Grumpy, thanks for this little list.
I've found though funny figures which put things in perspective.
- If London would be 105 km² (size of Paris), it would have a population of 1,233,200 inhabitants.
- If Paris would be 1,579 km² (size of London), it would have a population of 9,237,900 inhabitants.
These figures are not estimates. Actually, they simply represent the populations of respectively the central 105 km² of the London urban area and the central 1,579 km² of the Paris urban area.
By the way, I thought the status of the "Bruxelles-Capitale" region was very similar to the one of the Greater London. Why Bruxelles-Capitale doesn't appear in the list ??
As far as I know, Brussels capital represent more than 1 million people over 164 km².
I would like to know why on this table Brussels is only considered as the small "City of Brussels" (and not as Brussels capital), while London is considered as the large "Greater London" (and not the City of London). As far as I know, their status are similar.