Population and Population Distribution

Data for England are aggregative back-projection figures extracted from E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield, The Population History of England, 1541–1871, Cambridge, 1989 edition, pp. 531, 574. Total population of England and Wales (millions)

1524	2.384
1541	2.774
1550	2.970
1569–71	3.255
1599–1601	4.066

English urban population (resident in towns of over 4,000 people)

1520	1700
6%	15%

Total of population living in London

1520	1700
3%	10%