Scotland

Country in United Kingdom

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The population development in Scotland as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

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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 2020-06-30
Scotland	Country	5,180,200	5,083,330	5,064,200	5,299,900	5,466,000
Aberdeen City	Council Area	212,494	214,120	211,910	222,460	229,060	→
Aberdeenshire	Council Area	188,923	215,870	226,940	253,650	260,780	→
Angus	Council Area	105,615	108,400	108,370	116,200	115,820	→
Argyll and Bute	Council Area	90,948	93,520	91,300	88,930	85,430	→
City of Edinburgh	Council Area	445,985	436,320	449,020	477,940	527,620	→
Clackmannanshire	Council Area	48,218	48,100	48,070	51,500	51,290	→
Dumfries and Galloway	Council Area	145,502	147,170	147,780	151,410	148,290	→
Dundee City	Council Area	169,581	155,550	145,460	147,200	148,820	→
East Ayrshire	Council Area	127,363	124,020	120,310	122,690	121,600	→
East Dunbartonshire	Council Area	109,684	110,170	108,250	105,000	108,750	→
East Lothian	Council Area	80,715	84,440	90,180	99,920	107,900	→
East Renfrewshire	Council Area	80,244	85,770	89,410	90,810	96,060	→
Eilean Siar	Council Area	31,548	29,330	26,450	27,690	26,500	→
Falkirk	Council Area	145,146	142,500	145,270	156,250	160,560	→
Fife	Council Area	341,589	347,360	349,770	365,300	374,130	→
Glasgow City	Council Area	712,368	629,220	578,710	593,060	635,640	→
Highland	Council Area	194,903	203,790	208,920	232,730	235,430	→
Inverclyde	Council Area	101,182	91,390	84,150	81,220	77,060	→
Midlothian	Council Area	83,577	79,530	80,950	83,450	93,150	→
Moray	Council Area	83,482	83,990	87,000	93,470	95,710	→
North Ayrshire	Council Area	137,304	138,060	135,820	138,090	134,250	→
North Lanarkshire	Council Area	341,691	326,900	321,180	337,720	341,140	→
Orkney Islands	Council Area	19,182	19,520	19,220	21,420	22,400	→
Perth and Kinross	Council Area	121,859	127,370	134,950	146,850	151,910	→
Renfrewshire	Council Area	185,083	175,690	172,850	174,700	179,390	→
Scottish Borders	Council Area	101,256	103,830	106,950	113,880	115,240	→
Shetland Islands	Council Area	26,347	22,530	21,960	23,240	22,870	→
South Ayrshire	Council Area	113,187	113,120	112,160	112,980	112,140	→
South Lanarkshire	Council Area	309,958	302,530	302,340	313,900	320,820	→
Stirling	Council Area	80,261	80,930	86,200	90,330	94,080	→
West Dunbartonshire	Council Area	105,801	97,250	93,320	90,610	88,340	→
West Lothian	Council Area	139,204	145,040	159,030	175,300	183,820	→
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	56,357,500	57,438,700	59,113,000	63,285,145	67,081,234

Source: UK National Statistics (web).

Explanation: 2021 boundaries.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2020)
Males	2,665,212
Females	2,800,788

Age Groups (E 2020)
0-17 years	1,026,922
18-64 years	3,382,998
65+ years	1,056,080

Age Distribution (E 2020)
0-9 years	561,709
10-19 years	580,201
20-29 years	718,959
30-39 years	729,735
40-49 years	674,290
50-59 years	792,457
60-69 years	653,002
70-79 years	484,040
80-89 years	227,858
90+ years	43,749

Passport (C 2011)
UK	5,061,341
other passport	234,062

Country of Birth (C 2011)
UK	4,925,406
EU (other)	160,237
Other country	209,760

Ethnic Group (C 2011)
White	5,084,407
Asian	140,678
Mixed/multiple	19,815
Other ethnic group	50,503

Religion (C 2011)
Christian	2,850,199
Muslim	76,737
Other religion	59,312
No religion	1,941,116

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