Scotland

Country in United Kingdom

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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 Census 2021-03-21
Scotland	Country	5,180,200	5,083,330	5,064,200	5,299,900	5,479,900
Aberdeen City	Council Area	212,494	214,120	211,910	222,460	227,430	→
Aberdeenshire	Council Area	188,923	215,870	226,940	253,650	262,690	→
Angus	Council Area	105,615	108,400	108,370	116,200	116,120	→
Argyll and Bute	Council Area	90,948	93,520	91,300	88,930	86,220	→
City of Edinburgh	Council Area	445,985	436,320	449,020	477,940	526,470	→
Clackmannanshire	Council Area	48,218	48,100	48,070	51,500	51,540	→
Dumfries and Galloway	Council Area	145,502	147,170	147,780	151,410	148,790	→
Dundee City	Council Area	169,581	155,550	145,460	147,200	147,720	→
East Ayrshire	Council Area	127,363	124,020	120,310	122,690	122,020	→
East Dunbartonshire	Council Area	109,684	110,170	108,250	105,000	108,900	→
East Lothian	Council Area	80,715	84,440	90,180	99,920	109,580	→
East Renfrewshire	Council Area	80,244	85,770	89,410	90,810	96,580	→
Eilean Siar	Council Area	31,548	29,330	26,450	27,690	26,640	→
Falkirk	Council Area	145,146	142,500	145,270	156,250	160,700	→
Fife	Council Area	341,589	347,360	349,770	365,300	374,730	→
Glasgow City	Council Area	712,368	629,220	578,710	593,060	635,130	→
Highland	Council Area	194,903	203,790	208,920	232,730	238,060	→
Inverclyde	Council Area	101,182	91,390	84,150	81,220	76,700	→
Midlothian	Council Area	83,577	79,530	80,950	83,450	94,680	→
Moray	Council Area	83,482	83,990	87,000	93,470	96,410	→
North Ayrshire	Council Area	137,304	138,060	135,820	138,090	134,220	→
North Lanarkshire	Council Area	341,691	326,900	321,180	337,720	341,400	→
Orkney Islands	Council Area	19,182	19,520	19,220	21,420	22,540	→
Perth and Kinross	Council Area	121,859	127,370	134,950	146,850	153,810	→
Renfrewshire	Council Area	185,083	175,690	172,850	174,700	179,940	→
Scottish Borders	Council Area	101,256	103,830	106,950	113,880	116,020	→
Shetland Islands	Council Area	26,347	22,530	21,960	23,240	22,940	→
South Ayrshire	Council Area	113,187	113,120	112,160	112,980	112,450	→
South Lanarkshire	Council Area	309,958	302,530	302,340	313,900	322,630	→
Stirling	Council Area	80,261	80,930	86,200	90,330	93,470	→
West Dunbartonshire	Council Area	105,801	97,250	93,320	90,610	87,790	→
West Lothian	Council Area	139,204	145,040	159,030	175,300	185,580	→
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	56,357,500	57,438,700	59,113,000	63,285,145	66,980,000

Source: UK National Statistics (web).

Explanation: For Scotland, the 2021 figures refer to mid-2021 population estimates.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	2,672,562
Females	2,807,338

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	1,024,981
18-64 years	3,381,058
65+ years	1,073,861

Age Distribution (C 2021)
0-9 years	549,164
10-19 years	588,196
20-29 years	702,696
30-39 years	743,307
40-49 years	670,849
50-59 years	791,201
60-69 years	666,050
70-79 years	494,453
80-89 years	228,663
90+ years	45,321

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