According to the 2011 census 56,075,912 people live in England and Wales. Drawing inspiration from Brandon Martin-Anderson's US census dotmap, we've represented each person in England and Wales with a dot in the map below. The result gives a beautiful picture of population density across the country.

Explore some large cities: London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Cardiff. Or search by postcode or address.

Zoom in to the highest level to see the individual dots

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