"Figure 5 Population by region, 1981 - 2011, Wales, English regions","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Millions" "","" "","1981","1991","2001","2011" "North East","2.6","2.6","2.5","2.6" "North West","6.8","6.8","6.8","7.1" "Yorkshire and the Humber","4.8","4.9","5.0","5.3" "East Midlands","3.8","4.0","4.2","4.5" "West Midlands","5.1","5.2","5.3","5.6" "East of England","4.8","5.1","5.4","5.8" "London","6.6","6.8","7.3","8.2" "South East","7.0","7.6","8.0","8.6" "South West","4.3","4.7","4.9","5.3" "Wales","2.7","2.9","2.9","3.1"