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Scotland's Population 2010: The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends 156th Edition

Appendix 1 – Summary tables

Table 1 Population and vital events, Scotland, 1855 to 2010

Year Estimated population Live births1 Stillbirths2 Infant deaths Deaths Marriages Divorces Civil Partnerships3
('000s) Number Rate4 Number Rate5 Number Rate6 Number Rate4 Male Female
1855-60 3,018.4 102,462 34.1 ... ... 12,250 119.6 62,644 20.8 20,645 19 ... ...
1861-65 3,127.1 109,764 35.1 ... ... 13,166 119.9 69,265 22.1 22,013 14 ... ...
1866-70 3,275.6 114,394 34.9 ... ... 13,971 122.1 71,974 22.0 22,832 9 ... ...
1871-75 3,441.4 120,376 35.0 ... ... 15,314 127.2 77,988 22.7 25,754 24 ... ...
1876-80 3,628.7 126,086 34.8 ... ... 14,921 118.3 74,801 20.6 24,956 54 ... ...
1881-85 3,799.2 126,409 33.3 ... ... 14,864 117.6 74,396 19.6 26,176 74 ... ...
1886-90 3,943.9 123,977 31.4 ... ... 14,943 120.5 74,320 18.8 25,702 94 ... ...
1891-95 4,122.5 125,800 30.5 ... ... 15,895 126.4 78,350 19.0 27,962 115 ... ...
1896-1900 4,345.1 130,209 30.0 ... ... 16,857 129.5 78,021 17.9 31,771 146 ... ...
1901-05 4,535.7 132,399 29.2 ... ... 15,881 119.9 77,313 17.1 31,838 181 ... ...
1906-10 4,679.9 128,987 27.6 ... ... 14,501 112.4 75,534 16.1 31,811 195 ... ...
1911-15 4,748.3 120,654 25.4 ... ... 13,604 112.8 74,466 15.7 33,857 264 ... ...
1916-20 4,823.8 109,750 22.8 ... ... 10,869 99.0 72,365 15.0 37,437 531 ... ...
1921-25 4,879.6 112,245 23.0 ... ... 10,299 91.8 67,652 13.9 34,720 427 ... ...
1926-30 4,845.1 96,674 20.0 ... ... 8,260 85.4 66,017 13.6 32,605 478 ... ...
1931-35 4,905.1 89,306 18.2 ... ... 7,212 80.8 64,839 13.2 34,986 507 ... ...
1936-40 4,956.8 87,734 17.6 ... ... 6,650 75.8 67,166 13.5 42,941 750 ... ...
1941-45 4,711.9 91,593 19.4 3,393 35.7 6,202 67.7 66,302 13.8 43,772 1,413 ... ...
1946-50 5,054.3 101,222 20.0 3,047 29.2 4,789 47.3 63,854 12.6 43,206 2,435 ... ...
1951-55 5,103.6 91,366 17.9 2,390 25.5 3,009 32.9 61,838 12.1 41,718 2,274 ... ...
1956-60 5,145.2 98,663 19.2 2,307 22.9 2,755 27.9 61,965 12.0 41,671 1,792 ... ...
1961-65 5,201.0 102,642 19.7 2,000 19.1 2,568 25.0 63,309 12.2 40,235 2,253 ... ...
1966-70 5,204.3 93,033 17.9 1,415 15.0 1,970 21.2 62,797 12.1 42,832 4,056 ... ...
1971-75 5,234.7 75,541 14.4 939 12.3 1,421 18.8 63,808 12.2 41,404 6,604 ... ...
1976-80 5,213.9 65,758 12.6 529 8.0 900 13.7 64,343 12.3 37,801 9,068 ... ...
1981-85 5,151.9 66,422 12.9 389 5.8 695 10.5 63,723 12.4 35,756 11,939 ... ...
1986-90 5,089.5 65,544 12.9 350 5.3 550 8.4 62,796 12.3 35,440 12,070 ... ...
1991-95 5,093.5 63,571 12.5 382 6.0 418 6.6 61,171 12.0 32,866 12,614 ... ...
1996-2000 5,077.5 56,856 11.2 327 5.7 316 5.6 59,478 11.7 29,965 11,984 ... ...
2001-2005 5,069.9 52,914 10.4 297 5.6 275 5.2 57,178 11.3 30,648 10,913 ... ...
2006-2010 5,169.1 58,270 11.3 311 5.3 245 4.2 54,920 10.6 28,934 11,561 316 329
1991 5,083.3 67,024 13.1 369 5.5 473 7.1 61,041 12.0 33,762 12,400 ... ...
1992 5,085.6 65,789 12.9 356 5.4 449 6.8 60,937 11.9 35,057 12,487 ... ...
1993 5,092.5 63,337 12.4 409 6.4 412 6.5 64,049 12.5 33,366 13,292 ... ...
1994 5,102.2 61,656 12.0 381 6.1 382 6.2 59,328 11.6 31,480 12,601 ... ...
1995 5,103.7 60,051 11.7 397 6.6 375 6.2 60,500 11.8 30,663 12,292 ... ...
1996 5,092.2 59,296 11.6 381 6.4 365 6.2 60,654 11.8 30,242 12,313 ... ...
1997 5,083.3 59,440 11.6 319 5.3 316 5.3 59,494 11.6 29,611 12,241 ... ...
1998 5,077.1 57,319 11.2 351 6.1 320 5.6 59,164 11.6 29,668 12,354 ... ...
1999 5,072.0 55,147 10.8 286 5.2 276 5.0 60,281 11.8 29,940 11,872 ... ...
2000 5,062.9 53,076 10.4 298 5.6 305 5.7 57,799 11.3 30,367 11,139 ... ...
2001 5,064.2 52,527 10.4 301 5.7 290 5.5 57,382 11.3 29,621 10,651 ... ...
2002 5,054.8 51,270 10.1 278 5.4 270 5.3 58,103 11.5 29,826 10,860 ... ...
2003 5,057.4 52,432 10.4 296 5.6 265 5.1 58,472 11.6 30,757 10,864 ... ...
2004 5,078.4 53,957 10.6 317 5.8 266 4.9 56,187 11.1 32,154 11,275 ... ...
2005 5,094.8 54,386 10.7 292 5.3 284 5.2 55,747 10.9 30,881 10,913 53 31
2006 5,116.9 55,690 10.9 296 5.3 248 4.5 55,093 10.8 29,898 13,076 580 467
2007 5,144.2 57,781 11.2 327 5.6 272 4.7 55,986 10.9 29,866 12,813 339 349
2008 5,168.5 60,041 11.6 325 5.4 253 4.2 55,700 10.8 28,903 11,513 245 280
2009 5,194.0 59,046 11.4 317 5.3 235 4.0 53,856 10.4 27,524 10,371 219 279
2010 5,222.1 58,791 11.3 291 4.9 218 3.7 53,967 10.3 28,480 10,034 197 268
1 Live births only, prior to 1939.
2 See Notes, definitions and quality of statistics.
3 The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into effect in December 2005.
4 Rate per 1,000 population.
5 Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
6 Rate per 1,000 live births.


Table 2 Estimated population, births, stillbirths, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships, numbers and rates, by Council area, Scotland, 2010

Area Estimated Population at 30 Jun Live births Stillbirths Infant deaths Deaths Marriages Civil Partner-ships
Number Rate1 Standard-ised Rate Number Rate2 Number Rate3 Number Rate1 Standard-ised Rate
SCOTLAND 5,222,100 58,791 11.3 11.3 291 4.9 218 3.7 53,967 10.3 10.3 28,480 465
Council areas
Aberdeen City 217,120 2,599 12.0 9.6 5 1.9 8 3.1 2,021 9.3 10.1 828 18
Aberdeenshire 245,780 2,727 11.1 13.0 18 6.6 9 3.3 2,252 9.2 9.2 1,221 9
Angus 110,570 1,096 9.9 12.5 2 1.8 8 7.3 1,289 11.7 9.9 445 6
Argyll & Bute 89,200 763 8.6 11.3 2 2.6 2 2.6 1,096 12.3 9.9 931 14
Clackmannanshire 50,630 620 12.2 13.4 1 1.6 - - 461 9.1 10.0 169 6
Dumfries & Galloway 148,190 1,445 9.8 13.1 8 5.5 9 6.2 1,857 12.5 10.0 4,881 61
Dundee City 144,290 1,745 12.1 10.9 6 3.4 10 5.7 1,695 11.7 10.8 548 16
East Ayrshire 120,240 1,334 11.1 12.3 6 4.5 4 3.0 1,270 10.6 10.4 400 2
East Dunbartonshire 104,580 924 8.8 11.1 7 7.5 5 5.4 964 9.2 8.4 258 4
East Lothian 97,500 1,123 11.5 14.2 5 4.4 2 1.8 984 10.1 9.5 482 5
East Renfrewshire 89,540 872 9.7 12.3 1 1.1 2 2.3 847 9.5 8.8 348 2
Edinburgh, City of 486,120 5,552 11.4 8.4 23 4.1 18 3.2 4,190 8.6 9.3 2,677 107
Eilean Siar 26,190 235 9.0 11.8 - - - - 359 13.7 10.6 102 -
Falkirk 153,280 1,874 12.2 12.7 9 4.8 8 4.3 1,506 9.8 10.3 846 7
Fife 365,020 4,172 11.4 12.2 35 8.3 18 4.3 3,673 10.1 9.6 1,627 20
Glasgow City 592,820 7,565 12.8 9.7 38 5.0 35 4.6 6,325 10.7 12.7 2,501 69
Highland 221,630 2,467 11.1 13.3 10 4.0 10 4.1 2,423 10.9 9.9 1,591 20
Inverclyde 79,770 791 9.9 11.0 5 6.3 5 6.3 1,050 13.2 12.5 222 1
Midlothian 81,140 994 12.3 14.0 10 10.0 2 2.0 805 9.9 10.2 396 8
Moray 87,720 928 10.6 12.5 2 2.2 3 3.2 932 10.6 9.7 379 6
North Ayrshire 135,180 1,450 10.7 12.5 9 6.2 6 4.1 1,484 11.0 10.4 692 7
North Lanarkshire 326,360 3,929 12.0 12.1 29 7.3 21 5.3 3,442 10.5 12.2 895 11
Orkney Islands 20,110 197 9.8 12.2 - - 2 10.2 213 10.6 9.4 94 -
Perth & Kinross 147,780 1,466 9.9 11.1 5 3.4 4 2.7 1,442 9.8 8.3 986 15
Renfrewshire 170,250 1,995 11.7 12.3 12 6.0 8 4.0 1,910 11.2 11.6 532 5
Scottish Borders 112,870 1,161 10.3 13.7 7 6.0 5 4.3 1,271 11.3 9.7 705 7
Shetland Islands 22,400 266 11.9 13.2 - - 1 3.8 241 10.8 10.6 93 1
South Ayrshire 111,440 1,035 9.3 11.4 5 4.8 2 1.9 1,439 12.9 10.3 764 13
South Lanarkshire 311,880 3,418 11.0 11.7 11 3.2 3 0.9 3,207 10.3 10.5 1,007 5
Stirling 89,850 836 9.3 10.3 6 7.1 3 3.6 846 9.4 9.4 667 9
West Dunbartonshire 90,570 1,044 11.5 11.9 4 3.8 3 2.9 1,046 11.5 12.0 414 3
West Lothian 172,080 2,168 12.6 12.8 10 4.6 2 0.9 1,427 8.3 10.6 779 8
1 Rate per 1,000 population.
2 Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
3 Rate per 1,000 live births.


Table 3 International populations and vital statistics rates, selected countries, latest available figures

Country Estimated population 2010 Live births 2009 Stillbirths1 infant deaths 2009 Deaths Marriages
('000s) Rate2 Year Rate3 Rate4 Year Rate2 Year Rate2
Scotland 5,222 11.4 2009 5.3 4.0 2009 10.4 2009 5.3
European Union
Austria 8,375 9.1 2009 3.7 3.8 2009 9.2 2009 4.2
Belgium 10,840 11.8 2007 4.4 3.4 2005 9.8 2009 4.0
Bulgaria 7,564 10.7 2009 7.5 9.0 2008 14.5 2009 3.4
Cyprus 803 12.0 3.3 2008 6.5 2009 7.9
Czech Republic 10,507 11.3 2009 2.7 2.9 2009 10.2 2009 4.6
Denmark 5,535 11.4 2009 4.3 3.1 2006 10.2 2009 6.0
Estonia 1,340 11.8 2009 5.0 3.6 2008 12.4 2009 4.0
Finland 5,351 11.3 2009 3.5 2.6 2009 9.3 2009 5.6
France 64,716 12.8 2001 4.8 3.9 2008 8.6 2009 3.9
Germany 81,802 8.1 2009 3.5 3.5 2006 10.0 2009 4.6
Greece 11,305 10.5 2009 4.3 3.1 2009 9.6 2009 5.2
Hungary 10,014 9.6 2009 5.3 5.1 2009 13.0 2009 3.7
Irish Republic 4,468 16.7 2007 4.5 3.2 2009 6.5 2007 5.2
Italy 60,340 9.5 2007 2.6 3.7 2007 9.6 2009 4.0
Latvia 2,248 9.6 2009 5.9 7.8 2008 13.7 2009 4.4
Lithuania 3,329 11.0 2009 4.1 4.9 2009 12.6 2009 6.1
Luxembourg 502 11.3 2008 3.9 2.5 2008 7.2 2009 3.5
Malta 413 10.0 2009 6.7 5.3 2008 7.9 2009 5.7
Netherlands 16,575 11.2 2008 4.2 3.8 2009 8.2 2009 4.4
Poland 38,167 10.9 2009 4.2 5.6 2008 9.9 2009 6.6
Portugal 10,638 9.4 2008 3.2 3.6 2009 9.9 2009 3.8
Romania 21,462 10.4 2009 4.3 10.1 2009 12.0 2009 6.2
Slovakia 5,425 11.3 2009 3.7 5.7 2008 9.0 2009 4.9
Slovenia 2,047 10.7 2009 5.5 2.4 2008 9.9 2009 3.2
Spain 45,989 10.8 2008 3.1 3.3 2008 8.5 2009 3.8
Sweden 9,341 12.0 2008 3.6 2.5 2008 9.9 2009 5.1
United Kingdom5 62,008 12.8 2009 5.2 4.7 2009 9.0 2009 4.3
Other Europe
Croatia 4,426 10.1 2009 3.9 5.3 2009 11.8 2009 5.0
Macedonia 2,053 11.5 2009 9.4 11.7 2003 8.9 2009 7.3
Norway 4,858 12.8 2009 3.3 3.1 2009 8.6 2009 5.0
Switzerland 7,786 10.1 2007 4.0 4.3 2007 8.1 2009 5.4
Turkey 72,561 17.6 2009 7.3 15.3 2008 5.9 2009 8.2
Sources: Eurostat, WHO/Europe
1 The definition of a stillbirth varies from country to country and over time. The position in the UK is described in
Appendix 2 - Notes, definitions and quality of statistcs.
2 Rate per 1,000 population.
3 Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
4 Rate per 1,000 live births.
5 Excludes Isle of Man and Channel Islands.


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