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Mid-2009 Population Estimates Scotland

Table 10 Land area and population density by administrative area: 30 June 2009

 

Estimated population 30 June 2009

Area1(sq km)

Persons2 per sq km

SCOTLAND

5,194,000

77,925

67

Council areas

Aberdeen City

213,810

186

1,151

Aberdeenshire

243,510

6,313

39

Angus

110,250

2,182

51

Argyll & Bute

90,040

6,909

13

Clackmannanshire

50,540

159

319

Dumfries & Galloway

148,510

6,426

23

Dundee City

143,390

60

2,397

East Ayrshire

120,210

1,262

95

East Dunbartonshire

104,680

175

600

East Lothian

96,830

679

143

East Renfrewshire

89,240

174

513

Edinburgh, City of

477,660

264

1,811

Eilean Siar

26,180

3,071

9

Falkirk

152,480

297

513

Fife

363,460

1,325

274

Glasgow City

588,470

175

3,353

Highland

220,490

25,659

9

Inverclyde

80,210

160

500

Midlothian

80,810

354

228

Moray

87,660

2,238

39

North Ayrshire

135,510

885

153

North Lanarkshire

326,320

470

695

Orkney Islands

19,960

990

20

Perth & Kinross

145,910

5,286

28

Renfrewshire

169,910

261

651

Scottish Borders

112,680

4,732

24

Shetland Islands

22,210

1,466

15

South Ayrshire

111,440

1,222

91

South Lanarkshire

310,930

1,772

175

Stirling

88,740

2,187

41

West Dunbartonshire

90,920

159

572

West Lothian

171,040

427

400

NHS Board areas

Ayrshire & Arran

367,160

3,377

109

Borders

112,680

4,732

24

Dumfries & Galloway

148,510

6,426

23

Fife

363,385

1,325

274

Forth Valley

291,383

2,633

111

Grampian

544,980

8,736

62

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

1,199,026

1,151

1,042

Highland

310,530

32,568

10

Lanarkshire

562,215

2,181

258

Lothian

826,231

1,760

469

Orkney

19,960

990

20

Shetland

22,210

1,466

15

Tayside

399,550

7,508

53

Western Isles

26,180

3,071

9

1 See note on page 40. Figures may not add exactly because of rounding.
2 Persons per sq km has been calculated using actual, not rounded areas.

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