Population Projections Scotland (2006-based): Population Projections by Sex, Age and Administrative Area

Table 1 Projected population by council and NHS board area (2006-based), 2006-2031

Area	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
SCOTLAND	5,116,900	5,138,465	5,157,069	5,174,616	5,190,398	5,205,613	5,219,854	5,232,776	5,245,376	5,257,865	5,270,249	5,282,416	5,294,260	5,305,634	5,316,383	5,326,398	5,335,554	5,343,806	5,351,125	5,357,462	5,362,774	5,367,035	5,370,234	5,372,376	5,373,478	5,373,569
Council areas
Aberdeen City	206,880	207,827	208,257	208,420	208,270	207,972	207,556	206,957	206,320	205,651	204,933	204,179	203,364	202,501	201,581	200,587	199,532	198,417	197,248	196,015	194,730	193,408	192,045	190,642	189,197	187,721
Aberdeenshire	236,260	239,019	241,502	243,830	245,960	248,016	249,946	251,783	253,596	255,388	257,171	258,957	260,739	262,515	264,272	266,009	267,718	269,384	271,007	272,569	274,071	275,511	276,883	278,177	279,394	280,532
Angus	109,320	109,808	110,270	110,685	111,052	111,407	111,701	111,971	112,232	112,475	112,704	112,930	113,145	113,353	113,539	113,712	113,866	114,010	114,133	114,231	114,329	114,395	114,435	114,452	114,434	114,396
Argyll & Bute	91,390	91,236	91,101	91,026	90,964	90,939	90,914	90,900	90,884	90,867	90,852	90,849	90,852	90,869	90,883	90,892	90,897	90,885	90,860	90,821	90,759	90,670	90,556	90,417	90,236	90,020
Clackmannanshire	48,900	49,145	49,348	49,556	49,759	49,967	50,181	50,388	50,589	50,787	50,984	51,175	51,365	51,561	51,750	51,933	52,116	52,282	52,447	52,598	52,739	52,868	52,983	53,083	53,169	53,245
Dumfries & Galloway	148,030	147,854	147,748	147,695	147,685	147,683	147,713	147,712	147,703	147,679	147,658	147,624	147,578	147,509	147,420	147,301	147,156	146,973	146,762	146,506	146,208	145,869	145,488	145,061	144,587	144,061
Dundee City	142,170	142,005	141,747	141,438	141,062	140,710	140,323	139,873	139,421	138,973	138,517	138,067	137,597	137,106	136,587	136,033	135,447	134,832	134,189	133,524	132,836	132,130	131,404	130,663	129,902	129,131
East Ayrshire	119,290	119,171	119,091	119,032	118,925	118,823	118,723	118,613	118,490	118,369	118,236	118,095	117,950	117,790	117,619	117,424	117,201	116,952	116,670	116,359	116,004	115,621	115,204	114,760	114,284	113,780
East Dunbartonshire	105,460	104,989	104,529	104,061	103,545	103,023	102,490	101,947	101,388	100,828	100,260	99,684	99,096	98,482	97,865	97,234	96,570	95,879	95,160	94,418	93,647	92,836	91,997	91,123	90,224	89,297
East Lothian	92,830	93,814	94,689	95,467	96,216	96,934	97,654	98,330	99,016	99,725	100,454	101,212	101,979	102,766	103,571	104,389	105,213	106,049	106,890	107,732	108,566	109,390	110,193	110,975	111,743	112,492
East Renfrewshire	89,290	89,054	88,923	88,836	88,806	88,780	88,809	88,832	88,853	88,887	88,937	88,992	89,050	89,118	89,184	89,258	89,325	89,386	89,435	89,456	89,465	89,459	89,432	89,385	89,312	89,223
Edinburgh, City of	463,510	468,682	473,099	477,323	481,153	484,845	488,344	491,662	494,979	498,288	501,589	504,856	508,065	511,209	514,282	517,266	520,163	522,975	525,709	528,361	530,953	533,479	535,942	538,354	540,711	543,020
Eilean Siar	26,350	26,331	26,313	26,286	26,257	26,234	26,211	26,183	26,147	26,103	26,058	26,014	25,966	25,914	25,860	25,793	25,727	25,662	25,584	25,504	25,406	25,321	25,221	25,111	25,002	24,892
Falkirk	149,680	150,323	151,002	151,699	152,411	153,117	153,801	154,460	155,083	155,685	156,272	156,837	157,386	157,912	158,413	158,904	159,365	159,800	160,207	160,596	160,949	161,277	161,581	161,852	162,100	162,318
Fife	358,930	360,764	362,653	364,554	366,501	368,440	370,390	372,396	374,390	376,398	378,413	380,443	382,468	384,473	386,463	388,407	390,296	392,123	393,904	395,612	397,263	398,831	400,307	401,710	403,032	404,292
Glasgow City	580,690	582,484	583,493	584,308	584,685	584,950	585,072	584,987	584,915	584,852	584,789	584,674	584,506	584,248	583,885	583,412	582,825	582,113	581,290	580,369	579,351	578,249	577,082	575,858	574,572	573,227
Highland	215,310	216,980	218,473	219,872	221,218	222,495	223,698	224,795	225,849	226,872	227,868	228,841	229,784	230,709	231,594	232,444	233,247	234,016	234,729	235,401	236,036	236,608	237,121	237,573	237,977	238,319
Inverclyde	81,540	81,027	80,532	80,042	79,613	79,188	78,773	78,349	77,924	77,499	77,071	76,639	76,202	75,748	75,282	74,805	74,294	73,777	73,235	72,674	72,093	71,493	70,882	70,252	69,605	68,941
Midlothian	79,290	79,438	79,507	79,540	79,508	79,432	79,306	79,180	79,043	78,909	78,782	78,643	78,517	78,381	78,239	78,093	77,934	77,764	77,585	77,385	77,169	76,944	76,691	76,421	76,129	75,813
Moray	86,750	87,133	87,360	87,546	87,629	87,647	87,658	87,607	87,534	87,474	87,420	87,355	87,293	87,223	87,153	87,070	86,972	86,864	86,738	86,589	86,413	86,202	85,968	85,700	85,398	85,060
North Ayrshire	135,490	135,194	135,072	134,959	134,958	134,950	134,985	135,008	135,015	135,019	135,008	134,975	134,932	134,872	134,780	134,661	134,517	134,338	134,125	133,880	133,592	133,269	132,908	132,509	132,083	131,622
North Lanarkshire	323,780	324,463	325,199	325,973	326,805	327,635	328,449	329,203	329,913	330,600	331,263	331,903	332,508	333,072	333,593	334,071	334,484	334,847	335,159	335,412	335,602	335,746	335,830	335,864	335,853	335,791
Orkney Islands	19,770	19,958	20,139	20,266	20,403	20,539	20,679	20,811	20,938	21,067	21,193	21,318	21,442	21,564	21,679	21,790	21,906	22,011	22,111	22,214	22,305	22,403	22,488	22,560	22,624	22,686
Perth & Kinross	140,190	141,846	143,286	144,656	145,959	147,223	148,453	149,653	150,848	152,072	153,314	154,569	155,835	157,104	158,376	159,631	160,876	162,111	163,327	164,514	165,686	166,819	167,928	169,004	170,049	171,062
Renfrewshire	169,590	169,255	168,926	168,612	168,261	167,883	167,494	167,041	166,576	166,103	165,628	165,148	164,647	164,125	163,576	163,010	162,408	161,785	161,131	160,447	159,719	158,965	158,174	157,347	156,508	155,636
Scottish Borders	110,240	110,792	111,426	112,066	112,726	113,443	114,155	114,865	115,586	116,323	117,057	117,798	118,550	119,310	120,066	120,816	121,558	122,288	123,007	123,708	124,388	125,032	125,658	126,263	126,837	127,390
Shetland Islands	21,880	21,786	21,729	21,674	21,614	21,599	21,570	21,536	21,500	21,445	21,384	21,318	21,247	21,168	21,083	20,995	20,907	20,806	20,699	20,590	20,476	20,340	20,211	20,079	19,937	19,783
South Ayrshire	111,670	111,625	111,601	111,588	111,589	111,608	111,627	111,644	111,655	111,676	111,688	111,704	111,717	111,726	111,722	111,710	111,677	111,623	111,553	111,460	111,330	111,179	110,998	110,787	110,558	110,293
South Lanarkshire	307,670	309,083	310,465	311,906	313,322	314,743	316,113	317,451	318,774	320,070	321,381	322,669	323,929	325,150	326,351	327,503	328,613	329,675	330,697	331,665	332,585	333,438	334,227	334,957	335,628	336,237
Stirling	87,810	88,671	89,362	89,961	90,474	90,950	91,369	91,745	92,123	92,511	92,901	93,296	93,698	94,103	94,500	94,891	95,273	95,645	95,985	96,322	96,641	96,943	97,225	97,487	97,724	97,954
West Dunbartonshire	91,240	91,099	90,885	90,693	90,461	90,260	90,007	89,763	89,519	89,270	89,015	88,755	88,487	88,215	87,912	87,607	87,278	86,922	86,526	86,118	85,699	85,244	84,766	84,278	83,764	83,221
West Lothian	165,700	167,609	169,342	171,046	172,607	174,178	175,690	177,131	178,573	180,000	181,449	182,897	184,366	185,838	187,303	188,747	190,193	191,612	193,023	194,412	195,764	197,096	198,406	199,672	200,905	202,114
NHS board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	366,450	365,990	365,764	365,579	365,472	365,381	365,335	365,265	365,160	365,064	364,932	364,774	364,599	364,388	364,121	363,795	363,395	362,913	362,348	361,699	360,926	360,069	359,110	358,056	356,925	355,695
Borders	110,247	110,799	111,433	112,073	112,733	113,450	114,162	114,872	115,593	116,330	117,064	117,805	118,557	119,317	120,073	120,823	121,565	122,295	123,014	123,715	124,395	125,039	125,665	126,270	126,844	127,397
Dumfries & Galloway	148,030	147,854	147,748	147,695	147,685	147,683	147,713	147,712	147,703	147,679	147,658	147,624	147,578	147,509	147,420	147,301	147,156	146,973	146,762	146,506	146,208	145,869	145,488	145,061	144,587	144,061
Fife	358,858	360,692	362,581	364,482	366,429	368,368	370,318	372,324	374,318	376,326	378,341	380,371	382,396	384,401	386,391	388,335	390,224	392,051	393,832	395,540	397,191	398,759	400,235	401,638	402,960	404,220
Forth Valley	286,053	287,802	289,375	290,879	292,307	293,697	295,014	296,256	297,458	298,646	299,820	300,971	302,112	303,239	304,326	305,391	306,417	307,390	308,302	309,179	309,992	310,751	311,452	312,085	312,656	313,180
Grampian	529,889	533,978	537,118	539,795	541,858	543,634	545,159	546,346	547,449	548,512	549,523	550,490	551,395	552,238	553,005	553,665	554,221	554,664	554,992	555,172	555,213	555,120	554,895	554,518	553,988	553,312
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	1,191,584	1,191,986	1,191,672	1,191,288	1,190,460	1,189,526	1,188,467	1,187,095	1,185,708	1,184,335	1,182,959	1,181,525	1,179,990	1,178,300	1,176,434	1,174,413	1,172,143	1,169,656	1,166,913	1,163,957	1,160,771	1,157,352	1,153,741	1,149,951	1,145,986	1,141,832
Highland	306,701	308,217	309,575	310,899	312,183	313,435	314,613	315,696	316,734	317,740	318,721	319,691	320,637	321,579	322,478	323,337	324,145	324,902	325,590	326,223	326,796	327,279	327,678	327,991	328,214	328,340
Lanarkshire	558,139	559,931	561,743	563,606	565,501	567,399	569,203	570,941	572,617	574,237	575,848	577,402	578,898	580,321	581,677	582,950	584,117	585,191	586,183	587,065	587,853	588,541	589,112	589,576	589,943	590,204
Lothian	801,310	809,523	816,617	823,356	829,464	835,369	840,974	846,283	851,591	856,902	862,254	867,588	872,907	878,174	883,375	888,475	893,483	898,380	903,187	907,870	912,432	916,889	921,212	925,402	929,468	933,419
Orkney	19,770	19,958	20,139	20,266	20,403	20,539	20,679	20,811	20,938	21,067	21,193	21,318	21,442	21,564	21,679	21,790	21,906	22,011	22,111	22,214	22,305	22,403	22,488	22,560	22,624	22,686
Shetland	21,880	21,786	21,729	21,674	21,614	21,599	21,570	21,536	21,500	21,445	21,384	21,318	21,247	21,168	21,083	20,995	20,907	20,806	20,699	20,590	20,476	20,340	20,211	20,079	19,937	19,783
Tayside	391,639	393,618	395,262	396,738	398,032	399,299	400,436	401,456	402,460	403,479	404,494	405,525	406,536	407,522	408,461	409,335	410,148	410,912	411,608	412,228	412,810	413,303	413,726	414,078	414,344	414,548
Western Isles	26,350	26,331	26,313	26,286	26,257	26,234	26,211	26,183	26,147	26,103	26,058	26,014	25,966	25,914	25,860	25,793	25,727	25,662	25,584	25,504	25,406	25,321	25,221	25,111	25,002	24,892

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