
You’re from the city you pay your council tax to, post codes don’t make you part of a city
Surprise that Middlesbrough‘s population barely changes
Make it of spain
The Largest City in England are in this order
London
Birmingham
Leeds
Sheffield
Manchester not greater Manchester
Liverpool
Bradford
Bristol
This Video is way off 🤣🤣
Under the Liverpool postcode it’s actually 900k. Under Merseyside it’s 1.5m and under the Liverpool city region and metro area it’s 2m+
your way off! Liverpool has always been bigger than manchester
@@steveharrison7328 Not likely. Manchester existed for hundreds of years before Liverpool even appears in the historical record. Liverpool isn't even old enough to appear in the Domesday Book.
Leicester population is bigger then Bradford.
@@danieltagg88 They mean just the Cities, postcodes can mean for the surrounding area to.
Just look at the massive increases in the figures over the last 20 years caused by immigration.
Where?