Table 1: Projected population by Council and NHS Board area¹ (2012-based), 2012-2037

(Persons)
Area	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034	2035	2036	2037
Footnotes: April 2014 NHS Board areas.
Scotland	5,313,600	5,327,898	5,346,120	5,365,420	5,385,719	5,406,997	5,429,012	5,451,660	5,474,391	5,497,079	5,519,588	5,541,816	5,563,670	5,585,040	5,605,814	5,625,892	5,645,150	5,663,541	5,681,121	5,697,808	5,713,523	5,728,318	5,742,297	5,755,558	5,768,217	5,780,371
Council areas
Aberdeen City	224,970	226,975	229,167	231,495	233,890	236,400	239,031	241,704	244,413	247,144	249,896	252,643	255,376	258,098	260,801	263,477	266,115	268,723	271,302	273,863	276,397	278,887	281,368	283,835	286,308	288,788
Aberdeenshire	255,540	257,128	258,869	260,620	262,396	264,248	266,128	268,020	269,912	271,808	273,706	275,608	277,502	279,381	281,251	283,104	284,925	286,724	288,491	290,209	291,890	293,535	295,147	296,724	298,282	299,813
Angus	116,210	116,174	116,202	116,275	116,357	116,441	116,514	116,586	116,650	116,705	116,747	116,781	116,809	116,824	116,827	116,808	116,765	116,699	116,613	116,506	116,374	116,218	116,029	115,811	115,577	115,327
Argyll & Bute	86,900	86,392	85,947	85,510	85,072	84,689	84,304	83,915	83,531	83,143	82,753	82,355	81,940	81,526	81,097	80,660	80,200	79,722	79,214	78,693	78,151	77,591	77,014	76,423	75,812	75,183
Clackmannanshire	51,280	51,325	51,392	51,444	51,494	51,549	51,585	51,616	51,621	51,629	51,617	51,605	51,582	51,535	51,481	51,423	51,350	51,256	51,151	51,032	50,895	50,745	50,588	50,410	50,232	50,043
Dumfries & Galloway	150,830	150,432	150,141	149,862	149,589	149,388	149,176	148,962	148,744	148,519	148,289	148,040	147,783	147,506	147,204	146,868	146,505	146,110	145,677	145,203	144,688	144,136	143,552	142,938	142,289	141,619
Dundee City	147,800	148,283	148,913	149,606	150,409	151,279	152,194	153,159	154,160	155,182	156,221	157,268	158,315	159,360	160,404	161,425	162,431	163,414	164,383	165,339	166,276	167,197	168,112	169,015	169,910	170,811
East Ayrshire	122,720	122,690	122,789	122,898	123,004	123,115	123,230	123,335	123,430	123,517	123,578	123,636	123,658	123,669	123,656	123,618	123,560	123,476	123,368	123,232	123,065	122,879	122,676	122,446	122,194	121,928
East Dunbartonshire	105,880	105,707	105,571	105,422	105,271	105,108	104,937	104,754	104,557	104,352	104,142	103,915	103,679	103,420	103,148	102,859	102,551	102,220	101,862	101,485	101,082	100,647	100,190	99,708	99,212	98,696
East Lothian	100,850	101,606	102,430	103,278	104,135	105,020	105,913	106,840	107,779	108,731	109,707	110,695	111,688	112,686	113,696	114,708	115,714	116,719	117,717	118,700	119,671	120,630	121,576	122,509	123,434	124,351
East Renfrewshire	91,030	91,089	91,198	91,305	91,430	91,556	91,701	91,841	92,003	92,154	92,313	92,484	92,674	92,862	93,041	93,223	93,396	93,559	93,714	93,859	93,983	94,092	94,196	94,275	94,346	94,387
Edinburgh, City of	482,640	487,148	492,126	497,282	502,615	508,102	513,787	519,542	525,341	531,174	537,007	542,821	548,590	554,326	560,015	565,641	571,194	576,687	582,143	587,535	592,861	598,139	603,381	608,603	613,799	618,978
Eilean Siar	27,560	27,426	27,305	27,173	27,049	26,933	26,808	26,734	26,650	26,557	26,469	26,385	26,300	26,215	26,115	26,011	25,893	25,777	25,657	25,525	25,386	25,243	25,088	24,931	24,763	24,596
Falkirk	156,800	157,439	158,216	158,985	159,759	160,522	161,286	162,047	162,784	163,517	164,233	164,935	165,627	166,304	166,974	167,627	168,266	168,886	169,481	170,060	170,618	171,148	171,668	172,171	172,653	173,130
Fife	366,220	367,253	368,524	369,879	371,272	372,742	374,227	375,782	377,333	378,867	380,385	381,886	383,361	384,812	386,216	387,569	388,867	390,104	391,292	392,414	393,468	394,463	395,404	396,300	397,159	397,989
Glasgow City	595,080	597,139	599,857	602,873	606,166	609,707	613,483	617,430	621,470	625,572	629,696	633,809	637,897	641,937	645,919	649,827	653,650	657,387	661,046	664,631	668,130	671,551	674,897	678,201	681,480	684,744
Highland	232,910	233,414	234,053	234,737	235,421	236,103	236,828	237,539	238,228	238,875	239,498	240,088	240,650	241,178	241,664	242,101	242,482	242,808	243,084	243,304	243,469	243,568	243,620	243,622	243,580	243,493
Inverclyde	80,680	80,080	79,544	78,999	78,461	77,914	77,364	76,852	76,340	75,817	75,286	74,736	74,172	73,589	72,981	72,348	71,701	71,039	70,343	69,637	68,910	68,152	67,386	66,606	65,817	65,014
Midlothian	84,240	84,714	85,243	85,778	86,376	86,988	87,606	88,236	88,869	89,504	90,141	90,772	91,415	92,051	92,683	93,309	93,928	94,535	95,137	95,735	96,314	96,893	97,452	98,004	98,548	99,090
Moray	92,910	92,852	92,850	92,853	92,859	92,868	92,868	92,865	92,857	92,852	92,838	92,810	92,774	92,733	92,670	92,602	92,516	92,421	92,308	92,168	92,008	91,823	91,618	91,393	91,152	90,889
North Ayrshire	137,560	137,141	136,812	136,535	136,245	135,950	135,652	135,327	134,987	134,645	134,275	133,890	133,480	133,043	132,586	132,091	131,577	131,022	130,433	129,816	129,163	128,466	127,745	127,005	126,239	125,465
North Lanarkshire	337,870	337,967	338,292	338,617	338,960	339,279	339,589	339,925	340,226	340,477	340,680	340,854	340,973	341,056	341,088	341,081	341,015	340,911	340,754	340,541	340,274	339,956	339,580	339,166	338,698	338,195
Orkney Islands	21,530	21,553	21,585	21,625	21,667	21,704	21,791	21,879	21,966	22,052	22,136	22,215	22,292	22,374	22,434	22,496	22,550	22,592	22,628	22,655	22,671	22,684	22,687	22,705	22,715	22,724
Perth & Kinross	147,740	148,882	150,116	151,382	152,728	154,101	155,499	156,918	158,367	159,833	161,314	162,806	164,318	165,843	167,377	168,904	170,432	171,956	173,467	174,954	176,432	177,885	179,307	180,713	182,100	183,468
Renfrewshire	174,310	174,246	174,297	174,421	174,563	174,709	174,870	175,039	175,202	175,366	175,527	175,691	175,830	175,945	176,038	176,109	176,163	176,176	176,175	176,141	176,079	175,990	175,873	175,729	175,564	175,382
Scottish Borders	113,710	113,750	113,867	113,986	114,165	114,334	114,497	114,658	114,802	114,937	115,062	115,162	115,240	115,297	115,324	115,337	115,311	115,253	115,161	115,033	114,881	114,710	114,503	114,264	114,005	113,725
Shetland Islands	23,210	23,293	23,389	23,491	23,588	23,694	23,790	23,888	24,001	24,105	24,207	24,301	24,406	24,498	24,585	24,671	24,754	24,833	24,896	24,951	25,000	25,041	25,079	25,114	25,132	25,147
South Ayrshire	112,910	112,750	112,673	112,602	112,533	112,479	112,432	112,433	112,438	112,437	112,427	112,407	112,372	112,335	112,280	112,203	112,108	111,983	111,842	111,673	111,471	111,255	111,008	110,737	110,453	110,158
South Lanarkshire	314,360	314,738	315,283	315,830	316,378	316,969	317,552	318,114	318,638	319,150	319,625	320,055	320,466	320,833	321,175	321,473	321,721	321,919	322,068	322,175	322,223	322,211	322,141	322,022	321,856	321,653
Stirling	91,020	91,454	91,943	92,457	92,980	93,529	94,083	94,714	95,361	96,011	96,679	97,358	98,042	98,713	99,386	100,050	100,707	101,345	101,976	102,584	103,174	103,745	104,295	104,832	105,351	105,860
West Dunbartonshire	90,340	90,069	89,874	89,688	89,507	89,325	89,160	88,971	88,776	88,579	88,360	88,128	87,889	87,630	87,359	87,061	86,739	86,392	86,035	85,658	85,265	84,850	84,419	83,971	83,526	83,061
West Lothian	175,990	176,789	177,652	178,512	179,380	180,252	181,127	182,035	182,955	183,868	184,774	185,677	186,570	187,461	188,339	189,208	190,064	190,893	191,703	192,497	193,254	193,988	194,698	195,375	196,031	196,664
NHS Board areas1
Ayrshire & Arran	373,190	372,581	372,274	372,035	371,782	371,544	371,314	371,095	370,855	370,599	370,280	369,933	369,510	369,047	368,522	367,912	367,245	366,481	365,643	364,721	363,699	362,600	361,429	360,188	358,886	357,551
Borders	113,710	113,750	113,867	113,986	114,165	114,334	114,497	114,658	114,802	114,937	115,062	115,162	115,240	115,297	115,324	115,337	115,311	115,253	115,161	115,033	114,881	114,710	114,503	114,264	114,005	113,725
Dumfries & Galloway	150,830	150,432	150,141	149,862	149,589	149,388	149,176	148,962	148,744	148,519	148,289	148,040	147,783	147,506	147,204	146,868	146,505	146,110	145,677	145,203	144,688	144,136	143,552	142,938	142,289	141,619
Fife	366,220	367,253	368,524	369,879	371,272	372,742	374,227	375,782	377,333	378,867	380,385	381,886	383,361	384,812	386,216	387,569	388,867	390,104	391,292	392,414	393,468	394,463	395,404	396,300	397,159	397,989
Forth Valley	299,100	300,218	301,551	302,886	304,233	305,600	306,954	308,377	309,766	311,157	312,529	313,898	315,251	316,552	317,841	319,100	320,323	321,487	322,608	323,676	324,687	325,638	326,551	327,413	328,236	329,033
Grampian	573,420	576,955	580,886	584,968	589,145	593,516	598,027	602,589	607,182	611,804	616,440	621,061	625,652	630,212	634,722	639,183	643,556	647,868	652,101	656,240	660,295	664,245	668,133	671,952	675,742	679,490
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	1,137,320	1,138,330	1,140,341	1,142,708	1,145,398	1,148,319	1,151,515	1,154,887	1,158,348	1,161,840	1,165,324	1,168,763	1,172,141	1,175,383	1,178,486	1,181,427	1,184,200	1,186,773	1,189,175	1,191,411	1,193,449	1,195,282	1,196,961	1,198,490	1,199,945	1,201,284
Highland	319,810	319,806	320,000	320,247	320,493	320,792	321,132	321,454	321,759	322,018	322,251	322,443	322,590	322,704	322,761	322,761	322,682	322,530	322,298	321,997	321,620	321,159	320,634	320,045	319,392	318,676
Lanarkshire	652,230	652,705	653,575	654,447	655,338	656,248	657,141	658,039	658,864	659,627	660,305	660,909	661,439	661,889	662,263	662,554	662,736	662,830	662,822	662,716	662,497	662,167	661,721	661,188	660,554	659,848
Lothian	843,720	850,257	857,451	864,850	872,506	880,362	888,433	896,653	904,944	913,277	921,629	929,965	938,263	946,524	954,733	962,866	970,900	978,834	986,700	994,467	1,002,100	1,009,650	1,017,107	1,024,491	1,031,812	1,039,083
Orkney	21,530	21,553	21,585	21,625	21,667	21,704	21,791	21,879	21,966	22,052	22,136	22,215	22,292	22,374	22,434	22,496	22,550	22,592	22,628	22,655	22,671	22,684	22,687	22,705	22,715	22,724
Shetland	23,210	23,293	23,389	23,491	23,588	23,694	23,790	23,888	24,001	24,105	24,207	24,301	24,406	24,498	24,585	24,671	24,754	24,833	24,896	24,951	25,000	25,041	25,079	25,114	25,132	25,147
Tayside	411,750	413,339	415,231	417,263	419,494	421,821	424,207	426,663	429,177	431,720	434,282	436,855	439,442	442,027	444,608	447,137	449,628	452,069	454,463	456,799	459,082	461,300	463,448	465,539	467,587	469,606
Western Isles	27,560	27,426	27,305	27,173	27,049	26,933	26,808	26,734	26,650	26,557	26,469	26,385	26,300	26,215	26,115	26,011	25,893	25,777	25,657	25,525	25,386	25,243	25,088	24,931	24,763	24,596