Changes within Scotland
Last updated: April 2018
Since mid-2007, the population of Scotland as a whole has increased by 4.9%.
Over the past decade, City of Edinburgh and Midlothian have seen the largest increases in population at 12.5% and 12.1% respectively. This is a lot higher than the next highest percentage increase of 9.7% in East Lothian. In contrast, six council areas have experienced a decrease in population over the past ten years with the largest decreases in Argyll and Bute (-4.4%) and Inverclyde (-4.1%).
Sources: Community Health Index (CHI) patient movements, National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) patient movements, Personal Demographic Service (PDS) patient movements, Long-Term International Migration estimates from the Office for National Statistics, Armed Forces data from the Ministry of Defense (MoD), Prisons data from Scottish Government Prision Statistics, Asylum Seeker and Refugee data from the Home Office, Scotland’s Census 2011.
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Mid-2016 Population Estimates Scotland (National Records of Scotland website)