Research and analysis

Future of cities: people in cities - the numbers

Report examining how city population numbers have changed since the 1980s and the likely trends over the next 50 years.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 26 June 2014
• Last updated: 3 September 2015 — See all updates

Documents

People in cities: the numbers (WP3)

Ref: GS/14/802

PDF, 820 KB, 61 pages

People in cities: the numbers (addendum) - what do the latest official sub-national population projections suggest for Great Britain’s 63 cities?

Ref: GS/15/31

PDF, 378 KB, 25 pages

Details

This paper analyses the trends in the size of cities and their age structures at the national, regional and city level. It examines how useful past trends are for predicting the future of cities to 2040 and 2064, and how well such predictions could cope with uncertainties and unknowns.

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This working paper was commissioned as part of the Foresight future of cities project.

Published 26 June 2014
Last updated 3 September 2015 + show all updates

1. 3 September 2015

   Added addendum with latest figures.

2. 26 June 2014

   First published.