United Kingdom: Scotland
Council Areas
The population of all council areas in Scotland.
| Name | Status | Population Census 2001-04-29 | Population Census 2011-03-27 | Population Estimate 2016-06-30 | Population Estimate 2019-06-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | Council Area | 212,125 | 222,793 | 229,840 | 228,670 | → |
| Aberdeenshire | Council Area | 226,871 | 252,973 | 262,190 | 261,210 | → |
| Angus | Council Area | 108,400 | 115,978 | 116,520 | 116,200 | → |
| Argyll and Bute | Council Area | 91,306 | 88,166 | 87,130 | 85,870 | → |
| City of Edinburgh | Council Area | 448,624 | 476,626 | 507,170 | 524,930 | → |
| Clackmannanshire | Council Area | 48,077 | 51,442 | 51,350 | 51,540 | → |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Council Area | 147,765 | 151,324 | 149,520 | 148,860 | → |
| Dundee City | Council Area | 145,663 | 147,268 | 148,270 | 149,320 | → |
| East Ayrshire | Council Area | 120,235 | 122,767 | 122,200 | 122,010 | → |
| East Dunbartonshire | Council Area | 108,243 | 105,026 | 107,540 | 108,640 | → |
| East Lothian | Council Area | 90,088 | 99,717 | 104,090 | 107,090 | → |
| East Renfrewshire | Council Area | 89,311 | 90,574 | 93,810 | 95,530 | → |
| Eilean Siar (Outer Hebrides, Western Isles) | Council Area | 26,502 | 27,684 | 26,900 | 26,720 | → |
| Falkirk | Council Area | 145,191 | 155,990 | 159,380 | 160,890 | → |
| Fife | Council Area | 349,429 | 365,198 | 370,330 | 373,550 | → |
| Glasgow City | Council Area | 577,869 | 593,245 | 615,070 | 633,120 | → |
| Highland | Council Area | 208,914 | 232,132 | 234,770 | 235,830 | → |
| Inverclyde | Council Area | 84,203 | 81,485 | 79,160 | 77,800 | → |
| Midlothian | Council Area | 80,941 | 83,187 | 88,610 | 92,460 | → |
| Moray | Council Area | 86,940 | 93,295 | 96,070 | 95,820 | → |
| North Ayrshire | Council Area | 135,817 | 138,146 | 135,890 | 134,740 | → |
| North Lanarkshire | Council Area | 321,067 | 337,727 | 339,390 | 341,370 | → |
| Orkney Islands | Council Area | 19,245 | 21,349 | 21,850 | 22,270 | → |
| Perth and Kinross | Council Area | 134,949 | 146,652 | 150,680 | 151,950 | → |
| Renfrewshire | Council Area | 172,867 | 174,908 | 175,930 | 179,100 | → |
| Scottish Borders | Council Area | 106,764 | 113,870 | 114,530 | 115,510 | → |
| Shetland Islands | Council Area | 21,988 | 23,167 | 23,200 | 22,920 | → |
| South Ayrshire | Council Area | 112,097 | 112,799 | 112,470 | 112,610 | → |
| South Lanarkshire | Council Area | 302,216 | 313,830 | 317,100 | 320,530 | → |
| Stirling | Council Area | 86,212 | 90,247 | 93,750 | 94,210 | → |
| West Dunbartonshire | Council Area | 93,378 | 90,720 | 89,860 | 88,930 | → |
| West Lothian | Council Area | 158,714 | 175,118 | 180,130 | 183,100 | → |
| Scotland (Alba) | Constituent Country | 5,062,011 | 5,295,403 | 5,404,700 | 5,463,300 |
Contents: Localities
The population of all localities in Scotland with 500 inhabitants or more.
icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, nationality, country of birth, ethnic group, religion, language at home).| Name | Status | Council Area | Population Census 2001-04-29 | Population Census 2011-03-27 | Population Estimate 2016-06-30 | Population Estimate 2019-06-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberchirder | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,150 | 1,240 | 1,260 | 1,180 | → |
| Aberdeen | Locality | Aberdeen City | 185,150 | 195,040 | 200,680 | 198,480 | → |
| Aberdour | Locality | Fife | 1,630 | 1,630 | 1,710 | 1,740 | → |
| Aberfeldy | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 2,020 | 1,990 | 1,950 | 1,940 | → |
| Aberfoyle | Locality | Stirling | 760 | 770 | 830 | 840 | → |
| Aberlady | Locality | East Lothian | 940 | 1,170 | 1,190 | 1,200 | → |
| Aberlour (Charlestown of Aberlour) | Locality | Moray | 1,060 | 1,150 | 1,050 | 1,010 | → |
| Abernethy | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 890 | 1,430 | 1,460 | 1,430 | → |
| Aboyne | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 2,280 | 2,600 | 2,910 | 2,880 | → |
| Addiewell (Addiebrownhill) | Locality | West Lothian | 1,310 | 2,020 | 1,340 | 1,370 | → |
| Airdrie | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 36,220 | 37,030 | 37,410 | 36,430 | → |
| Airth | Locality | Falkirk | 1,400 | 1,870 | 1,940 | 1,980 | → |
| Alexandria | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 7,320 | 6,870 | 6,860 | 6,810 | → |
| Alford | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 2,050 | 2,140 | 2,520 | 2,480 | → |
| Allanton | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 1,220 | 1,180 | 1,150 | 1,140 | → |
| Alloa | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 12,930 | 14,130 | 14,420 | 14,190 | → |
| Almondbank | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,320 | 1,400 | 1,430 | 1,470 | → |
| Alness | Locality | Highland | 5,150 | 5,780 | 5,800 | 5,810 | → |
| Alva | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 5,220 | 4,770 | 4,600 | 4,630 | → |
| Alyth | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 2,420 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | → |
| Ancrum | Locality | Scottish Borders | 400 | 450 | 500 | 510 | → |
| Annan | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 8,130 | 8,960 | 8,780 | 8,620 | → |
| Annbank | Locality | South Ayrshire | 920 | 910 | 920 | 880 | → |
| Anstruther | Locality | Fife | 3,440 | 3,450 | 3,810 | 3,950 | → |
| Arbroath | Locality | Angus | 22,850 | 23,960 | 23,940 | 23,210 | → |
| Ardersier | Locality | Highland | 1,220 | 1,150 | 1,190 | 1,160 | → |
| Ardrishaig | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 1,360 | 1,350 | 1,290 | 1,260 | → |
| Ardrossan | Locality | North Ayrshire | 10,940 | 11,020 | 10,670 | 10,590 | → |
| Armadale | Locality | West Lothian | 9,280 | 11,840 | 12,550 | 12,500 | → |
| Ashgill | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 1,310 | 1,460 | 1,460 | 1,540 | → |
| Auchenblae | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 450 | 530 | 560 | 530 | → |
| Auchinleck | Locality | East Ayrshire | 3,700 | 3,820 | 3,730 | 3,640 | → |
| Auchinloch | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 740 | 730 | 720 | 710 | → |
| Auchterarder (incl. Gleneagles) | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 4,490 | 4,440 | 5,120 | 5,280 | → |
| Auchtermuchty | Locality | Fife | 2,010 | 2,090 | 2,110 | 2,090 | → |
| Auldearn | Locality | Highland | 540 | 640 | 640 | 650 | → |
| Aviemore | Locality | Highland | 2,330 | 3,150 | 3,240 | 3,280 | → |
| Avoch | Locality | Highland | 930 | 1,050 | 1,020 | 1,000 | → |
| Avonbridge | Locality | Falkirk | 690 | 640 | 660 | 660 | → |
| Ayr | Locality | South Ayrshire | 46,580 | 46,850 | 46,780 | 46,810 | → |
| Ayton | Locality | Scottish Borders | 560 | 540 | 600 | 580 | → |
| Baile a'Mhanaich (Balivanich) | Locality | Eilean Siar | 520 | 530 | 530 | 520 | → |
| Balfron | Locality | Stirling | 1,680 | 1,890 | 2,100 | 2,200 | → |
| Balintore | Locality | Highland | 1,140 | 1,040 | 1,010 | 990 | → |
| Ballachulish | Locality | Highland | 620 | 670 | 640 | 630 | → |
| Ballater | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,550 | 1,530 | 1,460 | 1,460 | → |
| Ballingry (/ Lochore / Crosshill) | Locality | Fife | 5,950 | 5,660 | 5,740 | 5,700 | → |
| Balloch | Locality | Highland | 1,560 | 1,440 | 1,390 | 1,370 | → |
| Balloch (/ Haldane) | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 6,210 | 6,180 | 6,050 | 6,020 | → |
| Balmedie | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,650 | 2,530 | 2,560 | 2,550 | → |
| Balmullo | Locality | Fife | 1,090 | 1,400 | 1,370 | 1,370 | → |
| Banavie (/ Corpach) | Locality | Highland | 1,290 | 1,380 | 1,360 | 1,370 | → |
| Banchory | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 6,200 | 7,340 | 7,560 | 7,450 | → |
| Banff | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 4,160 | 4,080 | 4,100 | 4,100 | → |
| Bankfoot | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,220 | 1,260 | 1,220 | 1,280 | → |
| Banknock | Locality | Falkirk | 2,580 | 2,380 | 2,440 | 2,420 | → |
| Bannockburn | Locality | Stirling | 7,020 | 6,980 | 6,840 | 6,700 | → |
| Bargeddie | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 2,210 | 2,790 | 2,960 | 2,950 | → |
| Barrhead | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 17,560 | 17,440 | 17,610 | 17,700 | → |
| Bathgate | Locality | West Lothian | 15,450 | 20,510 | 22,920 | 23,530 | → |
| Bearsden | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 27,670 | 27,240 | 28,120 | 28,200 | → |
| Beauly | Locality | Highland | 1,160 | 1,360 | 1,470 | 1,430 | → |
| Beith | Locality | North Ayrshire | 6,510 | 6,200 | 6,040 | 5,930 | → |
| Bellsbank | Locality | East Ayrshire | 1,620 | 1,370 | 1,270 | 1,280 | → |
| Bellshill | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 20,910 | 20,770 | 20,290 | 19,840 | → |
| Biggar | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 2,150 | 2,290 | 2,420 | 2,570 | → |
| Bilston | Locality | Midlothian | 1,070 | 1,000 | 1,330 | 1,340 | → |
| Birkhill (/ Muirhead) | Locality | Angus | 1,880 | 2,090 | 2,070 | 2,000 | → |
| Bishopbriggs | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 23,430 | 22,870 | 23,540 | 23,850 | → |
| Bishopton | Locality | Renfrewshire | 5,160 | 4,710 | 5,330 | 5,250 | → |
| Blackburn | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,540 | 2,960 | 3,050 | 3,070 | → |
| Blackburn | Locality | West Lothian | 4,810 | 5,340 | 5,550 | 5,790 | → |
| Blackford | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 650 | 810 | 840 | 920 | → |
| Blackridge | Locality | West Lothian | 1,530 | 1,950 | 2,010 | 2,040 | → |
| Blairgowrie (incl. Rattray) | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 8,180 | 8,950 | 9,020 | 9,030 | → |
| Blairhall | Locality | Fife | 690 | 930 | 950 | 940 | → |
| Blantyre | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 17,210 | 17,240 | 16,900 | 16,710 | → |
| Boddam | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,340 | 1,350 | 1,270 | 1,220 | → |
| Bo'ness | Locality | Falkirk | 14,250 | 15,100 | 14,760 | 14,700 | → |
| Bonhill | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 9,600 | 9,360 | 9,050 | 9,020 | → |
| Bonnybridge | Locality | Falkirk | 4,640 | 5,220 | 5,210 | 5,250 | → |
| Bonnyrigg | Locality | Midlothian | 14,540 | 15,970 | 17,530 | 18,270 | → |
| Bothwell | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 6,380 | 6,460 | 6,380 | 6,420 | → |
| Bowling | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 380 | 450 | 560 | 570 | → |
| Bowmore | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 860 | 780 | 720 | 670 | → |
| Braco | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 610 | 570 | 550 | 530 | → |
| Brae | Locality | Shetland Islands | 660 | 720 | 750 | 750 | → |
| Braidwood | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 350 | 570 | 610 | 610 | → |
| Brechin | Locality | Angus | 7,290 | 7,480 | 7,400 | 7,230 | → |
| Bridgend | Locality | West Lothian | 800 | 770 | 810 | 790 | → |
| Bridge of Allan | Locality | Stirling | 5,090 | 4,930 | 5,380 | 5,330 | → |
| Bridge of Earn | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 2,340 | 2,710 | 2,990 | 2,940 | → |
| Bridge of Weir | Locality | Renfrewshire | 4,700 | 4,880 | 4,820 | 5,180 | → |
| Brightons | Locality | Falkirk | 3,780 | 4,460 | 4,420 | 4,470 | → |
| Broadford | Locality | Highland | 1,060 | 1,110 | 1,110 | 1,140 | → |
| Brodick | Locality | North Ayrshire | 1,000 | 1,020 | 890 | 890 | → |
| Brookfield | Locality | Renfrewshire | 490 | 550 | 540 | 540 | → |
| Brora | Locality | Highland | 1,250 | 1,280 | 1,240 | 1,210 | → |
| Broxburn | Locality | West Lothian | 13,110 | 15,380 | 15,440 | 15,830 | → |
| Buchlyvie | Locality | Stirling | 540 | 520 | 560 | 560 | → |
| Buckhaven (incl. Methil, Methilhill & Leven) | Locality | Fife | 4,950 | 4,460 | 4,220 | 4,030 | → |
| Buckie | Locality | Moray | 8,220 | 8,440 | 8,760 | 8,980 | → |
| Burghead | Locality | Moray | 1,660 | 1,940 | 1,910 | 1,860 | → |
| Burntisland | Locality | Fife | 5,730 | 6,270 | 6,590 | 6,600 | → |
| Burrelton | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 680 | 670 | 710 | 730 | → |
| Busby | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 2,860 | 3,100 | 3,250 | 3,350 | → |
| Cairneyhill | Locality | Fife | 2,560 | 2,460 | 2,400 | 2,360 | → |
| Calderbank | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 1,660 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,550 | → |
| Caldercruix | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 2,110 | 2,510 | 2,450 | 2,520 | → |
| California | Locality | Falkirk | 750 | 810 | 790 | 810 | → |
| Callander | Locality | Stirling | 3,040 | 3,080 | 3,160 | 3,130 | → |
| Cambuslang | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 21,960 | 27,180 | 29,100 | 29,900 | → |
| Campbeltown | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 5,220 | 4,850 | 4,670 | 4,530 | → |
| Caol | Locality | Highland | 3,110 | 3,200 | 3,220 | 3,210 | → |
| Cardenden (/ Auchterderran) | Locality | Fife | 5,220 | 5,530 | 5,420 | 5,530 | → |
| Cardrona | Locality | Scottish Borders | 200 | 880 | 910 | 880 | → |
| Cardross | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 2,040 | 2,190 | 2,110 | 2,080 | → |
| Carfin | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 1,600 | 2,620 | 3,190 | 3,860 | → |
| Cargenbridge | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 640 | 580 | 590 | 580 | → |
| Carluke | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 13,500 | 13,580 | 13,320 | 13,600 | → |
| Carmunnock | Locality | Glasgow City | 1,160 | 1,220 | 1,280 | 1,310 | → |
| Carnock | Locality | Fife | 830 | 780 | 760 | 760 | → |
| Carnoustie | Locality | Angus | 10,560 | 11,390 | 11,360 | 11,360 | → |
| Carnwath | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 1,450 | 1,410 | 1,410 | 1,390 | → |
| Carron | Locality | Falkirk | 2,440 | 2,530 | 2,420 | 2,380 | → |
| Carronshore | Locality | Falkirk | 3,150 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 2,970 | → |
| Carstairs | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 740 | 910 | 880 | 860 | → |
| Carstairs Junction | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 970 | 750 | 640 | 640 | → |
| Castle Douglas | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 4,020 | 4,310 | 4,080 | 4,050 | → |
| Castletown | Locality | Highland | 940 | 850 | 860 | 810 | → |
| Catrine | Locality | East Ayrshire | 2,260 | 2,240 | 2,100 | 2,080 | → |
| Ceres | Locality | Fife | 1,110 | 970 | 950 | 940 | → |
| Chapelhall | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 5,260 | 6,500 | 6,690 | 6,810 | → |
| Chapelton | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 760 | 640 | 640 | 630 | → |
| Chirnside | Locality | Scottish Borders | 1,150 | 1,460 | 1,440 | 1,440 | → |
| Chryston | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 2,700 | 2,800 | 3,000 | 3,000 | → |
| Clackmannan | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 3,480 | 3,440 | 3,240 | 3,470 | → |
| Clarkston | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 9,350 | 9,520 | 9,860 | 9,840 | → |
| Cleland | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 2,820 | 3,010 | 3,130 | 3,080 | → |
| Clydebank | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 27,750 | 26,740 | 26,320 | 25,890 | → |
| Coalburn | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 1,310 | 1,300 | 1,220 | 1,220 | → |
| Coalsnaughton | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 1,210 | 1,130 | 1,250 | 1,300 | → |
| Coaltown of Balgonie | Locality | Fife | 910 | 1,060 | 1,000 | 990 | → |
| Coaltown of Wemyss | Locality | Fife | 570 | 600 | 680 | 660 | → |
| Coatbridge | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 40,950 | 43,840 | 43,960 | 44,100 | → |
| Cockenzie (incl. Port Seton) | Locality | East Lothian | 5,500 | 5,550 | 5,470 | 5,340 | → |
| Coldingham | Locality | Scottish Borders | 510 | 560 | 530 | 480 | → |
| Coldstream | Locality | Scottish Borders | 2,000 | 1,950 | 1,930 | 1,920 | → |
| Comrie | Locality | Fife | 920 | 880 | 790 | 810 | → |
| Comrie | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,780 | 1,930 | 1,920 | 1,910 | → |
| Conon Bridge | Locality | Highland | 1,500 | 1,660 | 1,990 | 1,920 | → |
| Coupar Angus | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 2,160 | 2,260 | 2,350 | 2,260 | → |
| Cove Bay | Locality | Aberdeen City | 6,820 | 7,200 | 7,740 | 7,860 | → |
| Cowdenbeath (/ Lumphinnans) | Locality | Fife | 11,400 | 11,400 | 11,640 | 12,040 | → |
| Cowie | Locality | Stirling | 2,390 | 2,650 | 2,700 | 2,720 | → |
| Coylton | Locality | South Ayrshire | 2,060 | 2,280 | 2,160 | 2,190 | → |
| Crail | Locality | Fife | 1,700 | 1,640 | 1,680 | 1,600 | → |
| Creetown | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 680 | 680 | 640 | 660 | → |
| Crieff | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 6,680 | 7,470 | 7,430 | 7,330 | → |
| Crimond | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 790 | 850 | 880 | 880 | → |
| Cromarty | Locality | Highland | 780 | 730 | 700 | 660 | → |
| Crook of Devon | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 700 | 670 | 700 | 750 | → |
| Crossford | Locality | Fife | 2,580 | 2,360 | 2,360 | 2,370 | → |
| Crossford | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 630 | 670 | 680 | 650 | → |
| Crossgates | Locality | Fife | 2,180 | 2,460 | 2,610 | 2,580 | → |
| Crosshill | Locality | South Ayrshire | 540 | 480 | 500 | 500 | → |
| Crosshouse | Locality | East Ayrshire | 2,810 | 2,860 | 2,720 | 2,680 | → |
| Croy | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 1,040 | 1,460 | 1,570 | 1,590 | → |
| Cruden Bay | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,760 | 1,620 | 1,640 | 1,600 | → |
| Cullen | Locality | Moray | 1,440 | 1,480 | 1,430 | 1,400 | → |
| Culloden | Locality | Highland | 3,990 | 4,220 | 4,000 | 3,940 | → |
| Cumbernauld | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 51,670 | 51,840 | 50,920 | 50,120 | → |
| Cuminestown | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 460 | 510 | 570 | 560 | → |
| Cumnock | Locality | East Ayrshire | 9,550 | 9,040 | 8,830 | 8,630 | → |
| Cupar | Locality | Fife | 8,610 | 9,340 | 9,020 | 9,030 | → |
| Dailly | Locality | South Ayrshire | 880 | 900 | 820 | 820 | → |
| Dalbeattie | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 4,210 | 4,230 | 4,200 | 4,190 | → |
| Dalgety Bay | Locality | Fife | 9,950 | 9,870 | 10,050 | 9,700 | → |
| Dalkeith | Locality | Midlothian | 11,100 | 11,820 | 13,400 | 14,200 | → |
| Dalmellington (incl. Burnton) | Locality | East Ayrshire | 1,410 | 1,410 | 1,350 | 1,360 | → |
| Dalry | Locality | North Ayrshire | 5,520 | 5,660 | 5,360 | 5,230 | → |
| Dalrymple | Locality | East Ayrshire | 1,280 | 1,540 | 1,620 | 1,660 | → |
| Danderhall | Locality | Midlothian | 2,860 | 2,730 | 2,810 | 2,850 | → |
| Darnick | Locality | Scottish Borders | 510 | 570 | 510 | 530 | → |
| Darvel | Locality | East Ayrshire | 3,600 | 3,870 | 3,940 | 3,940 | → |
| Dechmont | Locality | West Lothian | 800 | 710 | 670 | 620 | → |
| Denholm | Locality | Scottish Borders | 650 | 650 | 660 | 700 | → |
| Denny | Locality | Falkirk | 7,740 | 8,300 | 8,300 | 8,760 | → |
| Dennyloanhead | Locality | Falkirk | 1,060 | 1,580 | 1,610 | 1,600 | → |
| Dingwall | Locality | Highland | 5,180 | 5,490 | 5,470 | 5,440 | → |
| Dirleton | Locality | East Lothian | 450 | 440 | 530 | 530 | → |
| Dollar | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 3,000 | 2,720 | 2,800 | 2,790 | → |
| Dornoch | Locality | Highland | 1,240 | 1,210 | 1,330 | 1,310 | → |
| Douglas | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 1,740 | 1,620 | 1,490 | 1,460 | → |
| Doune | Locality | Stirling | 1,840 | 1,790 | 2,150 | 2,150 | → |
| Dreghorn | Locality | North Ayrshire | 3,620 | 3,620 | 3,540 | 3,500 | → |
| Drongan | Locality | East Ayrshire | 2,960 | 3,200 | 3,180 | 3,070 | → |
| Drumnadrochit | Locality | Highland | 870 | 1,100 | 1,150 | 1,130 | → |
| Drumoak | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 720 | 850 | 950 | 940 | → |
| Drymen | Locality | Stirling | 680 | 820 | 850 | 830 | → |
| Dufftown | Locality | Moray | 1,570 | 1,670 | 1,610 | 1,600 | → |
| Dullatur | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 290 | 700 | 700 | 700 | → |
| Dumbarton | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 20,870 | 20,040 | 20,560 | 20,510 | → |
| Dumfries | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 31,560 | 33,010 | 33,440 | 33,350 | → |
| Dunbar | Locality | East Lothian | 6,440 | 8,490 | 9,030 | 9,400 | → |
| Dunbeg | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 730 | 620 | 610 | 580 | → |
| Dunblane | Locality | Stirling | 8,150 | 8,810 | 9,410 | 9,370 | → |
| Dundee | Locality | Dundee City | 145,560 | 147,390 | 148,280 | 149,010 | → |
| Dundonald | Locality | South Ayrshire | 2,220 | 2,650 | 2,670 | 2,600 | → |
| Dunfermline | Locality | Fife | 41,440 | 49,710 | 53,100 | 54,360 | → |
| Dunipace | Locality | Falkirk | 2,440 | 2,560 | 2,560 | 2,510 | → |
| Dunkeld (/ Birnam) | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,200 | 1,290 | 1,330 | 1,360 | → |
| Dunlop | Locality | East Ayrshire | 930 | 1,130 | 1,150 | 1,160 | → |
| Dunning | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 900 | 940 | 970 | 960 | → |
| Dunoon | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 8,360 | 8,450 | 7,830 | 7,750 | → |
| Duns | Locality | Scottish Borders | 2,650 | 2,750 | 2,750 | 2,780 | → |
| Duntocher (/ Hardgate) | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 7,260 | 7,050 | 6,880 | 6,750 | → |
| Dyce | Locality | Aberdeen City | 5,890 | 5,950 | 6,190 | 6,150 | → |
| Eaglesfield | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 690 | 690 | 660 | 670 | → |
| Eaglesham | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 3,230 | 3,110 | 3,400 | 3,370 | → |
| Earlston | Locality | Scottish Borders | 1,650 | 1,780 | 1,750 | 1,710 | → |
| East Calder | Locality | West Lothian | 5,110 | 4,720 | 5,260 | 5,790 | → |
| Eastfield | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 980 | 960 | 970 | 930 | → |
| East Kilbride | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 73,990 | 74,400 | 75,120 | 75,460 | → |
| East Linton | Locality | East Lothian | 1,800 | 1,730 | 1,810 | 1,790 | → |
| Eastriggs | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 1,720 | 1,880 | 1,810 | 1,770 | → |
| East Wemyss | Locality | Fife | 1,890 | 1,930 | 1,960 | 2,060 | → |
| East Whitburn | Locality | West Lothian | 1,250 | 1,280 | 1,300 | 1,270 | → |
| Ecclefechan | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 790 | 820 | 880 | 890 | → |
| Edinburgh | Locality | City of Edinburgh | 431,230 | 459,630 | 488,050 | 504,020 | → |
| Edzell | Locality | Angus | 840 | 910 | 860 | 840 | → |
| Elderslie | Locality | Renfrewshire | 5,160 | 5,440 | 5,330 | 5,410 | → |
| Elgin | Locality | Moray | 21,160 | 23,130 | 24,760 | 24,220 | → |
| Elie and Earlsferry | Locality | Fife | 1,060 | 680 | 700 | 650 | → |
| Ellon | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 8,790 | 10,270 | 10,200 | 10,120 | → |
| Elphinstone | Locality | East Lothian | 550 | 520 | 580 | 580 | → |
| Errol | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,070 | 1,310 | 1,500 | 1,480 | → |
| Erskine | Locality | Renfrewshire | 15,810 | 15,960 | 15,510 | 15,340 | → |
| Evanton | Locality | Highland | 1,340 | 1,380 | 1,360 | 1,430 | → |
| Eyemouth | Locality | Scottish Borders | 3,470 | 3,550 | 3,610 | 3,540 | → |
| Faifley | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 4,930 | 5,090 | 4,860 | 4,760 | → |
| Fairlie | Locality | North Ayrshire | 1,520 | 1,420 | 1,400 | 1,390 | → |
| Falkirk | Locality | Falkirk | 32,390 | 35,400 | 35,850 | 35,670 | → |
| Falkland | Locality | Fife | 1,170 | 1,100 | 1,150 | 1,130 | → |
| Fallin | Locality | Stirling | 2,710 | 2,830 | 2,880 | 2,850 | → |
| Fauldhouse | Locality | West Lothian | 4,860 | 4,840 | 4,780 | 4,880 | → |
| Fenwick | Locality | East Ayrshire | 960 | 1,040 | 1,200 | 1,120 | → |
| Ferryden (/ Inchbraoch) | Locality | Angus | 1,330 | 1,290 | 1,220 | 1,220 | → |
| Findhorn | Locality | Moray | 880 | 900 | 930 | 910 | → |
| Findochty | Locality | Moray | 1,180 | 1,210 | 1,160 | 1,150 | → |
| Finstown | Locality | Orkney Islands | 380 | 440 | 530 | 520 | → |
| Fochabers | Locality | Moray | 1,570 | 1,730 | 1,720 | 1,690 | → |
| Forfar | Locality | Angus | 13,410 | 14,050 | 14,230 | 14,180 | → |
| Forgandenny | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 340 | 630 | 600 | 780 | → |
| Forres | Locality | Moray | 9,210 | 9,950 | 10,100 | 10,120 | → |
| Fort Augustus | Locality | Highland | 580 | 620 | 660 | 650 | → |
| Forth | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 2,290 | 2,260 | 2,190 | 2,140 | → |
| Fortrose | Locality | Highland | 1,240 | 1,370 | 1,590 | 1,690 | → |
| Fort William | Locality | Highland | 5,500 | 5,880 | 5,760 | 5,700 | → |
| Fraserburgh | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 12,550 | 13,100 | 13,180 | 12,490 | → |
| Freuchie | Locality | Fife | 1,170 | 1,210 | 1,240 | 1,270 | → |
| Friockheim | Locality | Angus | 860 | 960 | 980 | 960 | → |
| Gairloch | Locality | Highland | 570 | 590 | 620 | 600 | → |
| Galashiels | Locality | Scottish Borders | 12,410 | 12,890 | 13,000 | 13,020 | → |
| Galston | Locality | East Ayrshire | 5,100 | 4,670 | 4,740 | 4,760 | → |
| Gardenstown | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 740 | 670 | 590 | 550 | → |
| Garelochhead | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 2,600 | 2,280 | 3,700 | 3,470 | → |
| Gargunnock | Locality | Stirling | 810 | 750 | 740 | 720 | → |
| Garmouth | Locality | Moray | 610 | 590 | 590 | 560 | → |
| Gartcosh | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 990 | 2,140 | 2,200 | 2,620 | → |
| Gartloch | Locality | Glasgow City | 240 | 360 | 530 | 580 | → |
| Gatehouse of Fleet | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 1,040 | 990 | 970 | 990 | → |
| Gauldry | Locality | Fife | 740 | 690 | 660 | 650 | → |
| Giffnock | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 12,250 | 12,160 | 12,300 | 12,230 | → |
| Gifford | Locality | East Lothian | 690 | 760 | 790 | 800 | → |
| Girvan | Locality | South Ayrshire | 6,940 | 6,650 | 6,450 | 6,380 | → |
| Glasgow | Locality | Glasgow City | 575,250 | 590,570 | 612,040 | 629,920 | → |
| Glassford | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 590 | 610 | 640 | 700 | → |
| Glenboig | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 1,840 | 2,680 | 2,820 | 2,920 | → |
| Glenfarg | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 550 | 640 | 670 | 670 | → |
| Glenluce | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 610 | 640 | 590 | 580 | → |
| Glenmavis | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 2,270 | 2,280 | 2,240 | 2,350 | → |
| Glenochil Village | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 340 | 830 | 790 | 880 | → |
| Glenrothes | Locality | Fife | 39,300 | 39,280 | 38,510 | 38,150 | → |
| Golspie | Locality | Highland | 1,400 | 1,410 | 1,350 | 1,300 | → |
| Gorebridge | Locality | Midlothian | 6,030 | 6,410 | 7,160 | 7,400 | → |
| Gourdon | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 680 | 790 | 860 | 870 | → |
| Gourock | Locality | Inverclyde | 10,750 | 10,650 | 10,350 | 10,240 | → |
| Gowkthrapple | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 1,010 | 1,290 | 1,330 | 1,130 | → |
| Grangemouth | Locality | Falkirk | 17,580 | 17,370 | 16,650 | 16,220 | → |
| Grantown-on-Spey | Locality | Highland | 2,310 | 2,430 | 2,470 | 2,450 | → |
| Greengairs | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 450 | 460 | 510 | 610 | → |
| Greenhill | Locality | Falkirk | 1,220 | 2,330 | 2,310 | 2,470 | → |
| Greenlaw | Locality | Scottish Borders | 580 | 650 | 630 | 620 | → |
| Greenock | Locality | Inverclyde | 46,370 | 44,130 | 42,680 | 41,750 | → |
| Gretna | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 2,950 | 3,150 | 3,040 | 3,050 | → |
| Guardbridge | Locality | Fife | 630 | 620 | 750 | 800 | → |
| Gullane | Locality | East Lothian | 2,230 | 2,570 | 2,650 | 2,650 | → |
| Haddington | Locality | East Lothian | 8,890 | 9,060 | 9,130 | 9,490 | → |
| Haggs (/ Longcroft) | Locality | Falkirk | 690 | 750 | 950 | 980 | → |
| Halkirk | Locality | Highland | 870 | 980 | 970 | 960 | → |
| Hallglen (/ Glen Village) | Locality | Falkirk | 3,490 | 3,230 | 3,180 | 3,110 | → |
| Hamilton | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 48,790 | 53,190 | 54,080 | 54,400 | → |
| Harthill | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 2,650 | 2,750 | 2,620 | 2,640 | → |
| Hatton of Cruden | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 840 | 880 | 900 | 850 | → |
| Hawick | Locality | Scottish Borders | 14,850 | 14,290 | 13,740 | 13,810 | → |
| Head of Muir | Locality | Falkirk | 1,970 | 1,680 | 1,700 | 1,660 | → |
| Helensburgh | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 14,710 | 14,220 | 13,640 | 13,300 | → |
| High Bonnybridge | Locality | Falkirk | 570 | 620 | 580 | 580 | → |
| High Valleyfield (/ Low Valleyfield / Culross) | Locality | Fife | 2,260 | 2,350 | 2,300 | 2,310 | → |
| Hillhead | Locality | South Ayrshire | 480 | 570 | 600 | 590 | → |
| Hillside | Locality | Angus | 1,130 | 1,230 | 1,210 | 1,140 | → |
| Holytown | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 5,400 | 5,090 | 5,160 | 5,140 | → |
| Hopeman | Locality | Moray | 1,690 | 1,720 | 1,700 | 1,710 | → |
| Houston | Locality | Renfrewshire | 6,750 | 6,400 | 6,430 | 6,330 | → |
| Howwood | Locality | Renfrewshire | 1,500 | 1,560 | 1,550 | 1,580 | → |
| Huntly | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 4,690 | 4,770 | 4,810 | 4,590 | → |
| Hurlford (/ Crookedholm) | Locality | East Ayrshire | 5,390 | 4,850 | 4,620 | 4,470 | → |
| Inchinnan | Locality | Renfrewshire | 1,870 | 1,800 | 1,860 | 1,940 | → |
| Inchture | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 740 | 1,160 | 1,460 | 1,420 | → |
| Innellan | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 1,240 | 1,160 | 1,210 | 1,170 | → |
| Innerleithen | Locality | Scottish Borders | 2,650 | 3,030 | 3,110 | 3,180 | → |
| Insch | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,520 | 2,280 | 2,690 | 2,690 | → |
| Inverallochy and Cairnbulg | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,360 | 1,380 | 1,350 | 1,300 | → |
| Inveraray | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 560 | 600 | 560 | 570 | → |
| Inverbervie | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 2,120 | 2,230 | 2,410 | 2,320 | → |
| Invergordon | Locality | Highland | 3,930 | 4,080 | 3,980 | 4,030 | → |
| Invergowrie | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,750 | 1,790 | 1,810 | 1,770 | → |
| Inverkeithing | Locality | Fife | 5,100 | 5,200 | 4,890 | 4,750 | → |
| Inverkip | Locality | Inverclyde | 1,980 | 3,060 | 3,490 | 3,500 | → |
| Inverness | Locality | Highland | 41,220 | 46,640 | 47,290 | 47,190 | → |
| Inverurie | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 11,200 | 12,650 | 13,640 | 14,010 | → |
| Irvine | Locality | North Ayrshire | 34,510 | 34,390 | 34,090 | 33,780 | → |
| Jedburgh | Locality | Scottish Borders | 4,280 | 4,030 | 3,910 | 3,840 | → |
| Johnshaven | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 640 | 670 | 650 | 640 | → |
| Johnstone | Locality | Renfrewshire | 16,760 | 16,820 | 16,090 | 16,080 | → |
| Keith | Locality | Moray | 4,750 | 4,730 | 4,690 | 4,590 | → |
| Kelso (incl. Maxwellheugh) | Locality | Scottish Borders | 6,190 | 6,860 | 6,910 | 6,880 | → |
| Kelty | Locality | Fife | 5,790 | 6,530 | 6,730 | 6,760 | → |
| Kemnay | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 3,700 | 3,740 | 3,870 | 3,780 | → |
| Kennoway | Locality | Fife | 4,690 | 4,640 | 4,610 | 4,660 | → |
| Kilbarchan | Locality | Renfrewshire | 3,780 | 3,570 | 3,480 | 3,320 | → |
| Kilbirnie | Locality | North Ayrshire | 7,400 | 7,640 | 7,340 | 7,180 | → |
| Kilcreggan | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 1,470 | 1,310 | 1,270 | 1,280 | → |
| Killearn | Locality | Stirling | 1,840 | 1,700 | 1,690 | 1,760 | → |
| Killin | Locality | Stirling | 670 | 760 | 770 | 760 | → |
| Kilmacolm | Locality | Inverclyde | 4,150 | 3,990 | 4,000 | 3,980 | → |
| Kilmarnock | Locality | East Ayrshire | 44,390 | 46,220 | 46,770 | 46,580 | → |
| Kilmaurs | Locality | East Ayrshire | 2,770 | 2,930 | 2,780 | 2,760 | → |
| Kilsyth | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 9,940 | 9,880 | 10,080 | 10,270 | → |
| Kilwinning | Locality | North Ayrshire | 16,020 | 16,600 | 16,460 | 16,240 | → |
| Kincardine | Locality | Fife | 3,140 | 2,830 | 2,750 | 2,910 | → |
| Kinghorn | Locality | Fife | 2,840 | 2,830 | 2,840 | 2,770 | → |
| Kinglassie | Locality | Fife | 1,390 | 1,680 | 1,900 | 1,920 | → |
| Kingseat | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 60 | 690 | 750 | 810 | → |
| Kingseat | Locality | Fife | 570 | 800 | 750 | 720 | → |
| Kingskettle (/ Kettlebridge) | Locality | Fife | 1,070 | 1,000 | 1,040 | 1,050 | → |
| Kingswells | Locality | Aberdeen City | 4,070 | 4,480 | 4,740 | 5,090 | → |
| Kingussie | Locality | Highland | 1,420 | 1,480 | 1,480 | 1,480 | → |
| Kinlochleven | Locality | Highland | 900 | 900 | 810 | 800 | → |
| Kinloss | Locality | Moray | 2,050 | 1,050 | 1,500 | 1,460 | → |
| Kinnesswood | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 480 | 480 | 520 | 550 | → |
| Kinross | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 4,650 | 4,890 | 5,120 | 5,280 | → |
| Kintore | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 2,110 | 4,570 | 4,790 | 4,750 | → |
| Kippen | Locality | Stirling | 1,010 | 1,030 | 1,080 | 1,100 | → |
| Kirkcaldy (/ Dysart) | Locality | Fife | 47,380 | 49,710 | 50,010 | 50,220 | → |
| Kirkconnel | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 2,220 | 2,140 | 1,970 | 1,940 | → |
| Kirkcudbright | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 3,550 | 3,350 | 3,420 | 3,370 | → |
| Kirkfieldbank | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 910 | 960 | 990 | 960 | → |
| Kirkhill | Locality | Highland | 450 | 690 | 730 | 730 | → |
| Kirkintilloch | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 20,660 | 19,790 | 21,380 | 21,670 | → |
| Kirkliston | Locality | City of Edinburgh | 3,300 | 3,580 | 4,740 | 5,250 | → |
| Kirkmuirhill (/ Blackwood) | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 3,720 | 4,240 | 4,440 | 4,360 | → |
| Kirknewton | Locality | West Lothian | 1,770 | 1,930 | 1,980 | 1,960 | → |
| Kirkwall | Locality | Orkney Islands | 6,700 | 7,190 | 7,420 | 7,400 | → |
| Kirriemuir | Locality | Angus | 6,080 | 6,080 | 6,120 | 6,020 | → |
| Kyle of Lochalsh | Locality | Highland | 740 | 650 | 650 | 600 | → |
| Ladybank | Locality | Fife | 1,490 | 1,500 | 1,470 | 1,430 | → |
| Lamlash | Locality | North Ayrshire | 1,090 | 960 | 1,120 | 1,100 | → |
| Lanark | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 8,610 | 9,070 | 9,050 | 8,910 | → |
| Langbank | Locality | Renfrewshire | 970 | 930 | 890 | 860 | → |
| Langholm | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 2,400 | 2,230 | 2,160 | 2,090 | → |
| Larbert | Locality | Falkirk | 6,240 | 9,140 | 11,050 | 11,310 | → |
| Largs | Locality | North Ayrshire | 11,340 | 11,340 | 11,260 | 11,150 | → |
| Larkhall | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 15,540 | 15,020 | 14,740 | 14,670 | → |
| Lauder | Locality | Scottish Borders | 1,200 | 1,820 | 1,790 | 1,830 | → |
| Laurencekirk | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 2,130 | 3,040 | 3,040 | 3,140 | → |
| Laurieston | Locality | Falkirk | 2,780 | 2,630 | 2,660 | 2,640 | → |
| Law | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 3,020 | 3,230 | 3,220 | 3,110 | → |
| Lennoxtown | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 4,120 | 4,200 | 4,140 | 4,140 | → |
| Lenzie | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 8,700 | 8,310 | 8,070 | 8,080 | → |
| Lerwick | Locality | Shetland Islands | 6,910 | 6,960 | 6,880 | 6,690 | → |
| Leslie | Locality | Fife | 3,100 | 3,000 | 3,060 | 3,050 | → |
| Lesmahagow | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 3,870 | 4,330 | 4,350 | 4,350 | → |
| Letham | Locality | Angus | 1,570 | 1,590 | 1,640 | 1,680 | → |
| Leuchars | Locality | Fife | 2,080 | 2,240 | 2,340 | 2,460 | → |
| Leven | Locality | Fife | 8,100 | 9,000 | 9,040 | 9,250 | → |
| Lhanbryde | Locality | Moray | 1,910 | 2,030 | 1,920 | 1,850 | → |
| Liff | Locality | Angus | 390 | 840 | 900 | 1,110 | → |
| Limekilns (/ Charlestown) | Locality | Fife | 1,410 | 1,380 | 1,410 | 1,500 | → |
| Linlithgow | Locality | West Lothian | 13,460 | 13,460 | 13,260 | 12,920 | → |
| Linwood | Locality | Renfrewshire | 9,100 | 8,590 | 8,600 | 8,550 | → |
| Livingston | Locality | West Lothian | 52,000 | 56,320 | 57,030 | 57,040 | → |
| Loanhead | Locality | Midlothian | 6,480 | 6,290 | 6,440 | 6,500 | → |
| Loans | Locality | South Ayrshire | 700 | 690 | 690 | 1,010 | → |
| Locharbriggs | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 6,040 | 6,030 | 5,830 | 5,750 | → |
| Lochgelly (/ Lumphinnans) | Locality | Fife | 7,070 | 7,190 | 7,320 | 7,290 | → |
| Lochgilphead | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 2,300 | 2,390 | 2,300 | 2,290 | → |
| Lochmaben | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 2,030 | 1,940 | 2,200 | 2,240 | → |
| Lochwinnoch | Locality | Renfrewshire | 2,810 | 2,880 | 2,880 | 2,830 | → |
| Lockerbie | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 4,010 | 4,290 | 4,240 | 4,260 | → |
| Logan | Locality | East Ayrshire | 1,380 | 1,260 | 1,240 | 1,180 | → |
| Longforgan | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,040 | 1,220 | 1,180 | 1,200 | → |
| Longniddry | Locality | East Lothian | 2,680 | 2,490 | 2,420 | 2,340 | → |
| Longridge | Locality | West Lothian | 750 | 900 | 900 | 900 | → |
| Longside | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 760 | 920 | 1,010 | 1,030 | → |
| Lossiemouth | Locality | Moray | 6,870 | 7,700 | 7,870 | 7,630 | → |
| Lower Largo (/ Lundin Links) | Locality | Fife | 2,160 | 1,900 | 1,920 | 1,880 | → |
| Lumphanan | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 380 | 560 | 550 | 520 | → |
| Luncarty | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,390 | 1,660 | 1,650 | 1,640 | → |
| Macduff | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 3,830 | 4,010 | 3,950 | 3,840 | → |
| Macmerry | Locality | East Lothian | 1,110 | 1,340 | 1,410 | 1,440 | → |
| Maddiston | Locality | Falkirk | 2,870 | 3,100 | 3,720 | 3,730 | → |
| Mallaig | Locality | Highland | 800 | 810 | 730 | 690 | → |
| Markinch | Locality | Fife | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,420 | 2,420 | → |
| Maryburgh | Locality | Highland | 1,170 | 1,180 | 1,150 | 1,120 | → |
| Marywell | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 160 | 210 | 600 | 610 | → |
| Mauchline | Locality | East Ayrshire | 4,190 | 4,100 | 4,010 | 3,930 | → |
| Maud | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 710 | 850 | 910 | 910 | → |
| Maybole | Locality | South Ayrshire | 4,500 | 4,760 | 4,610 | 4,560 | → |
| Mayfield | Locality | Midlothian | 12,730 | 13,290 | 13,570 | 13,620 | → |
| Melrose | Locality | Scottish Borders | 1,900 | 2,310 | 2,510 | 2,500 | → |
| Menstrie | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 1,930 | 2,800 | 2,870 | 2,890 | → |
| Methil | Locality | Fife | 11,480 | 11,010 | 10,800 | 10,840 | → |
| Methlick | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 420 | 520 | 560 | 540 | → |
| Methven | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,160 | 1,090 | 1,300 | 1,270 | → |
| Mid Calder | Locality | West Lothian | 3,640 | 3,420 | 3,340 | 3,230 | → |
| Millport | Locality | North Ayrshire | 1,310 | 1,280 | 1,220 | 1,170 | → |
| Milltimber | Locality | Aberdeen City | 2,420 | 2,560 | 2,780 | 3,070 | → |
| Milnathort | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,800 | 1,890 | 1,950 | 1,980 | → |
| Milngavie | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 13,340 | 12,950 | 12,940 | 12,980 | → |
| Milton | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 570 | 510 | 560 | 560 | → |
| Milton (/ Kildary) | Locality | Highland | 530 | 620 | 650 | 650 | → |
| Milton of Campsie | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 4,110 | 3,890 | 3,840 | 3,870 | → |
| Milton of Leys | Locality | Highland | 60 | 1,660 | 2,860 | 2,830 | → |
| Mintlaw | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 2,780 | 2,610 | 2,820 | 2,700 | → |
| Moffat | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 2,450 | 2,580 | 2,510 | 2,410 | → |
| Moniaive | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 460 | 490 | 510 | 480 | → |
| Monifieth | Locality | Angus | 8,220 | 8,370 | 8,110 | 8,490 | → |
| Monkton | Locality | South Ayrshire | 700 | 920 | 1,080 | 1,100 | → |
| Montrose | Locality | Angus | 10,690 | 11,880 | 12,100 | 11,810 | → |
| Moodiesburn | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 6,700 | 7,060 | 6,890 | 6,760 | → |
| Morningside | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 160 | 650 | 1,090 | 1,100 | → |
| Mossblown | Locality | South Ayrshire | 2,040 | 2,190 | 2,100 | 2,050 | → |
| Mosstodloch | Locality | Moray | 1,100 | 1,020 | 990 | 960 | → |
| Motherwell | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 30,320 | 31,910 | 32,590 | 32,580 | → |
| Muirhead | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 1,380 | 1,480 | 1,380 | 1,400 | → |
| Muirkirk | Locality | East Ayrshire | 1,720 | 1,530 | 1,420 | 1,390 | → |
| Muir of Ord | Locality | Highland | 1,930 | 2,560 | 2,690 | 2,800 | → |
| Murthly | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 270 | 540 | 580 | 580 | → |
| Musselburgh | Locality | East Lothian | 19,990 | 19,480 | 20,840 | 20,830 | → |
| Muthill | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 750 | 750 | 750 | 760 | → |
| Nairn | Locality | Highland | 8,420 | 9,770 | 9,960 | 10,170 | → |
| Neilston | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 5,360 | 5,320 | 5,170 | 5,120 | → |
| Netherburn | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 800 | 740 | 820 | 840 | → |
| Netherlee | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 4,510 | 4,560 | 4,600 | 4,540 | → |
| Nethy Bridge | Locality | Highland | 480 | 640 | 660 | 670 | → |
| Newarthill | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 6,700 | 6,380 | 6,360 | 6,300 | → |
| Newbattle | Locality | Midlothian | 900 | 680 | 600 | 630 | → |
| Newbridge (/ Ratho Station) | Locality | City of Edinburgh | 1,050 | 920 | 1,040 | 1,180 | → |
| Newburgh | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,440 | 1,440 | 1,510 | 1,520 | → |
| Newburgh | Locality | Fife | 1,980 | 2,140 | 2,120 | 2,060 | → |
| Newcastleton | Locality | Scottish Borders | 800 | 770 | 760 | 790 | → |
| New Cumnock | Locality | East Ayrshire | 3,270 | 2,860 | 2,710 | 2,660 | → |
| New Deer | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 590 | 640 | 620 | 620 | → |
| Newmachar | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 2,480 | 2,460 | 2,500 | 2,460 | → |
| Newmains | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 5,500 | 5,640 | 5,480 | 5,410 | → |
| Newmarket (/ Lacasdal (Laxdale) / Marybank (Bruach Mairi)) | Locality | Eilean Siar | 1,120 | 1,660 | 1,630 | 1,630 | → |
| Newmilns | Locality | East Ayrshire | 3,170 | 3,050 | 2,800 | 2,760 | → |
| New Pitsligo | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,090 | 1,100 | 1,170 | 1,110 | → |
| Newport-on-Tay (/ Wormit) | Locality | Fife | 4,370 | 4,240 | 4,310 | 4,230 | → |
| New Stevenston | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 4,250 | 5,580 | 5,660 | 6,090 | → |
| Newtonhill | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 3,000 | 2,980 | 3,140 | 3,020 | → |
| Newton Mearns | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 23,190 | 24,370 | 26,600 | 27,880 | → |
| Newtonmore | Locality | Highland | 980 | 1,090 | 1,100 | 1,150 | → |
| Newton Stewart | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 3,770 | 4,090 | 4,080 | 4,060 | → |
| Newtown St Boswells | Locality | Scottish Borders | 1,240 | 1,280 | 1,330 | 1,500 | → |
| Newtyle | Locality | Angus | 700 | 750 | 700 | 680 | → |
| North Berwick | Locality | East Lothian | 6,590 | 6,600 | 6,930 | 7,370 | → |
| North Kessock | Locality | Highland | 890 | 920 | 1,120 | 1,080 | → |
| North Queensferry | Locality | Fife | 1,060 | 1,080 | 1,060 | 1,040 | → |
| Oakley | Locality | Fife | 2,490 | 2,300 | 2,260 | 2,240 | → |
| Oban | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 8,070 | 8,570 | 8,490 | 8,240 | → |
| Ochiltree | Locality | East Ayrshire | 860 | 1,050 | 1,060 | 1,050 | → |
| Old Kilpatrick | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 5,320 | 5,020 | 4,680 | 4,550 | → |
| Oldmeldrum | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 2,130 | 3,210 | 3,140 | 3,110 | → |
| Ormiston | Locality | East Lothian | 2,160 | 2,080 | 1,970 | 1,990 | → |
| Overtown | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 2,280 | 2,140 | 2,010 | 1,950 | → |
| Paisley | Locality | Renfrewshire | 75,500 | 76,830 | 77,220 | 77,560 | → |
| Pathhead | Locality | Midlothian | 1,040 | 980 | 960 | 960 | → |
| Patna | Locality | East Ayrshire | 2,320 | 2,210 | 2,110 | 2,080 | → |
| Peebles | Locality | Scottish Borders | 8,130 | 8,380 | 8,940 | 9,000 | → |
| Pencaitland | Locality | East Lothian | 1,600 | 1,520 | 1,480 | 1,460 | → |
| Penicuik | Locality | Midlothian | 16,170 | 15,930 | 16,120 | 16,180 | → |
| Perth | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 43,760 | 47,080 | 47,430 | 46,960 | → |
| Peterculter | Locality | Aberdeen City | 4,800 | 4,580 | 4,570 | 4,420 | → |
| Peterhead | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 18,050 | 18,540 | 19,270 | 18,820 | → |
| Pitlochry | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 2,660 | 2,780 | 2,950 | 2,930 | → |
| Pitmedden | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,240 | 1,440 | 1,440 | 1,410 | → |
| Pittenweem | Locality | Fife | 1,750 | 1,490 | 1,440 | 1,420 | → |
| Plains | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 2,290 | 2,700 | 2,770 | 2,760 | → |
| Plean | Locality | Stirling | 1,740 | 2,030 | 1,980 | 1,960 | → |
| Polbeth | Locality | West Lothian | 2,490 | 2,340 | 2,310 | 2,330 | → |
| Polmont | Locality | Falkirk | 5,570 | 5,320 | 5,320 | 5,200 | → |
| Port Bannatyne | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 1,350 | 1,210 | 1,140 | 1,110 | → |
| Port Ellen | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 880 | 850 | 810 | 770 | → |
| Port Glasgow | Locality | Inverclyde | 16,730 | 15,410 | 14,620 | 14,340 | → |
| Portgordon | Locality | Moray | 770 | 840 | 820 | 780 | → |
| Portknockie | Locality | Moray | 1,220 | 1,270 | 1,270 | 1,260 | → |
| Portlethen | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 6,980 | 7,570 | 9,090 | 8,960 | → |
| Portpatrick | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 670 | 530 | 640 | 620 | → |
| Portree | Locality | Highland | 2,030 | 2,320 | 2,480 | 2,370 | → |
| Portsoy | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,730 | 1,750 | 1,740 | 1,700 | → |
| Potterton | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 920 | 900 | 880 | 920 | → |
| Prestonpans | Locality | East Lothian | 7,120 | 9,140 | 10,410 | 10,390 | → |
| Prestwick | Locality | South Ayrshire | 15,170 | 14,900 | 14,720 | 14,570 | → |
| Quarrier's Village | Locality | Inverclyde | 360 | 670 | 730 | 700 | → |
| Quarter | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 800 | 760 | 740 | 750 | → |
| Queenzieburn | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 540 | 510 | 520 | 500 | → |
| Ratho | Locality | City of Edinburgh | 1,580 | 1,630 | 1,950 | 1,970 | → |
| Redding | Locality | Falkirk | 2,000 | 2,280 | 3,540 | 3,830 | → |
| Reddingmuirhead | Locality | Falkirk | 550 | 1,560 | 2,050 | 2,220 | → |
| Renfrew | Locality | Renfrewshire | 20,180 | 21,790 | 22,570 | 24,040 | → |
| Renton | Locality | West Dunbartonshire | 2,040 | 2,210 | 2,340 | 2,350 | → |
| Rhu | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 2,110 | 1,920 | 1,970 | 1,990 | → |
| Rigside | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 860 | 790 | 670 | 630 | → |
| Rosehearty | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,250 | 1,320 | 1,320 | 1,230 | → |
| Rosemarkie | Locality | Highland | 640 | 680 | 650 | 650 | → |
| Rosewell | Locality | Midlothian | 1,220 | 1,570 | 1,680 | 1,900 | → |
| Roslin | Locality | Midlothian | 1,800 | 1,640 | 1,670 | 1,660 | → |
| Rosneath | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 1,400 | 1,320 | 1,240 | 1,260 | → |
| Rosyth | Locality | Fife | 12,500 | 13,580 | 13,780 | 13,520 | → |
| Rothes | Locality | Moray | 1,180 | 1,250 | 1,200 | 1,190 | → |
| Rothesay | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 5,140 | 4,640 | 4,390 | 4,350 | → |
| Rothienorman | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 600 | 910 | 1,100 | 1,080 | → |
| Rumford | Locality | Falkirk | 430 | 880 | 830 | 860 | → |
| Rutherglen | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 33,100 | 31,400 | 31,190 | 31,140 | → |
| Saline | Locality | Fife | 1,280 | 1,100 | 1,080 | 1,120 | → |
| Salsburgh | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 1,310 | 1,370 | 1,350 | 1,390 | → |
| Saltcoats | Locality | North Ayrshire | 11,510 | 12,720 | 12,640 | 12,250 | → |
| Sandbank | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 1,250 | 1,360 | 1,310 | 1,350 | → |
| Sandhaven | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 820 | 820 | 840 | 830 | → |
| Sanndabhaig (Sandwick) | Locality | Eilean Siar | 740 | 720 | 740 | 780 | → |
| Sanquhar | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 2,080 | 2,020 | 1,980 | 1,950 | → |
| Sauchie | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 6,050 | 6,280 | 6,310 | 6,290 | → |
| Scalloway | Locality | Shetland Islands | 1,020 | 1,260 | 1,240 | 1,210 | → |
| Scone | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 4,520 | 4,890 | 5,050 | 5,090 | → |
| Seafield | Locality | West Lothian | 1,240 | 1,380 | 1,330 | 1,340 | → |
| Selkirk | Locality | Scottish Borders | 5,890 | 5,780 | 5,580 | 5,500 | → |
| Shieldhill | Locality | Falkirk | 2,770 | 2,520 | 2,420 | 2,370 | → |
| Shotts (/ Dykehead / Stane) | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 8,780 | 8,800 | 8,570 | 8,630 | → |
| Skelmorlie | Locality | North Ayrshire | 1,930 | 2,100 | 2,060 | 2,050 | → |
| Slamannan | Locality | Falkirk | 1,310 | 1,360 | 1,310 | 1,300 | → |
| Smithton | Locality | Highland | 2,170 | 2,110 | 2,270 | 2,190 | → |
| South Queensferry | Locality | City of Edinburgh | 9,480 | 9,120 | 9,350 | 9,990 | → |
| Spean Bridge | Locality | Highland | 420 | 540 | 570 | 560 | → |
| Springfield | Locality | Fife | 910 | 930 | 960 | 1,040 | → |
| Springside | Locality | North Ayrshire | 1,220 | 1,260 | 1,250 | 1,200 | → |
| Stamperland | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 3,720 | 3,610 | 3,640 | 3,600 | → |
| St Andrews | Locality | Fife | 14,340 | 16,870 | 17,580 | 18,330 | → |
| Stanley | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 1,540 | 1,440 | 1,410 | 1,360 | → |
| St Boswells | Locality | Scottish Borders | 1,160 | 1,490 | 1,470 | 1,430 | → |
| St Combs | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 700 | 650 | 660 | 630 | → |
| St Cyrus | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,090 | 1,070 | 1,160 | 1,130 | → |
| Stenhousemuir | Locality | Falkirk | 10,410 | 10,050 | 9,740 | 9,650 | → |
| Steòrnabhagh (Stornoway) | Locality | Eilean Siar | 5,330 | 5,220 | 5,070 | 4,900 | → |
| Stepps | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 5,020 | 6,630 | 7,450 | 8,320 | → |
| Stevenston | Locality | North Ayrshire | 9,200 | 9,330 | 9,230 | 9,260 | → |
| Stewarton | Locality | East Ayrshire | 6,700 | 7,060 | 7,420 | 7,440 | → |
| St Fergus | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 410 | 740 | 780 | 740 | → |
| Stirling | Locality | Stirling | 33,520 | 36,140 | 37,610 | 37,800 | → |
| St Madoes (/ Glencarse) | Locality | Perth and Kinross | 860 | 1,180 | 1,170 | 1,140 | → |
| St Monans | Locality | Fife | 1,440 | 1,260 | 1,190 | 1,140 | → |
| Stonehaven | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 10,050 | 11,430 | 11,170 | 10,860 | → |
| Stonehouse | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 5,120 | 5,510 | 5,500 | 5,560 | → |
| Stoneyburn | Locality | West Lothian | 2,100 | 2,020 | 1,980 | 1,980 | → |
| Stow (Stow of Wedale) | Locality | Scottish Borders | 680 | 720 | 700 | 700 | → |
| Stranraer | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 10,920 | 10,590 | 10,320 | 10,180 | → |
| Strathaven | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 7,790 | 7,480 | 7,350 | 7,410 | → |
| Strathblane | Locality | Stirling | 2,110 | 1,960 | 1,990 | 1,970 | → |
| Strathkinness | Locality | Fife | 1,070 | 710 | 800 | 800 | → |
| Strathmiglo | Locality | Fife | 1,080 | 880 | 910 | 900 | → |
| Strathpeffer | Locality | Highland | 1,000 | 1,110 | 1,090 | 1,040 | → |
| Strichen | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,030 | 960 | 1,020 | 1,000 | → |
| Stromness | Locality | Orkney Islands | 1,600 | 1,760 | 1,810 | 1,790 | → |
| Stuartfield | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 660 | 670 | 830 | 800 | → |
| Symington | Locality | South Ayrshire | 1,250 | 1,110 | 1,170 | 1,240 | → |
| Symington | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 610 | 690 | 750 | 740 | → |
| Tain | Locality | Highland | 3,600 | 3,660 | 3,590 | 3,560 | → |
| Tarbert | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 1,340 | 1,180 | 1,130 | 1,130 | → |
| Tarbolton | Locality | South Ayrshire | 1,710 | 1,730 | 1,900 | 1,860 | → |
| Tarland | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 750 | 700 | 720 | 720 | → |
| Tarves | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,020 | 980 | 1,070 | 1,060 | → |
| Tayport | Locality | Fife | 4,000 | 3,820 | 3,810 | 3,760 | → |
| Thankerton | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 410 | 520 | 510 | 510 | → |
| Thornhill | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 1,660 | 1,670 | 1,660 | 1,710 | → |
| Thornhill | Locality | Stirling | 520 | 510 | 530 | 630 | → |
| Thornliebank | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 3,990 | 4,050 | 4,070 | 4,170 | → |
| Thornton | Locality | Fife | 1,940 | 2,020 | 2,020 | 2,020 | → |
| Thorntonhall | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 510 | 640 | 590 | 660 | → |
| Thurso | Locality | Highland | 7,680 | 7,930 | 7,610 | 7,490 | → |
| Tighnabruaich | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 670 | 530 | 520 | 560 | → |
| Tillicoultry | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 5,330 | 5,000 | 4,650 | 4,660 | → |
| Tobermory | Locality | Argyll and Bute | 950 | 950 | 1,010 | 980 | → |
| Torphichen | Locality | West Lothian | 680 | 650 | 710 | 730 | → |
| Torphins | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 1,360 | 1,480 | 1,410 | 1,380 | → |
| Torrance | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 2,570 | 2,380 | 2,290 | 2,300 | → |
| Torryburn (/ Newmills) | Locality | Fife | 650 | 1,030 | 1,020 | 1,090 | → |
| Townhill | Locality | Fife | 1,240 | 1,160 | 1,180 | 1,150 | → |
| Tranent | Locality | East Lothian | 8,930 | 11,640 | 12,140 | 12,200 | → |
| Troon | Locality | South Ayrshire | 15,030 | 14,750 | 14,710 | 14,490 | → |
| Tullibody | Locality | Clackmannanshire | 6,840 | 8,810 | 8,580 | 8,530 | → |
| Turriff | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 4,480 | 5,180 | 4,960 | 4,760 | → |
| Twechar | Locality | East Dunbartonshire | 1,420 | 1,160 | 1,220 | 1,310 | → |
| Tweedbank | Locality | Scottish Borders | 1,780 | 2,100 | 2,040 | 1,990 | → |
| Uddingston | Locality | South Lanarkshire | 5,480 | 5,540 | 6,370 | 6,770 | → |
| Ullapool | Locality | Highland | 1,390 | 1,540 | 1,520 | 1,480 | → |
| Uplawmoor | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 540 | 550 | 610 | 670 | → |
| Viewpark | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 15,840 | 16,160 | 15,770 | 15,700 | → |
| Walkerburn | Locality | Scottish Borders | 650 | 700 | 720 | 730 | → |
| Wallacestone | Locality | Falkirk | 750 | 690 | 660 | 650 | → |
| Wallyford | Locality | East Lothian | 2,480 | 3,160 | 3,260 | 3,670 | → |
| Waterfoot | Locality | East Renfrewshire | 1,400 | 1,280 | 1,330 | 1,410 | → |
| Wattston (/ Greengairs) | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 540 | 540 | 570 | 540 | → |
| Wellbank | Locality | Angus | 580 | 610 | 620 | 600 | → |
| Wemyss Bay | Locality | Inverclyde | 2,580 | 2,590 | 2,430 | 2,400 | → |
| West Barns | Locality | East Lothian | 560 | 580 | 640 | 910 | → |
| West Calder | Locality | West Lothian | 2,940 | 3,160 | 3,130 | 3,070 | → |
| Westhill | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 10,110 | 11,200 | 12,290 | 12,210 | → |
| Westhill | Locality | Highland | 3,220 | 5,260 | 5,410 | 5,370 | → |
| West Kilbride | Locality | North Ayrshire | 4,540 | 4,780 | 4,700 | 4,690 | → |
| West Linton | Locality | Scottish Borders | 1,560 | 1,550 | 1,700 | 1,800 | → |
| Westquarter | Locality | Falkirk | 1,070 | 1,190 | 1,120 | 1,100 | → |
| Whitburn | Locality | West Lothian | 10,430 | 10,460 | 10,860 | 10,670 | → |
| Whitecraig | Locality | East Lothian | 1,280 | 1,200 | 1,450 | 1,400 | → |
| Whitecross | Locality | Falkirk | 820 | 780 | 770 | 760 | → |
| Whitehills | Locality | Aberdeenshire | 940 | 1,080 | 1,050 | 1,010 | → |
| Whithorn | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 970 | 830 | 780 | 770 | → |
| Whiting Bay | Locality | North Ayrshire | 680 | 630 | 620 | 640 | → |
| Wick | Locality | Highland | 7,400 | 7,160 | 7,040 | 6,870 | → |
| Wigtown | Locality | Dumfries and Galloway | 1,140 | 920 | 870 | 870 | → |
| Winchburgh | Locality | West Lothian | 2,630 | 2,490 | 3,040 | 3,410 | → |
| Windygates | Locality | Fife | 1,680 | 1,850 | 1,860 | 1,810 | → |
| Wishaw | Locality | North Lanarkshire | 28,690 | 30,390 | 30,290 | 30,250 | → |
| Yetholm | Locality | Scottish Borders | 690 | 550 | 600 | 620 | → |
Source: National Records of Scotland (web).
Explanation: Localities according to the definition of 2016. 2001, 2011 and 2019 figures are approximate values calculated by »City Population« using the population of output areas or data zones.