Population Projections Scotland (2008-based)

Table 1 Projected population by council and NHS board area (2008-based), 2008-2033

(persons)

Area	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	Area
SCOTLAND	5,168,500	5,189,094	5,211,403	5,232,601	5,252,844	5,271,006	5,288,803	5,306,408	5,324,201	5,342,064	5,359,837	5,377,365	5,394,494	5,411,102	5,427,065	5,442,289	5,456,712	5,470,259	5,482,893	5,494,578	5,505,283	5,514,995	5,523,737	5,531,535	5,538,409	5,544,410	SCOTLAND
Council areas																											Council areas
Aberdeen City	210,400	211,286	212,199	213,035	213,788	214,409	214,989	215,522	216,052	216,575	217,079	217,547	217,987	218,382	218,724	219,012	219,252	219,436	219,575	219,680	219,750	219,777	219,779	219,747	219,702	219,630	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire	241,460	243,590	245,999	248,336	250,647	252,794	254,951	257,159	259,383	261,629	263,895	266,168	268,433	270,715	272,986	275,248	277,476	279,666	281,820	283,923	285,982	287,972	289,903	291,778	293,600	295,353	Aberdeenshire
Angus	110,310	110,694	111,162	111,619	112,021	112,420	112,794	113,179	113,565	113,952	114,339	114,721	115,105	115,484	115,857	116,211	116,562	116,885	117,207	117,495	117,768	118,012	118,237	118,439	118,623	118,774	Angus
Argyll & Bute	90,500	90,182	89,916	89,692	89,467	89,248	89,093	88,936	88,789	88,654	88,531	88,402	88,280	88,162	88,040	87,904	87,766	87,600	87,421	87,217	86,992	86,725	86,438	86,113	85,764	85,383	Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire	50,480	50,931	51,424	51,926	52,432	52,879	53,383	53,886	54,393	54,900	55,416	55,921	56,430	56,936	57,439	57,942	58,442	58,937	59,422	59,899	60,367	60,820	61,279	61,719	62,152	62,577	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway	148,580	148,779	148,992	149,194	149,338	149,423	149,460	149,508	149,551	149,590	149,624	149,657	149,670	149,662	149,647	149,610	149,546	149,446	149,300	149,129	148,899	148,632	148,320	147,968	147,569	147,138	Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City	142,470	142,625	142,756	142,799	142,755	142,672	142,492	142,277	142,054	141,830	141,604	141,358	141,089	140,788	140,465	140,108	139,716	139,293	138,847	138,381	137,895	137,398	136,868	136,328	135,777	135,229	Dundee City
East Ayrshire	119,920	120,209	120,454	120,666	120,824	120,945	121,052	121,119	121,199	121,284	121,360	121,429	121,481	121,530	121,556	121,551	121,518	121,457	121,368	121,249	121,093	120,909	120,697	120,459	120,187	119,901	East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire	104,720	104,596	104,372	104,086	103,734	103,379	102,982	102,536	102,076	101,618	101,155	100,667	100,171	99,668	99,145	98,590	98,020	97,421	96,791	96,134	95,445	94,731	93,980	93,201	92,389	91,557	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian	96,100	97,439	98,902	100,274	101,572	102,754	103,911	105,048	106,216	107,409	108,641	109,895	111,183	112,500	113,830	115,186	116,546	117,899	119,252	120,586	121,916	123,220	124,507	125,789	127,037	128,279	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire	89,220	89,224	89,176	89,123	89,049	88,975	88,867	88,772	88,670	88,577	88,489	88,393	88,294	88,203	88,119	88,019	87,919	87,816	87,694	87,530	87,368	87,175	86,957	86,725	86,464	86,183	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of	471,650	474,810	478,447	482,131	485,812	489,318	492,902	496,528	500,143	503,720	507,233	510,682	514,065	517,346	520,524	523,627	526,637	529,568	532,446	535,250	538,003	540,688	543,325	545,912	548,448	550,932	Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar	26,200	26,101	26,045	25,989	25,930	25,869	25,852	25,827	25,802	25,781	25,763	25,742	25,719	25,689	25,658	25,628	25,604	25,565	25,528	25,491	25,440	25,391	25,333	25,274	25,205	25,136	Eilean Siar
Falkirk	151,570	152,380	153,274	154,148	155,066	155,919	156,755	157,631	158,509	159,378	160,239	161,098	161,940	162,773	163,590	164,380	165,148	165,901	166,635	167,350	168,050	168,721	169,374	170,002	170,619	171,211	Falkirk
Fife	361,890	363,430	365,175	366,922	368,673	370,326	371,981	373,701	375,450	377,198	378,934	380,671	382,372	384,040	385,661	387,214	388,699	390,110	391,447	392,699	393,868	394,959	395,982	396,935	397,805	398,608	Fife
Glasgow City	584,240	585,796	587,335	588,642	589,782	590,733	591,499	592,139	592,807	593,464	594,085	594,633	595,097	595,458	595,706	595,861	595,908	595,845	595,694	595,456	595,141	594,758	594,319	593,822	593,265	592,672	Glasgow City
Highland	219,400	221,128	223,099	224,997	226,840	228,467	230,137	231,799	233,459	235,111	236,757	238,394	240,018	241,621	243,202	244,748	246,266	247,758	249,193	250,594	251,953	253,255	254,512	255,708	256,858	257,965	Highland
Inverclyde	80,780	80,481	80,090	79,687	79,242	78,803	78,364	77,867	77,371	76,870	76,363	75,854	75,325	74,775	74,200	73,612	73,003	72,375	71,729	71,057	70,372	69,653	68,923	68,165	67,391	66,611	Inverclyde
Midlothian	80,560	81,027	81,437	81,796	82,048	82,253	82,405	82,501	82,609	82,725	82,839	82,961	83,069	83,175	83,259	83,335	83,390	83,438	83,477	83,488	83,484	83,463	83,423	83,368	83,288	83,187	Midlothian
Moray	87,770	88,072	88,361	88,589	88,805	88,971	89,086	89,192	89,324	89,451	89,580	89,718	89,856	89,996	90,123	90,245	90,360	90,458	90,535	90,589	90,610	90,610	90,584	90,523	90,441	90,324	Moray
North Ayrshire	135,920	136,064	136,163	136,194	136,182	136,124	136,050	135,923	135,793	135,660	135,516	135,362	135,178	134,975	134,742	134,487	134,205	133,884	133,522	133,130	132,714	132,248	131,756	131,227	130,665	130,072	North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire	325,520	326,440	327,349	328,177	328,937	329,610	330,264	330,865	331,472	332,065	332,635	333,182	333,692	334,156	334,584	334,956	335,259	335,515	335,711	335,860	335,966	336,022	336,032	335,995	335,908	335,783	North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands	19,890	19,973	20,053	20,129	20,254	20,375	20,491	20,605	20,721	20,837	20,956	21,072	21,188	21,295	21,400	21,501	21,606	21,712	21,811	21,902	21,989	22,065	22,136	22,193	22,248	22,301	Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross	144,180	145,656	147,348	149,031	150,633	152,070	153,523	155,016	156,549	158,103	159,678	161,274	162,880	164,495	166,114	167,740	169,352	170,956	172,540	174,111	175,648	177,163	178,639	180,088	181,509	182,903	Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire	169,800	169,930	169,965	169,899	169,790	169,618	169,401	169,131	168,853	168,586	168,295	167,994	167,681	167,343	166,970	166,572	166,140	165,678	165,174	164,652	164,082	163,495	162,872	162,230	161,563	160,872	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	112,430	113,218	114,100	114,943	115,791	116,491	117,203	117,913	118,633	119,371	120,124	120,885	121,647	122,397	123,156	123,906	124,634	125,355	126,043	126,715	127,348	127,962	128,541	129,103	129,636	130,134	Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands	21,980	22,045	22,056	22,053	22,051	22,023	22,002	21,968	21,931	21,887	21,843	21,789	21,735	21,667	21,598	21,523	21,438	21,347	21,257	21,144	21,034	20,918	20,786	20,641	20,496	20,338	Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire	111,670	111,586	111,571	111,553	111,536	111,526	111,524	111,522	111,542	111,558	111,585	111,603	111,618	111,622	111,616	111,601	111,567	111,524	111,449	111,360	111,250	111,115	110,947	110,771	110,569	110,337	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire	310,090	310,922	311,951	313,054	314,254	315,446	316,682	318,047	319,413	320,794	322,163	323,522	324,871	326,186	327,466	328,707	329,925	331,093	332,217	333,301	334,324	335,304	336,219	337,086	337,898	338,657	South Lanarkshire
Stirling	88,350	88,548	88,793	89,032	89,271	89,512	89,749	90,007	90,269	90,549	90,830	91,128	91,423	91,718	92,016	92,297	92,580	92,860	93,121	93,351	93,555	93,759	93,937	94,094	94,227	94,329	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire	90,940	90,809	90,635	90,420	90,219	90,025	89,803	89,586	89,354	89,131	88,909	88,683	88,443	88,185	87,908	87,615	87,293	86,953	86,598	86,239	85,849	85,440	85,021	84,583	84,136	83,670	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian	169,510	171,123	172,804	174,465	176,101	177,629	179,156	180,698	182,249	183,807	185,377	186,960	188,554	190,160	191,764	193,353	194,935	196,508	198,069	199,616	201,128	202,635	204,111	205,549	206,970	208,364	West Lothian
NHS board areas																											NHS board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	367,510	367,859	368,188	368,413	368,542	368,595	368,626	368,564	368,534	368,502	368,461	368,394	368,277	368,127	367,914	367,639	367,290	366,865	366,339	365,739	365,057	364,272	363,400	362,457	361,421	360,310	Ayrshire & Arran
Borders	112,430	113,218	114,100	114,943	115,791	116,491	117,203	117,913	118,633	119,371	120,124	120,885	121,647	122,397	123,156	123,906	124,634	125,355	126,043	126,715	127,348	127,962	128,541	129,103	129,636	130,134	Borders
Dumfries & Galloway	148,580	148,779	148,992	149,194	149,338	149,423	149,460	149,508	149,551	149,590	149,624	149,657	149,670	149,662	149,647	149,610	149,546	149,446	149,300	149,129	148,899	148,632	148,320	147,968	147,569	147,138	Dumfries & Galloway
Fife	361,815	363,355	365,100	366,847	368,598	370,251	371,906	373,626	375,375	377,123	378,859	380,596	382,297	383,965	385,586	387,139	388,624	390,035	391,372	392,624	393,793	394,884	395,907	396,860	397,730	398,533	Fife
Forth Valley	290,047	291,506	293,138	294,753	296,416	297,957	299,534	301,171	302,818	304,474	306,132	307,794	309,440	311,074	312,692	314,266	315,817	317,345	318,825	320,247	321,619	322,947	324,237	325,462	326,645	327,764	Forth Valley
Grampian	539,630	542,948	546,559	549,960	553,240	556,174	559,026	561,873	564,759	567,655	570,554	573,433	576,276	579,093	581,833	584,505	587,088	589,560	591,930	594,192	596,342	598,359	600,266	602,048	603,743	605,307	Grampian
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	1,194,675	1,196,095	1,197,160	1,197,783	1,198,105	1,198,174	1,197,915	1,197,432	1,196,943	1,196,463	1,195,934	1,195,287	1,194,504	1,193,543	1,192,375	1,191,009	1,189,439	1,187,653	1,185,639	1,183,412	1,180,990	1,178,367	1,175,556	1,172,573	1,169,413	1,166,109	Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Highland	309,900	311,310	313,015	314,689	316,307	317,715	319,230	320,735	322,248	323,765	325,288	326,796	328,298	329,783	331,242	332,652	334,032	335,358	336,614	337,811	338,945	339,980	340,950	341,821	342,622	343,348	Highland
Lanarkshire	561,174	562,642	564,252	565,844	567,441	568,954	570,486	572,050	573,612	575,181	576,699	578,180	579,609	580,970	582,262	583,462	584,567	585,582	586,508	587,356	588,096	588,750	589,306	589,773	590,140	590,435	Lanarkshire
Lothian	817,727	824,306	831,497	838,573	845,440	851,861	858,281	864,682	871,124	877,568	883,997	890,405	896,778	903,088	909,284	915,408	921,415	927,320	933,151	938,847	944,438	949,913	955,273	960,525	965,650	970,669	Lothian
Orkney	19,890	19,973	20,053	20,129	20,254	20,375	20,491	20,605	20,721	20,837	20,956	21,072	21,188	21,295	21,400	21,501	21,606	21,712	21,811	21,902	21,989	22,065	22,136	22,193	22,248	22,301	Orkney
Shetland	21,980	22,045	22,056	22,053	22,051	22,023	22,002	21,968	21,931	21,887	21,843	21,789	21,735	21,667	21,598	21,523	21,438	21,347	21,257	21,144	21,034	20,918	20,786	20,641	20,496	20,338	Shetland
Tayside	396,942	398,957	401,248	403,431	405,391	407,144	408,791	410,454	412,150	413,867	415,603	417,335	419,056	420,749	422,418	424,041	425,612	427,116	428,576	429,969	431,293	432,555	433,726	434,837	435,891	436,888	Tayside
Western Isles	26,200	26,101	26,045	25,989	25,930	25,869	25,852	25,827	25,802	25,781	25,763	25,742	25,719	25,689	25,658	25,628	25,604	25,565	25,528	25,491	25,440	25,391	25,333	25,274	25,205	25,136	Western Isles

previous | contents | next