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Population Projections Scotland (2008-based)

Table 3 Projected percentage change in population (2008-based), by broad age group, council and NHS board areas, selected years

Area	All ages					Children (0-15)					Working Ages¹					Pensionable Ages¹					75+
Area	2013	2018	2023	2028	2033	2013	2018	2023	2028	2033	2013	2018	2023	2028	2033	2013	2018	2023	2028	2033	2013	2018	2023	2028	2033
SCOTLAND	2	4	5	7	7	-1	1	2	0	-2	2	4	4	4	2	4	6	14	19	31	10	23	45	64	84
Council areas
Aberdeen City	2	3	4	4	4	3	7	7	1	-5	2	2	1	2	0	2	3	11	16	27	6	13	28	46	66
Aberdeenshire	5	9	14	18	22	-1	0	4	7	11	4	9	10	13	13	12	21	36	46	65	16	39	76	111	147
Angus	2	4	5	7	8	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	-1	7	10	18	24	34	13	29	56	79	95
Argyll & Bute	-1	-2	-3	-4	-6	-11	-15	-13	-12	-14	-1	-2	-6	-9	-14	5	5	11	13	20	12	30	55	71	84
Clackmannanshire	5	10	15	20	24	3	8	13	14	17	4	10	14	19	20	8	11	20	27	44	15	32	65	91	113
Dumfries & Galloway	1	1	1	0	-1	-4	-4	-3	-5	-8	0	-1	-4	-6	-11	6	8	14	18	26	13	30	55	74	88
Dundee City	0	-1	-2	-3	-5	3	7	7	0	-8	0	-2	-4	-6	-9	-1	-4	-1	1	8	7	12	24	32	43
East Ayrshire	1	1	1	1	-0	-2	-1	-1	-4	-8	1	1	-1	-2	-7	4	5	11	15	27	11	25	50	70	85
East Dunbartonshire	-1	-3	-6	-9	-13	-9	-14	-16	-20	-26	-1	-3	-9	-15	-22	4	5	12	17	25	15	30	51	67	86
East Lothian	7	13	20	27	33	2	8	19	29	38	9	16	21	26	29	6	9	19	27	43	11	26	52	73	95
East Renfrewshire	0	-1	-1	-2	-3	-7	-10	-11	-11	-12	1	1	-3	-6	-12	3	3	12	18	29	12	23	41	56	77
Edinburgh, City of	4	8	11	14	17	3	9	11	6	1	4	9	11	15	17	2	2	10	17	31	5	11	27	44	63
Eilean Siar	-1	-2	-2	-3	-4	-6	-9	-12	-16	-17	-2	-3	-5	-7	-12	4	6	12	15	24	8	21	40	59	72
Falkirk	3	6	8	11	13	1	3	3	1	1	3	6	8	11	10	5	7	15	21	35	12	29	53	75	93
Fife	2	5	7	9	10	-1	2	4	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	7	9	18	24	37	11	27	55	77	98
Glasgow City	1	2	2	2	1	1	5	4	-2	-9	3	4	3	4	2	-6	-11	-6	-1	11	-1	-1	4	12	28
Highland	4	8	12	15	18	0	3	6	7	8	3	7	8	10	9	9	16	28	35	50	15	36	66	96	122
Inverclyde	-2	-5	-9	-13	-18	-5	-8	-12	-20	-29	-3	-7	-13	-18	-26	1	0	5	9	18	6	15	30	45	59
Midlothian	2	3	3	4	3	-1	-1	0	-2	-3	2	2	1	0	-3	7	9	16	21	31	15	30	60	82	99
Moray	1	2	3	3	3	-7	-8	-6	-6	-6	2	2	0	-1	-6	7	10	18	24	36	16	34	61	83	103
North Ayrshire	0	0	-1	-2	-4	-4	-4	-6	-11	-15	0	-2	-5	-7	-12	5	7	14	17	27	11	29	55	75	92
North Lanarkshire	1	2	3	3	3	0	1	0	-3	-5	1	2	1	1	-2	3	4	12	17	30	13	28	50	69	90
Orkney Islands	2	5	8	11	12	-4	-2	-1	-1	-1	2	4	4	5	1	8	15	26	35	51	16	42	73	102	129
Perth & Kinross	5	11	16	22	27	0	4	12	20	24	6	12	16	21	23	7	11	20	26	39	12	28	55	78	97
Renfrewshire	0	-1	-2	-3	-5	-1	-1	-2	-6	-11	0	-1	-4	-7	-12	2	1	6	11	21	11	23	41	56	71
Scottish Borders	4	7	10	13	16	-1	1	4	6	9	4	7	8	10	8	7	11	21	27	41	10	29	58	82	102
Shetland Islands	0	-1	-2	-4	-7	-6	-11	-17	-25	-33	-1	-4	-8	-11	-18	12	19	31	38	52	16	41	74	108	132
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	0	-1	-3	-2	-1	-3	-5	-1	-1	-4	-5	-9	3	4	10	13	21	11	23	43	59	74
South Lanarkshire	2	4	6	8	9	-1	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	3	4	6	16	23	35	13	28	50	70	94
Stirling	1	3	4	6	7	-5	-6	-5	-2	-1	2	4	4	4	1	6	8	15	19	31	13	31	57	78	92
West Dunbartonshire	-1	-2	-4	-6	-8	-3	-2	-3	-9	-15	-1	-2	-6	-9	-14	0	-2	4	7	17	2	7	24	37	55
West Lothian	5	9	14	19	23	1	4	7	11	16	5	10	13	16	16	10	16	28	39	59	22	51	89	122	151
NHS board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	0	0	0	-1	-2	-3	-3	-3	-6	-10	0	-1	-3	-5	-9	4	6	12	15	25	11	26	49	68	83
Borders	4	7	10	13	16	-1	1	4	6	9	4	7	8	10	8	7	11	21	27	41	10	29	58	82	102
Dumfries & Galloway	1	1	1	0	-1	-4	-4	-3	-5	-8	0	-1	-4	-6	-11	6	8	14	18	26	13	30	55	74	88
Fife	2	5	7	9	10	-1	2	4	3	2	2	4	4	5	4	7	9	18	24	37	11	27	55	77	98
Forth Valley	3	6	8	11	13	0	1	3	3	3	3	6	8	10	9	6	8	16	22	35	13	30	56	79	97
Grampian	3	6	8	11	12	-1	1	3	3	2	3	5	5	6	5	7	12	24	31	46	12	28	54	81	107
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	0	0	0	-1	-2	-2	-1	-1	-6	-12	1	1	-1	-2	-5	-2	-4	2	7	18	5	10	22	34	52
Highland	3	5	7	9	11	-3	-2	0	1	2	2	4	4	5	2	8	12	22	28	40	14	34	63	88	110
Lanarkshire	1	3	4	5	5	-1	0	0	-2	-3	1	3	2	2	0	4	5	14	20	33	14	30	52	72	94
Lothian	4	8	12	15	19	2	6	10	10	9	5	9	12	15	16	5	7	16	23	38	10	21	43	64	85
Orkney	2	5	8	11	12	-4	-2	-1	-1	-1	2	4	4	5	1	8	15	26	35	51	16	42	73	102	129
Shetland	0	-1	-2	-4	-7	-6	-11	-17	-25	-33	-1	-4	-8	-11	-18	12	19	31	38	52	16	41	74	108	132
Tayside	3	5	7	9	10	0	4	7	7	6	2	4	5	6	5	5	6	13	17	27	10	23	44	62	78
Western Isles	-1	-2	-2	-3	-4	-6	-9	-12	-16	-17	-2	-3	-5	-7	-12	4	6	12	15	24	8	21	40	59	72

¹ Pensionable age is 65 for men, 60 for women until 2010; between 2010 and 2020 pensionable age for women increases to 65.
Between 2024 and 2046, state pension age will increase in three stages from 65 years to 68 years for both sexes.

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