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Mid-2006 Population Estimates Scotland

Table 9 Land area and population density, by administrative area: 30 June 2006

 

Estimated population 30 June 2006

  Area 1 (sq km)

Persons 2 per sq km

SCOTLAND

5,116,900

77,925

66

Council areas

     

Aberdeen City

206,880

186

1,114

Aberdeenshire

236,260

6,313

37

Angus

109,320

2,182

50

Argyll & Bute

91,390

6,909

13

Clackmannanshire

48,900

159

308

Dumfries & Galloway

148,030

6,426

23

Dundee City

142,170

60

2,376

East Ayrshire

119,290

1,262

95

East Dunbartonshire

105,460

175

604

East Lothian

92,830

679

137

East Renfrewshire

89,290

174

514

Edinburgh, City of

463,510

264

1,758

Eilean Siar

26,350

3,071

9

Falkirk

149,680

297

503

Fife

358,930

1,325

271

Glasgow City

580,690

175

3,309

Highland

215,310

25,659

8

Inverclyde

81,540

160

508

Midlothian

79,290

354

224

Moray

86,750

2,238

39

North Ayrshire

135,490

885

153

North Lanarkshire

323,780

470

689

Orkney Islands

19,770

990

20

Perth & Kinross

140,190

5,286

27

Renfrewshire

169,590

261

650

Scottish Borders

110,240

4,732

23

Shetland Islands

21,880

1,466

15

South Ayrshire

111,670

1,222

91

South Lanarkshire

307,670

1,772

174

Stirling

87,810

2,187

40

West Dunbartonshire

91,240

159

574

West Lothian

165,700

427

388

NHS Board areas

     

Ayrshire & Arran

366,450

3,377

109

Borders

110,247

4,732

23

Dumfries & Galloway

148,030

6,426

23

Fife

358,858

1,325

271

Forth Valley

286,053

2,633

109

Grampian

529,889

8,736

61

Greater Glasgow & Clyde 3

1,191,584

1,151

1,035

Highland 3

306,701

32,568

9

Lanarkshire

558,139

2,181

256

Lothian

801,310

1,760

455

Orkney

19,770

990

20

Shetland

21,880

1,466

15

Tayside

391,639

7,508

52

Western Isles

26,350

3,071

9

Argyll & Clyde 4

413,503

7,505

55

Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.

322,113

596

541

Highland pt.

91,390

6,909

13

Greater Glasgow 4

869,471

555

1,566

Highland 4

215,311

25,659

8

See note on page 31. Figures may not add exactly because of rounding.
2 Persons per sq km has been calculated using actual, not rounded areas.
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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