Edinburgh
130 km²
Leeds
321 km²
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Leeds covers 321 km² of contiguous built-up land, 2.5× the built-up area of Edinburgh (130 km²).
| Edinburgh | Leeds | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Edinburgh | Leeds |
| Population (2025) | 530,165 | 1.05 million |
| Built-up area | 130 km² | 321 km² |
| Density | 4,078 /km² | 3,283 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.