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Scotland

Part of:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Capital:

Edinburgh

Code

 gb-sct

 

Census Results

1811-xx-xx : 1,805,864
1821-xx-xx : 2,091,521
1831-xx-xx : 2,364,386
1841-xx-xx : 2,620,184
1851-xx-xx : 2,888,742
1861-xx-xx : 3,062,294
1871-xx-xx : 3,360,018
1881-xx-xx : 3,735,573
1891-xx-xx : 4,025,647
1901-xx-xx : 4,472,103
1911-xx-xx : 4,760,904
1921-xx-xx : 4,882,497
1931-xx-xx : 4,842,980
1951-04-08 : 5,096,415
1961-04-23 : 5,179,344
1971-04-25 : 5,228,963
1981-04-05 : 5,130,735
1991-04-21 : 5,102,400
2001-04-29 : 5,062,011
2011-03-27 : NaN

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Scotland

Administrative units

code	council area	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1991-06-30 estimate	population 2001-04-29 census	population 2009-06-30 estimate
source: General Register Office for Scotland; Office for National Statistics. source: UK Office for National Statistics. source: area - ONS - for 2009-12-31, Extent of the realm measurements in square kilometers.
00QA	Aberdeen City	Aberdeen	205.61	214,950	212,125	213,810
00QB	Aberdeenshire	Aberdeen	6,338.82	216,460	226,871	243,510
00QC	Angus	Forfar	2,204.24	108,670	108,400	110,250
00QD	Argyll and Bute	Lochgilphead	7,162.98	93,670	91,306	90,040
00QF	Clackmannanshire	Alloa	163.92	48,400	48,077	50,540
00QH	Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries	6,676.04	147,700	147,765	148,510
00QJ	Dundee City	Dundee	62.22	156,240	145,663	143,390
00QK	East Ayrshire	Kilmarnock	1,270.34	124,290	120,235	120,210
00QL	East Dunbartonshire	Kirkintilloch	174.61	110,630	108,243	104,680
00QM	East Lothian	Haddington	700.94	84,920	90,088	96,830
00QN	East Renfrewshire	Giffnock	173.79	86,060	89,311	89,240
00QP	Edinburgh, City of	Edinburgh	273.04	439,480	448,624	477,660
00RJ	Eilean Siar	Stornoway	3,268.54	29,400	26,502	26,180
00QQ	Falkirk	Falkirk	314.93	143,020	145,191	152,480
00QR	Fife	Glenrothes	1,373.92	349,400	349,429	363,460
00QS	Glasgow City	Glasgow	176.43	631,690	577,869	588,470
00QT	Highland	Inverness	26,484.37	204,100	208,914	220,490
00QU	Inverclyde	Greenock	173.56	91,580	84,203	80,210
00QW	Midlothian	Dalkeith	355.28	80,230	80,941	80,810
00QX	Moray	Elgin	2,257.07	84,190	86,940	87,660
00QY	North Ayrshire	Irvine	903.85	139,060	135,817	135,510
00QZ	North Lanarkshire	Motherwell	472.13	328,860	321,067	326,320
00RA	Orkney Islands	Kirkwall	1,086.21	19,560	19,245	19,960
00RB	Perth and Kinross	Perth	5,418.91	127,590	134,949	145,910
00RC	Renfrewshire	Paisley	269.67	176,820	172,867	169,910
00QE	Scottish Borders, The	Newtown Saint Boswells	4,742.65	104,100	106,764	112,680
00RD	Shetland Islands	Lerwick	1,656.59	22,540	21,988	22,210
00RE	South Ayrshire	Ayr	1,234.72	113,550	112,097	111,440
00RF	South Lanarkshire	Hamilton	1,774.05	304,350	302,216	310,930
00RG	Stirling	Stirling	2,254.81	81,480	86,212	88,740
00QG	West Dunbartonshire	Dumbarton	182.78	97,640	93,378	90,920
00RH	West Lothian	Livingston	431.59	146,370	158,714	171,040
	total		80,238.62	5,107,000	5,062,011	5,194,000

Main cities

name	population 2008-06-30 estimate
Glasgow City	581,240
Edinburgh, City of	454,280
Aberdeen City	183,030
Dundee City	141,510
source: UK Office for National Statistics.