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Mid-2011 Population Estimates Scotland

Table 9: Land area and population density by administrative area, mid-2011

Estimated population
30 June 2011
Area1
(sq km)
Density2
(Persons per sq km)
Scotland 5,254,800 77,925 67
Council areas
Aberdeen City 220,420 186 1,187
Aberdeenshire 247,600 6,313 39
Angus 110,630 2,182 51
Argyll & Bute 89,590 6,909 13
Clackmannanshire 50,770 159 320
Dumfries & Galloway 148,060 6,426 23
Dundee City 145,570 60 2,433
East Ayrshire 120,200 1,262 95
East Dunbartonshire 104,570 175 599
East Lothian 98,170 679 145
East Renfrewshire 89,850 174 517
Edinburgh, City of 495,360 264 1,878
Eilean Siar 26,080 3,071 8
Falkirk 154,380 297 519
Fife 367,370 1,325 277
Glasgow City 598,830 175 3,412
Highland 222,370 25,659 9
Inverclyde 79,220 160 494
Midlothian 82,370 354 233
Moray 87,260 2,238 39
North Ayrshire 135,130 885 153
North Lanarkshire 326,680 470 695
Orkney Islands 20,160 990 20
Perth & Kinross 149,520 5,286 28
Renfrewshire 170,650 261 654
Scottish Borders 113,150 4,732 24
Shetland Islands 22,500 1,466 15
South Ayrshire 111,560 1,222 91
South Lanarkshire 312,660 1,772 176
Stirling 90,770 2,187 41
West Dunbartonshire 90,360 159 569
West Lothian 172,990 427 405
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran 366,890 3,377 109
Borders 113,150 4,732 24
Dumfries & Galloway 148,060 6,426 23
Fife 367,292 1,325 277
Forth Valley 295,541 2,633 112
Grampian 555,280 8,736 64
Greater Glasgow & Clyde 1,210,254 1,151 1,052
Highland 311,960 32,568 10
Lanarkshire 563,185 2,181 258
Lothian 848,727 1,760 482
Orkney 20,160 990 20
Shetland 22,500 1,466 15
Tayside 405,721 7,508 54
Western Isles 26,080 3,071 8

 

Footnotes
1) Land areas were derived from digital boundaries used for the 2011 Census. 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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