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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 Census (C) 2022-03-20	Population Estimate (E) 2024-06-30
Aberdeen City	ADC	CcA	Aberdeen	186	204,885	212,125	222,793	224,021	231,780	18600	→
Aberdeenshire	ADS	CcA	Aberdeen	6,313	215,387	226,871	252,973	263,723	265,080	631300	→
Angus	AGS	CcA	Forfar	2,182	107,866	108,400	115,978	114,342	114,810	218200	→
Argyll and Bute	ARG	CcA	Lochgilphead	6,909	92,025	91,306	88,166	85,970	87,690	690900	→
City of Edinburgh	CEB	CcA	Edinburgh	264	418,748	448,624	476,626	514,543	530,680	26400	→
Clackmannanshire	CMS	CcA	Alloa	159	47,679	48,077	51,442	51,778	52,110	15900	→
Dumfries and Galloway	DUM	CcA	Dumfries	6,426	147,805	147,765	151,324	145,895	145,860	642600	→
Dundee City	DDC	CcA	Dundee	60	149,751	145,663	147,268	148,697	149,880	6000	→
East Ayrshire	EAY	CcA	Kilmarnock	1,262	122,455	120,235	122,767	120,324	121,480	126200	→
East Dunbartonshire	EDB	CcA	Kirkintilloch	175	109,400	108,243	105,026	108,937	109,970	17500	→
East Lothian	ELT	CcA	Haddington	679	84,114	90,088	99,717	112,284	115,180	67900	→
East Renfrewshire	ERF	CcA	Giffnock	174	85,344	89,311	90,574	96,817	99,830	17400	→
Falkirk	FAL	CcA	Falkirk	297	141,145	145,191	155,990	158,404	160,020	29700	→
Fife	FIF	CcA	Glenrothes	1,325	341,199	349,429	365,198	371,781	374,760	132500	→
Glasgow City	GLC	CcA	Glasgow	175	606,651	577,869	593,245	620,756	650,300	17500	→
Highland	HIG	CcA	Inverness	25,659	204,004	208,914	232,132	235,351	237,290	2565900	→
Inverclyde	INV	CcA	Greenock	160	90,103	84,203	81,485	78,426	78,880	16000	→
Midlothian	MLT	CcA	Dalkeith	354	79,011	80,941	83,187	96,527	99,880	35400	→
Moray	MOR	CcA	Elgin	2,238	83,616	86,940	93,295	93,293	95,010	223800	→
Na h-Eileanan Siar [Outer Hebrides]	EIS	CcA	Steòrnabhagh	3,071	29,600	26,502	27,684	26,140	26,020	307100	→
North Ayrshire	NAY	CcA	Irvine	885	136,875	135,817	138,146	133,413	134,010	88500	→
North Lanarkshire	NLN	CcA	Motherwell	470	323,826	321,067	337,727	340,973	344,540	47000	→
Orkney Islands	ORK	CcA	Kirkwall	990	19,612	19,245	21,349	21,958	22,020	99000	→
Perth and Kinross	PER	CcA	Perth	5,286	126,231	134,949	146,652	150,953	154,420	528600	→
Renfrewshire	REN	CcA	Paisley	261	173,212	172,867	174,908	183,874	189,170	26100	→
Scottish Borders	SBO	CcA	Newtown St Boswells	4,732	103,881	106,764	113,870	116,821	116,980	473200	→
Shetland Islands	SHE	CcA	Lerwick	1,466	22,522	21,988	23,167	22,986	23,190	146600	→
South Ayrshire	SAY	CcA	Ayr	1,222	112,658	112,097	112,799	111,519	112,260	122200	→
South Lanarkshire	SLN	CcA	Hamilton	1,772	300,152	302,216	313,830	327,056	334,030	177200	→
Stirling	STI	CcA	Stirling	2,187	78,833	86,212	90,247	92,604	94,210	218700	→
West Dunbartonshire	WDB	CcA	Dumbarton	159	96,005	93,378	90,720	88,399	89,120	15900	→
West Lothian	WLT	CcA	Livingston	427	143,972	158,714	175,118	181,278	186,440	42700	→
Scotland	SCO	Cntry	Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,403	5,439,842	5,546,900	7792500	→
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	67,596,000	69,281,437		→

National Records of Scotland.

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 Census (C) 2022-03-20	Population Estimate (E) 2024-06-30	Area
Aberdeen	ADC	182,133	185,560	195,453	192,956	198,800	6270	→
Airdrie	NLN	36,842	36,330	37,132	35,846	35,650	1065	→
Alloa	CMS	...	12,930	14,132	14,705	14,780	597	→
Arbroath	AGS	23,680	23,270	24,393	23,481	23,750	910	→
Ayr	SAY	47,962	46,080	46,339	46,182	46,450	1931	→
Barrhead	ERF	16,753	17,560	17,443	17,586	18,460	600	→
Bathgate	WLT	14,052	15,450	20,514	22,222	22,100	938	→
Bearsden	EDB	27,707	27,670	27,237	28,486	28,550	964	→
Bellshill	NLN	21,624	20,910	20,774	19,500	19,400	574	→
Bishopbriggs	EDB	23,825	23,430	22,870	23,753	24,000	723	→
Blantyre	SLN	18,584	17,210	17,240	16,538	16,780	530	→
Bo'ness	FAL	14,397	14,250	15,098	14,885	15,000	687	→
Bonnyrigg	MLT	13,534	14,540	15,971	18,094	18,360	520	→
Broxburn	WLT	11,626	13,110	15,375	15,418	15,360	546	→
Cambuslang	SLN	...	21,960	27,185	33,252	34,750	1121	→
Clydebank	WDB	...	27,750	26,744	26,221	26,800	903	→
Coatbridge	NLN	43,617	40,950	43,841	42,264	42,600	1326	→
Cumbernauld	NLN	49,507	51,670	51,839	50,498	50,500	2306	→
Dalkeith	MLT	...	11,100	11,823	15,146	15,480	461	→
Dumbarton	WDB	21,797	20,870	20,035	21,036	21,200	745	→
Dumfries	DUM	31,936	31,560	33,009	33,676	33,650	1401	→
Dundee	DDC	...	145,560	147,389	147,345	148,100	4785	→
Dunfermline	FIF	39,068	41,580	49,776	56,027	57,000	2075	→
East Kilbride	SLN	70,579	73,990	74,396	76,607	78,200	2538	→
Edinburgh	CEB	400,632	431,230	459,633	493,736	508,500	12378	→
Elgin	MOR	19,338	21,160	23,128	24,640	25,300	1006	→
Erskine	REN	13,102	15,810	15,955	14,880	14,920	649	→
Falkirk	FAL	31,399	32,390	35,398	34,627	35,200	1550	→
Forfar	AGS	12,832	13,410	14,048	13,801	13,820	592	→
Giffnock	ERF	...	12,250	12,156	11,964	12,040	386	→
Glasgow	GLC	...	575,180	590,578	617,794	646,700	14847	→
Glenrothes	FIF	38,320	39,300	39,277	37,468	37,800	2116	→
Grangemouth	FAL	18,528	17,580	17,373	16,016	16,080	1208	→
Greenock	INV	49,267	46,020	44,075	42,866	43,500	1251	→
Haddington	ELT	8,844	9,010	9,129	11,354	11,840	368	→
Hamilton	SLN	49,988	48,970	53,284	55,157	56,800	1929	→
Inverness	HIG	40,918	41,170	46,536	48,248	49,450	2414	→
Inverurie	ADS	9,567	11,200	12,654	15,106	15,380	747	→
Irvine	NAY	33,406	34,260	34,102	33,998	34,250	1944	→
Johnstone	REN	18,280	16,760	16,824	16,491	16,540	480	→
Kilmarnock	EAY	44,207	44,290	46,159	47,064	47,500	1637	→
Kilwinning	NAY	15,317	16,020	16,599	16,211	16,240	630	→
Kirkcaldy	FIF	47,274	47,380	49,709	51,117	51,900	1998	→
Kirkintilloch	EDB	20,624	20,530	19,689	22,037	22,750	686	→
Kirkwall	ORK	6,095	6,700	7,193	7,390	7,430	447	→
Larkhall	SLN	15,573	15,540	15,019	15,308	15,560	649	→
Lerwick	SHE	7,336	6,910	6,958	6,709	6,800	534	→
Livingston	WLT	42,178	52,000	56,323	55,836	57,200	2836	→
Lochgilphead	ARG	2,421	2,300	2,392	2,488	2,390	212	→
Motherwell	NLN	30,769	30,320	31,906	33,031	33,400	1071	→
Musselburgh	ELT	20,261	19,990	19,475	21,479	21,600	649	→
Newton Mearns	ERF	19,342	23,190	24,372	28,456	29,650	966	→
Newtown St Boswells	SBO	1,108	1,240	1,279	1,662	1,660	146	→
Paisley	REN	73,925	75,500	76,834	79,369	81,800	2625	→
Penicuik	MLT	15,661	16,170	15,926	16,409	16,980	530	→
Perth	PER	41,724	43,960	47,268	47,893	49,250	1948	→
Peterhead	ADS	18,413	18,100	18,639	19,791	20,150	867	→
Port Glasgow	INV	...	16,730	15,414	14,288	14,500	489	→
Prestwick	SAY	13,449	15,680	15,411	14,570	14,480	622	→
Renfrew	REN	20,764	20,530	21,854	23,809	24,600	703	→
Rutherglen	SLN	...	33,100	31,401	31,195	31,300	832	→
St Andrews	FIF	11,136	14,340	16,870	16,460	16,200	506	→
Steòrnabhagh (Stornoway)	EIS	5,975	5,330	5,218	4,578	4,540	398	→
Stirling	STI	29,768	33,520	36,142	38,587	39,000	1773	→
Troon	SAY	14,094	15,030	14,752	15,261	15,320	640	→
Viewpark	NLN	15,044	15,840	16,163	15,831	15,940	666	→
Wishaw	NLN	29,574	28,690	30,391	30,211	30,350	883	→

Localities according to their definition of 2022. 2001 and 2011 figures are calculated by »City Population« using the population of output areas. 2024 figures calculated by using the 2024 preliminary estimates for data zones.
National Records of Scotland.