UK Urban Population in 1900: City Sizes and Urbanization Trends #237596 (License: Personal Use)

This infographic visualizes the distribution of urban populations across major UK cities in 1900, highlighting London’s massive 4.5 million inhabitants, followed by Birmingham (760,000), Manchester (685,000), and Glasgow and Liverpool (each over 500,000). Adjacent pie charts illustrate the dramatic shift in urbanization, showing that only about 15% of the UK population lived in towns in 1750, rising sharply to 85% by 1900-a testament to industrialization’s impact.

Used in historical, educational, or demographic web pages discussing the Industrial Revolution, urban growth, or UK social history; matches user intent to understand 19th-century urbanization patterns and city-scale comparisons.