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Originally Posted by Minato Ku
With these calculus Paris metro has 16 million inhabitants. 
11.1 million inhabitants is for Ile de France region in 1999 (Now over 11.5 million) but Paris metro is not exactly the same than Ile de France, Paris metropolitan area has 12 million inhabitants. 
6.7 million inhabitants is the city core of the urban area. |
The South East England and the home counties are amongst the most densely populated areas in Europe, and Paris may be designed differently to London, but that does not make it any bigger.
As for New York it uses a massive metro area to calculate many of it's population figures and if London and Paris were to use a similar area, I dare say they would be massive metro populations.
in terms of London's metro, it's usuall referered to as the commuter belt, and includes the home counties and parts of the South East, and is around 15/16 million today.
Over a third of the population of England live in and around the London region.