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Mid-2006 Population Estimates Scotland

Table 5 Components of population change by administrative area: 2001-2006

 

Estimated population 30 June 2001

  Births

  Deaths

  Natural change

Estimated 1 net civilian migration

  Other 2 changes

Estimated population 30 June 2006

Population change

Number

%

SCOTLAND

5,064,200

265,827

285,007

-19,180

71,601

279

5,116,900

52,700

1.0

Council areas

                 

Aberdeen City

211,910

10,344

10,787

-443

-4,594

7

206,880

-5,030

-2.4

Aberdeenshire

226,940

11,943

10,596

1,347

8,213

-240

236,260

9,320

4.1

Angus

108,370

5,355

6,643

-1,288

2,639

-401

109,320

950

0.9

Argyll & Bute

91,300

3,825

5,693

-1,868

2,068

-110

91,390

90

0.1

Clackmannanshire

48,070

2,539

2,578

-39

891

-22

48,900

830

1.7

Dumfries & Galloway

147,780

6,859

9,315

-2,456

2,695

11

148,030

250

0.2

Dundee City

145,460

7,604

8,970

-1,366

-1,924

0

142,170

-3,290

-2.3

East Ayrshire

120,310

6,130

7,221

-1,091

12

59

119,290

-1,020

-0.8

East Dunbartonshire

108,250

4,666

4,918

-252

-2,562

24

105,460

-2,790

-2.6

East Lothian

90,180

4,899

5,138

-239

2,889

0

92,830

2,650

2.9

East Renfrewshire

89,410

4,535

4,318

217

-337

0

89,290

-120

-0.1

Edinburgh, City of

449,020

23,030

22,505

525

13,676

289

463,510

14,490

3.2

Eilean Siar

26,450

1,185

1,927

-742

642

0

26,350

-100

-0.4

Falkirk

145,270

8,210

8,170

40

4,424

-54

149,680

4,410

3.0

Fife

349,770

18,521

19,236

-715

8,975

900

358,930

9,160

2.6

Glasgow City

578,710

33,017

36,943

-3,926

5,743

163

580,690

1,980

0.3

Highland

208,920

10,624

11,762

-1,138

7,505

23

215,310

6,390

3.1

Inverclyde

84,150

4,221

5,439

-1,218

-1,411

19

81,540

-2,610

-3.1

Midlothian

80,950

4,320

4,214

106

-1,666

-100

79,290

-1,660

-2.1

Moray

87,000

4,301

4,777

-476

576

-350

86,750

-250

-0.3

North Ayrshire

135,820

6,999

8,096

-1,097

767

0

135,490

-330

-0.2

North Lanarkshire

321,180

19,133

17,334

1,799

679

122

323,780

2,600

0.8

Orkney Islands

19,220

899

1,061

-162

712

0

19,770

550

2.9

Perth & Kinross

134,950

6,443

8,050

-1,607

6,907

-60

140,190

5,240

3.9

Renfrewshire

172,850

9,134

10,164

-1,030

-2,230

0

169,590

-3,260

-1.9

Scottish Borders

106,950

5,287

6,728

-1,441

4,731

0

110,240

3,290

3.1

Shetland Islands

21,960

1,183

1,031

152

-200

-32

21,880

-80

-0.4

South Ayrshire

112,160

4,954

7,202

-2,248

1,808

-50

111,670

-490

-0.4

South Lanarkshire

302,340

16,148

16,720

-572

5,902

0

307,670

5,330

1.8

Stirling

86,200

4,354

4,461

-107

1,636

81

87,810

1,610

1.9

West Dunbartonshire

93,320

4,919

5,720

-801

-1,279

0

91,240

-2,080

-2.2

West Lothian

159,030

10,246

7,290

2,956

3,714

0

165,700

6,670

4.2

NHS Board areas

                 

Ayrshire & Arran

368,290

18,083

22,519

-4,436

2,587

9

366,450

-1,840

-0.5

Borders

106,950

5,284

6,726

-1,442

4,739

0

110,247

3,297

3.1

Dumfries & Galloway

147,780

6,859

9,315

-2,456

2,695

11

148,030

250

0.2

Fife

349,690

18,521

19,236

-715

8,983

900

358,858

9,168

2.6

Forth Valley

279,240

15,099

15,246

-147

6,955

5

286,053

6,813

2.4

Grampian

525,850

26,588

26,160

428

4,194

-583

529,889

4,039

0.8

Greater Glasgow & Clyde 3

1,197,570

64,667

71,675

-7,008

816

206

1,191,584

-5,986

-0.5

Highland 3

300,220

14,449

17,455

-3,006

9,574

-87

306,701

6,481

2.2

Lanarkshire

553,230

31,124

29,890

1,234

3,553

122

558,139

4,909

0.9

Lothian

779,000

42,490

39,149

3,341

18,780

189

801,310

22,310

2.9

Orkney

19,220

899

1,061

-162

712

0

19,770

550

2.9

Shetland

21,960

1,183

1,031

152

-200

-32

21,880

-80

-0.4

Tayside

388,750

19,396

23,617

-4,221

7,571

-461

391,639

2,889

0.7

Western Isles

26,450

1,185

1,927

-742

642

0

26,350

-100

-0.4

Argyll & Clyde 4

420,700

20,920

25,343

-4,423

-2,683

-91

413,503

-7,197

-1.7

Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.

329,400

17,095

19,650

-2,555

-4,751

19

322,113

-7,287

-2.2

Highland pt.

91,300

3,825

5,693

-1,868

2,068

-110

91,390

90

0.1

Greater Glasgow 4

868,170

47,572

52,025

-4,453

5,567

187

869,471

1,301

0.1

Highland 4

208,920

10,624

11,762

-1,138

7,506

23

215,311

6,391

3.1

1 Includes movements to/from armed forces and an adjustment for a recurring unattributable population change based on the 2001 Census, which is assumed to be unmeasured migration. See the "Notes and Definitions" section for more information on unattributable population change.
2 Includes changes in the number of prisoners and armed forces stationed in Scotland.
3 New NHS Board areas including parts of former Argyll & Clyde.
4 Former NHS Board areas (before dissolution of Argyll & Clyde on 1 April 2006).

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