List of Scottish council areas by population
This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by population. The populations of these Scottish council areas are mid-year estimates for 2017 from the Office for National Statistics.[1]
| Rank | Council area | Population | Electors[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Glasgow | 621,000 | 462,286 |
| 2 | City of Edinburgh | 513,200 | 367,762 |
| 3 | Fife | 371,400 | 280,622 |
| 4 | North Lanarkshire | 340,000 | 256,174 |
| 5 | South Lanarkshire | 318,200 | 248,875 |
| 6 | Aberdeenshire | 261,800 | 202,194 |
| 7 | Highland | 235,200 | 184,697 |
| 8 | City of Aberdeen | 228,800 | 163,196 |
| 9 | West Lothian | 181,300 | 137,614 |
| 10 | Renfrewshire | 176,800 | 133,295 |
| 11 | Falkirk | 160,100 | 122,471 |
| 12 | Perth and Kinross | 151,100 | 114,936 |
| 13 | Dumfries and Galloway | 149,200 | 116,593 |
| 14 | City of Dundee | 148,700 | 112,513 |
| 15 | North Ayrshire | 135,800 | 107,763 |
| 16 | East Ayrshire | 121,900 | 94,657 |
| 17 | Angus | 116,300 | 89,652 |
| 18 | Scottish Borders | 115,000 | 91,919 |
| 19 | South Ayrshire | 112,700 | 90,300 |
| 20 | East Dunbartonshire | 108,100 | 85,410 |
| 21 | East Lothian | 104,800 | 80,874 |
| 22 | Moray | 95,800 | 73,284 |
| 23 | East Renfrewshire | 94,800 | 71,618 |
| 24 | Stirling | 94,000 | 68,778 |
| 25 | Midlothian | 90,100 | 70,587 |
| 26 | West Dunbartonshire | 89,600 | 68,826 |
| 27 | Argyll and Bute | 86,800 | 68,271 |
| 28 | Inverclyde | 78,800 | 59,941 |
| 29 | Clackmannanshire | 51,500 | 39,186 |
| 30 | Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | 27,000 | 21,874 |
| 31 | Shetland Islands | 23,100 | 17,837 |
| 32 | Orkney Islands | 22,000 | 17,135 |
References
- ↑ "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2017". Office for National Statistics. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ↑ "Electoral Statistics - Scotland 1st December 2017". National Records of Scotland. 1 December 2017. Table 3. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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