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Living Person

London
is

As of April 12, 2026

2 years old
approximately!

Date of Birth

(2024 ) is

Dragon
Year

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Moon

approx. 31.6 years old

Mercury

approx. 9.8 years old

Venus

approx. 3.8 years old

Mars

approx. 1.3 years old

Jupiter

approx. 0.2 years old

Saturn

approx. 0.1 years old

* Calculated based on each planet's orbital period.

London
Capital city
River Thames and Tower Bridge with The Shard and Southwark (left), and Tower of London and City of London (right) London Eye Westminster Abbey St Paul's Cathedral Piccadilly Circus Canary Wharf Palace of Westminster with Big Ben (right)
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Coordinates: 51°30′26″N 0°7′39″W / 51.50722°N 0.12750°W / 51.50722; -0.12750
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	London
Ceremonial counties	Greater London City of London
Settled by Romans	AD 47; 1979 years ago (47), as Londinium
Administrative HQ	City Hall, Newham
Local government	32 London boroughs, the City of London and Queen's Park parish
Government
• Type	Executive mayoralty and deliberative assembly
• Body	Greater London Authority
• Mayor	Sadiq Khan (L)
• London Assembly	14 constituencies
• UK Parliament	74 constituencies
Area
• Total	607 sq mi (1,572 km)
• Urban	671 sq mi (1,738 km)
• Metro	3,236 sq mi (8,382 km)
Population (2024)
• Total	9,089,736
• Rank	1st in the UK 3rd in Europe
• Density	14,980/sq mi (5,782/km)
• Urban (2011)	9,787,428
• Metro (2025)	15,100,000
Demonyms	Londoner
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 53.8% White 20.7% Asian 13.5% Black 6.3% other 5.7% Mixed
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 40.7% Christianity 27.1% no religion 15.0% Islam 5.1% Hinduism 1.7% Judaism 1.6% Sikhism 0.9% Buddhism 1.0% other 7.0% not stated
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (BST)
Postcode areas	22 areas E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W, WC, BR, CM, CR, DA, EN, HA, IG, KT, RM, SM,UB, WD, TN, TW
Dialling codes	020 01689 01708 01895
GSS code	E12000007 (region) E61000001 (GLA)
GeoTLD	.london
Website	london.gov.uk

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