Table 4: Projected births (2012-based), by Council and NHS Board areas, 2012-2037

Area	2012 - 2013	2013 - 2014	2014 - 2015	2015 - 2016	2016 - 2017	2017 - 2018	2018 - 2019	2019 - 2020	2020 - 2021	2021 - 2022	2022 - 2023	2023 - 2024	2024 - 2025	2025 - 2026	2026 - 2027	2027 - 2028	2028 - 2029	2029 - 2030	2030 - 2031	2031 - 2032	2032 - 2033	2033 - 2034	2034 - 2035	2035 - 2036	2036 - 2037
Footnotes: April 2014 NHS Board areas.
Scotland	56,831	57,310	57,906	58,582	59,178	59,672	60,016	60,265	60,433	60,518	60,550	60,534	60,455	60,326	60,116	59,829	59,519	59,291	59,016	58,660	58,372	58,184	58,096	58,112	58,214
Council areas
Aberdeen City	2,518	2,587	2,659	2,727	2,790	2,848	2,890	2,931	2,956	2,976	2,980	2,981	2,974	2,959	2,943	2,921	2,907	2,897	2,888	2,883	2,879	2,890	2,905	2,927	2,962
Aberdeenshire	2,672	2,700	2,735	2,774	2,809	2,841	2,870	2,894	2,919	2,944	2,966	2,993	3,010	3,037	3,052	3,067	3,079	3,092	3,099	3,101	3,108	3,113	3,123	3,142	3,160
Angus	1,102	1,097	1,102	1,104	1,107	1,109	1,106	1,107	1,107	1,103	1,103	1,101	1,100	1,099	1,094	1,093	1,087	1,080	1,073	1,063	1,053	1,042	1,032	1,025	1,019
Argyll & Bute	749	750	749	750	752	750	752	753	750	751	749	746	743	739	734	723	713	703	693	677	663	652	639	630	618
Clackmannanshire	593	589	585	583	583	576	571	562	558	551	549	543	536	536	529	524	521	513	509	504	500	494	493	489	491
Dumfries & Galloway	1,396	1,406	1,413	1,429	1,440	1,444	1,450	1,457	1,455	1,455	1,456	1,451	1,445	1,434	1,422	1,408	1,384	1,364	1,344	1,319	1,296	1,278	1,261	1,247	1,238
Dundee City	1,709	1,753	1,799	1,842	1,883	1,918	1,950	1,974	1,991	2,002	2,005	2,005	1,998	1,989	1,974	1,956	1,937	1,924	1,909	1,899	1,886	1,883	1,885	1,893	1,903
East Ayrshire	1,307	1,303	1,306	1,311	1,314	1,318	1,314	1,310	1,304	1,297	1,288	1,279	1,273	1,256	1,243	1,231	1,216	1,207	1,194	1,184	1,174	1,163	1,157	1,154	1,151
East Dunbartonshire	889	887	882	890	888	890	890	891	891	889	887	887	880	873	867	855	844	832	823	805	791	779	769	762	751
East Lothian	1,077	1,093	1,120	1,138	1,166	1,190	1,213	1,239	1,264	1,286	1,307	1,325	1,345	1,366	1,382	1,393	1,400	1,413	1,417	1,421	1,426	1,429	1,432	1,437	1,447
East Renfrewshire	824	825	822	839	846	862	868	881	888	898	907	920	930	934	943	942	945	945	940	936	929	922	918	910	908
Edinburgh, City of	5,317	5,433	5,547	5,658	5,764	5,853	5,920	5,967	5,998	6,010	6,007	5,991	5,974	5,955	5,931	5,909	5,890	5,889	5,887	5,884	5,889	5,912	5,946	5,993	6,049
Eilean Siar	228	228	220	224	224	223	221	217	216	212	210	210	207	204	202	193	191	188	182	177	174	166	168	163	158
Falkirk	1,796	1,791	1,796	1,798	1,800	1,800	1,798	1,790	1,788	1,789	1,789	1,791	1,796	1,802	1,807	1,811	1,813	1,822	1,825	1,825	1,829	1,835	1,840	1,850	1,859
Fife	4,050	4,074	4,106	4,142	4,176	4,202	4,223	4,237	4,250	4,255	4,262	4,269	4,276	4,277	4,272	4,260	4,250	4,244	4,230	4,215	4,203	4,202	4,206	4,218	4,238
Glasgow City	7,260	7,401	7,547	7,694	7,821	7,936	8,015	8,068	8,103	8,106	8,091	8,054	8,011	7,946	7,869	7,796	7,723	7,666	7,613	7,565	7,519	7,502	7,502	7,518	7,560
Highland	2,315	2,326	2,340	2,355	2,368	2,374	2,375	2,374	2,369	2,363	2,360	2,350	2,342	2,331	2,314	2,300	2,281	2,264	2,245	2,225	2,204	2,189	2,178	2,167	2,157
Inverclyde	780	774	765	762	753	746	735	724	712	698	684	670	651	633	616	600	582	566	549	532	516	506	494	487	481
Midlothian	944	956	972	986	1,006	1,023	1,038	1,049	1,065	1,077	1,085	1,098	1,108	1,117	1,126	1,133	1,139	1,146	1,149	1,149	1,154	1,155	1,156	1,162	1,167
Moray	913	919	923	931	936	937	938	937	937	937	935	936	936	934	931	926	919	910	904	888	877	866	855	849	839
North Ayrshire	1,403	1,398	1,393	1,391	1,389	1,382	1,371	1,360	1,350	1,339	1,326	1,317	1,300	1,290	1,275	1,258	1,242	1,221	1,207	1,188	1,170	1,153	1,140	1,130	1,120
North Lanarkshire	3,850	3,839	3,834	3,843	3,837	3,828	3,811	3,790	3,765	3,743	3,728	3,703	3,689	3,675	3,663	3,639	3,623	3,616	3,608	3,582	3,567	3,558	3,545	3,541	3,539
Orkney Islands	194	199	200	207	208	213	215	214	215	213	213	212	212	208	205	201	195	192	186	187	184	182	185	183	183
Perth & Kinross	1,389	1,417	1,455	1,495	1,534	1,570	1,599	1,633	1,668	1,696	1,724	1,757	1,787	1,811	1,830	1,853	1,866	1,880	1,887	1,885	1,888	1,883	1,882	1,883	1,889
Renfrewshire	1,852	1,859	1,871	1,884	1,897	1,905	1,917	1,921	1,926	1,925	1,926	1,925	1,921	1,912	1,901	1,892	1,879	1,870	1,858	1,839	1,828	1,816	1,808	1,803	1,800
Scottish Borders	1,097	1,092	1,093	1,093	1,096	1,094	1,092	1,089	1,082	1,077	1,070	1,063	1,052	1,045	1,035	1,024	1,012	1,003	989	977	968	957	947	940	937
Shetland Islands	252	252	256	258	263	265	273	274	270	275	275	276	276	275	276	272	270	265	263	257	255	254	250	249	246
South Ayrshire	1,012	1,017	1,025	1,033	1,038	1,045	1,047	1,048	1,050	1,048	1,047	1,045	1,042	1,037	1,030	1,020	1,005	998	986	973	960	950	943	937	928
South Lanarkshire	3,367	3,356	3,371	3,380	3,384	3,392	3,390	3,377	3,367	3,362	3,356	3,352	3,345	3,338	3,331	3,317	3,301	3,289	3,275	3,256	3,238	3,221	3,215	3,209	3,207
Stirling	820	834	855	877	901	922	946	969	989	1,003	1,021	1,035	1,044	1,052	1,057	1,056	1,056	1,054	1,050	1,046	1,036	1,029	1,024	1,018	1,016
West Dunbartonshire	1,031	1,030	1,030	1,025	1,025	1,018	1,008	1,002	987	976	965	955	936	928	914	896	882	862	853	839	825	821	814	812	805
West Lothian	2,125	2,125	2,135	2,159	2,180	2,198	2,210	2,226	2,243	2,262	2,279	2,294	2,316	2,334	2,348	2,360	2,367	2,376	2,381	2,379	2,383	2,382	2,384	2,384	2,388
NHS Board areas1
Ayrshire & Arran	3,722	3,718	3,724	3,735	3,741	3,745	3,732	3,718	3,704	3,684	3,661	3,641	3,615	3,583	3,548	3,509	3,463	3,426	3,387	3,345	3,304	3,266	3,240	3,221	3,199
Borders	1,097	1,092	1,093	1,093	1,096	1,094	1,092	1,089	1,082	1,077	1,070	1,063	1,052	1,045	1,035	1,024	1,012	1,003	989	977	968	957	947	940	937
Dumfries & Galloway	1,396	1,406	1,413	1,429	1,440	1,444	1,450	1,457	1,455	1,455	1,456	1,451	1,445	1,434	1,422	1,408	1,384	1,364	1,344	1,319	1,296	1,278	1,261	1,247	1,238
Fife	4,050	4,074	4,106	4,142	4,176	4,202	4,223	4,237	4,250	4,255	4,262	4,269	4,276	4,277	4,272	4,260	4,250	4,244	4,230	4,215	4,203	4,202	4,206	4,218	4,238
Forth Valley	3,209	3,214	3,236	3,258	3,284	3,298	3,315	3,321	3,335	3,343	3,359	3,369	3,376	3,390	3,393	3,391	3,390	3,389	3,384	3,375	3,365	3,358	3,357	3,357	3,366
Grampian	6,103	6,206	6,317	6,432	6,535	6,626	6,698	6,762	6,812	6,857	6,881	6,910	6,920	6,930	6,926	6,914	6,905	6,899	6,891	6,872	6,864	6,869	6,883	6,918	6,961
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	12,636	12,776	12,917	13,094	13,230	13,357	13,433	13,487	13,507	13,492	13,460	13,411	13,329	13,226	13,110	12,981	12,855	12,741	12,636	12,516	12,408	12,346	12,305	12,292	12,305
Highland	3,064	3,076	3,089	3,105	3,120	3,124	3,127	3,127	3,119	3,114	3,109	3,096	3,085	3,070	3,048	3,023	2,994	2,967	2,938	2,902	2,867	2,841	2,817	2,797	2,775
Lanarkshire	7,217	7,195	7,205	7,223	7,221	7,220	7,201	7,167	7,132	7,105	7,084	7,055	7,034	7,013	6,994	6,956	6,924	6,905	6,883	6,838	6,805	6,779	6,760	6,750	6,746
Lothian	9,463	9,607	9,774	9,941	10,116	10,264	10,381	10,481	10,570	10,635	10,678	10,708	10,743	10,772	10,787	10,795	10,796	10,824	10,834	10,833	10,852	10,878	10,918	10,976	11,051
Orkney	194	199	200	207	208	213	215	214	215	213	213	212	212	208	205	201	195	192	186	187	184	182	185	183	183
Shetland	252	252	256	258	263	265	273	274	270	275	275	276	276	275	276	272	270	265	263	257	255	254	250	249	246
Tayside	4,200	4,267	4,356	4,441	4,524	4,597	4,655	4,714	4,766	4,801	4,832	4,863	4,885	4,899	4,898	4,902	4,890	4,884	4,869	4,847	4,827	4,808	4,799	4,801	4,811
Western Isles	228	228	220	224	224	223	221	217	216	212	210	210	207	204	202	193	191	188	182	177	174	166	168	163	158