Scotland

Country in United Kingdom

Contents: Subdivision

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1981-06-30	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Estimate 2021-06-30	Population Estimate 2023-06-30
Scotland	Country	5,180,200	5,083,330	5,064,200	5,299,900	5,418,400	5,490,100
Aberdeen City	Council Area	212,494	214,120	211,910	222,460	221,240	227,750	→
Aberdeenshire	Council Area	188,923	215,870	226,940	253,650	263,060	264,320	→
Angus	Council Area	105,615	108,400	108,370	116,200	114,960	114,820	→
Argyll and Bute	Council Area	90,948	93,520	91,300	88,930	87,990	87,810	→
City of Edinburgh	Council Area	445,985	436,320	449,020	477,940	507,460	523,250	→
Clackmannanshire	Council Area	48,218	48,100	48,070	51,500	51,640	51,940	→
Dumfries and Galloway	Council Area	145,502	147,170	147,780	151,410	146,330	145,670	→
Dundee City	Council Area	169,581	155,550	145,460	147,200	146,930	150,390	→
East Ayrshire	Council Area	127,363	124,020	120,310	122,690	120,520	120,750	→
East Dunbartonshire	Council Area	109,684	110,170	108,250	105,000	108,980	109,230	→
East Lothian	Council Area	80,715	84,440	90,180	99,920	111,350	113,740	→
East Renfrewshire	Council Area	80,244	85,770	89,410	90,810	96,290	98,600	→
Falkirk	Council Area	145,146	142,500	145,270	156,250	158,880	158,620	→
Fife	Council Area	341,589	347,360	349,770	365,300	370,980	373,210	→
Glasgow City	Council Area	712,368	629,220	578,710	593,060	612,650	631,970	→
Highland	Council Area	194,903	203,790	208,920	232,730	235,860	236,330	→
Inverclyde	Council Area	101,182	91,390	84,150	81,220	78,430	78,330	→
Midlothian	Council Area	83,577	79,530	80,950	83,450	95,690	98,260	→
Moray	Council Area	83,482	83,990	87,000	93,470	94,260	94,670	→
Na h-Eileanan Siar [Outer Hebrides]	Council Area	31,548	29,330	26,450	27,690	26,170	26,030	→
North Ayrshire	Council Area	137,304	138,060	135,820	138,090	133,910	133,570	→
North Lanarkshire	Council Area	341,691	326,900	321,180	337,720	341,410	341,890	→
Orkney Islands	Council Area	19,182	19,520	19,220	21,420	22,010	22,000	→
Perth and Kinross	Council Area	121,859	127,370	134,950	146,850	150,780	152,560	→
Renfrewshire	Council Area	185,083	175,690	172,850	174,700	182,560	186,540	→
Scottish Borders	Council Area	101,256	103,830	106,950	113,880	117,070	116,630	→
Shetland Islands	Council Area	26,347	22,530	21,960	23,240	22,940	23,000	→
South Ayrshire	Council Area	113,187	113,120	112,160	112,980	111,580	111,830	→
South Lanarkshire	Council Area	309,958	302,530	302,340	313,900	325,500	330,280	→
Stirling	Council Area	80,261	80,930	86,200	90,330	91,550	93,550	→
West Dunbartonshire	Council Area	105,801	97,250	93,320	90,610	88,560	88,750	→
West Lothian	Council Area	139,204	145,040	159,030	175,300	180,860	183,810	→
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	56,357,500	57,438,700	59,113,000	63,285,145	66,983,488	68,265,209

Source: UK National Statistics.

Explanation: For the local government districts of Northern Ireland, 2023 estimates are not yet available.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2023)
Males	2,668,951
Females	2,821,149

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-17 years	1,013,530
18-64 years	3,360,209
65+ years	1,116,361

Age Distribution (E 2023)
90+ years	45,547
80-89 years	233,342
70-79 years	512,152
60-69 years	706,151
50-59 years	783,721
40-49 years	666,581
30-39 years	718,109
20-29 years	690,464
10-19 years	606,067
0-9 years	527,966

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