ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · UNITED KINGDOM
Capital of United Kingdom
The capital of United Kingdom is London. The largest, London, has around 8,799,728 residents in the city proper — a giant capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALLondon
POPULATION8,799,728
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
London8,799,728 people
In context
Where Londonsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10MLondon is here
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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