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Council Areas

The population of the council areas of Scotland according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Estimate (E) 2021-06-30
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,980,000		→
Aberdeen City	ADC	CcA	Aberdeen	186	204,885	212,125	222,793	227,430	18600	→
Aberdeenshire	ADS	CcA	Aberdeen	6,313	215,387	226,871	252,973	262,690	631300	→
Angus	AGS	CcA	Forfar	2,182	107,866	108,400	115,978	116,120	218200	→
Argyll and Bute	ARG	CcA	Lochgilphead	6,909	92,025	91,306	88,166	86,220	690900	→
City of Edinburgh	CEB	CcA	Edinburgh	264	418,748	448,624	476,626	526,470	26400	→
Clackmannanshire	CMS	CcA	Alloa	159	47,679	48,077	51,442	51,540	15900	→
Dumfries and Galloway	DUM	CcA	Dumfries	6,426	147,805	147,765	151,324	148,790	642600	→
Dundee City	DDC	CcA	Dundee	60	149,751	145,663	147,268	147,720	6000	→
East Ayrshire	EAY	CcA	Kilmarnock	1,262	122,455	120,235	122,767	122,020	126200	→
East Dunbartonshire	EDB	CcA	Kirkintilloch	175	109,400	108,243	105,026	108,900	17500	→
East Lothian	ELT	CcA	Haddington	679	84,114	90,088	99,717	109,580	67900	→
East Renfrewshire	ERF	CcA	Giffnock	174	85,344	89,311	90,574	96,580	17400	→
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	EIS	CcA	Steòrnabhagh	3,071	29,600	26,502	27,684	26,640	307100	→
Falkirk	FAL	CcA	Falkirk	297	141,145	145,191	155,990	160,700	29700	→
Fife	FIF	CcA	Glenrothes	1,325	341,199	349,429	365,198	374,730	132500	→
Glasgow City	GLC	CcA	Glasgow	175	606,651	577,869	593,245	635,130	17500	→
Highland	HIG	CcA	Inverness	25,659	204,004	208,914	232,132	238,060	2565900	→
Inverclyde	INV	CcA	Greenock	160	90,103	84,203	81,485	76,700	16000	→
Midlothian	MLT	CcA	Dalkeith	354	79,011	80,941	83,187	94,680	35400	→
Moray	MOR	CcA	Elgin	2,238	83,616	86,940	93,295	96,410	223800	→
North Ayrshire	NAY	CcA	Irvine	885	136,875	135,817	138,146	134,220	88500	→
North Lanarkshire	NLN	CcA	Motherwell	470	323,826	321,067	337,727	341,400	47000	→
Orkney Islands	ORK	CcA	Kirkwall	990	19,612	19,245	21,349	22,540	99000	→
Perth and Kinross	PER	CcA	Perth	5,286	126,231	134,949	146,652	153,810	528600	→
Renfrewshire	REN	CcA	Paisley	261	173,212	172,867	174,908	179,940	26100	→
Scottish Borders	SBO	CcA	Newtown St Boswells	4,732	103,881	106,764	113,870	116,020	473200	→
Shetland Islands	SHE	CcA	Lerwick	1,466	22,522	21,988	23,167	22,940	146600	→
South Ayrshire	SAY	CcA	Ayr	1,222	112,658	112,097	112,799	112,450	122200	→
South Lanarkshire	SLN	CcA	Hamilton	1,772	300,152	302,216	313,830	322,630	177200	→
Stirling	STI	CcA	Stirling	2,187	78,833	86,212	90,247	93,470	218700	→
West Dunbartonshire	WDB	CcA	Dumbarton	159	96,005	93,378	90,720	87,790	15900	→
West Lothian	WLT	CcA	Livingston	427	143,972	158,714	175,118	185,580	42700	→
Scotland	SCO	Cntry	Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,403	5,479,900	7792500	→

National Records of Scotland (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2021-06-30
1	Glasgow	GLC	631,690
2	Edinburgh	CEB	505,310
3	Aberdeen	ADC	196,220
4	Dundee	DDC	146,840
5	Paisley	REN	76,990
6	East Kilbride	SLN	75,350
7	Livingston	WLT	57,360
8	Dunfermline	FIF	55,480
9	Hamilton	SLN	54,640
10	Kirkcaldy	FIF	50,340
11	Cumbernauld	NLN	50,340

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Scottish cities and towns ("localities") with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest estimates.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Estimate (E) 2021-06-30	Area
Aberdeen	ADC	182,133	185,560	195,453	196,220	6073	→
Airdrie	NLN	36,842	36,130	36,982	36,170	1006	→
Alloa	CMS	...	12,930	14,132	14,290	587	→
Arbroath	AGS	23,680	22,850	23,963	23,500	818	→
Ayr	SAY	47,962	46,080	46,339	46,100	1815	→
Barrhead	ERF	16,753	17,560	17,443	18,090	572	→
Bathgate	WLT	...	15,450	20,514	23,530	885	→
Bearsden	EDB	27,707	27,670	27,237	28,500	919	→
Bellshill	NLN	21,624	20,910	20,774	19,530	559	→
Bishopbriggs	EDB	23,825	23,430	22,870	23,550	655	→
Blantyre	SLN	18,584	17,210	17,240	16,790	523	→
Bo'ness	FAL	...	14,170	15,009	14,980	570	→
Bonnyrigg	MLT	13,534	14,540	15,971	18,460	447	→
Broxburn	WLT	11,626	13,110	15,375	15,970	532	→
Cambuslang	SLN	...	21,960	27,185	31,010	1116	→
Clydebank	WDB	...	27,750	26,744	25,230	876	→
Coatbridge	NLN	43,617	40,950	43,841	43,720	1177	→
Cumbernauld	NLN	49,507	51,670	51,839	50,340	2174	→
Dumbarton	WDB	21,797	20,870	20,035	20,520	748	→
Dumfries	DUM	31,936	31,340	32,841	33,440	1314	→
Dundee	DDC	...	145,560	147,389	146,840	4649	→
Dunfermline	FIF	39,068	41,580	49,776	55,480	1985	→
East Kilbride	SLN	70,579	73,990	74,396	75,350	2467	→
Edinburgh	CEB	400,632	431,230	459,633	505,310	11881	→
Elgin	MOR	19,338	21,160	23,128	24,930	986	→
Erskine	REN	13,102	15,810	15,955	14,880	637	→
Falkirk	FAL	31,399	32,390	35,398	35,650	1386	→
Forfar	AGS	12,832	13,410	14,048	13,950	496	→
Giffnock	ERF	...	12,250	12,156	12,210	386	→
Glasgow	GLC	...	574,900	590,510	631,690	14737	→
Glenrothes	FIF	38,320	39,300	39,277	38,250	2055	→
Grangemouth	FAL	18,528	17,580	17,373	15,990	1208	→
Greenock	INV	49,267	46,020	44,075	41,000	1244	→
Haddington	ELT	8,844	9,010	9,129	10,500	360	→
Hamilton	SLN	49,988	48,970	53,284	54,640	1813	→
Inverness	HIG	40,918	41,220	46,664	47,820	2433	→
Inverurie	ADS	9,567	11,200	12,654	14,800	670	→
Irvine	NAY	33,406	34,260	34,102	33,910	1918	→
Johnstone	REN	18,280	16,760	16,824	15,910	473	→
Kilmarnock	EAY	44,207	44,390	46,222	47,040	1573	→
Kilwinning	NAY	15,317	16,020	16,599	15,950	520	→
Kirkcaldy	FIF	47,274	47,380	49,709	50,340	1914	→
Kirkintilloch	EDB	20,624	20,530	19,689	22,030	648	→
Kirkwall	ORK	6,095	6,700	7,193	7,450	429	→
Larkhall	SLN	15,573	15,540	15,019	15,100	568	→
Lerwick	SHE	7,336	6,910	6,958	6,780	511	→
Livingston	WLT	42,178	52,000	56,323	57,360	2748	→
Lochgilphead	ARG	2,421	2,300	2,392	2,240	191	→
Motherwell	NLN	30,769	30,320	31,906	32,720	1061	→
Musselburgh	ELT	20,261	19,990	19,475	20,710	600	→
Newton Mearns	ERF	19,342	23,190	24,372	28,470	972	→
Newtown St Boswells	SBO	1,108	1,240	1,279	1,460	111	→
Paisley	REN	73,925	75,500	76,834	76,990	2654	→
Penicuik	MLT	15,661	16,170	15,926	16,510	429	→
Perth	PER	41,724	43,690	46,970	47,220	1752	→
Peterhead	ADS	18,413	18,050	18,537	19,110	819	→
Port Glasgow	INV	...	16,730	15,414	14,080	478	→
Prestwick	SAY	13,449	15,680	15,411	14,900	618	→
Renfrew	REN	20,764	20,530	21,854	24,290	701	→
Rutherglen	SLN	...	33,100	31,401	30,750	832	→
St Andrews	FIF	11,136	14,340	16,870	16,930	493	→
Steòrnabhagh (Stornoway)	EIS	5,975	5,330	5,218	4,800	382	→
Stirling	STI	29,768	33,520	36,142	36,970	1634	→
Troon	SAY	14,094	15,030	14,752	15,010	629	→
Viewpark	NLN	15,044	15,840	16,163	15,860	615	→
Wishaw	NLN	29,574	28,690	30,391	30,000	799	→

Localities according to their definition of 2020. 2001, 2011 and 2021 figures are calculated by »City Population« using the population of output areas or data zones.
National Records of Scotland (web).