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Population
Total
Population (1995) 5,120,200 |
Total
Area 7,875,918 hectares |
Scotland covers 32% of
Britain's land area but as only 9% of the population making if the least crowded part of
the country. In fact, Scotland has one of the lowest population densities in Europe, with
only 66 people per sq. km, compared with a figure of 355 people for England. Almost one
third of Scotland's five million people live in the four main cities: Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Dundee and Aberdeen.
|
| YEAR |
POPULATION |
|
TOWN |
POP |
AREA (hec) |
| 1995 |
5,120,200 |
|
Aberdeen |
218,220 |
18,216 |
| 1991 |
5,102,400 |
|
Dundee |
153,710 |
5,500 |
| 1981 |
5,130,963 |
|
Edinburgh |
441,620 |
26,001 |
| 1971 |
5,228,963 |
|
Falkirk |
142,610 |
29,300 |
| 1961 |
5,179,344 |
|
Glasgow |
623,850 |
17,472 |
| 1951 |
5,096,415 |
|
Stirling |
81,630 |
224,320 |
| 1931 |
4,842,980 |
|
|
|
|
| 1921 |
4,882,497 |
|
AUTHORITY |
POP |
AREA |
| 1911 |
4,760,904 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
223,630 |
631,736 |
| 1901 |
4,472,103 |
|
Angus |
111,020 |
218,396 |
| 1891 |
4,025,647 |
|
Argyll
& Bute |
90,550 |
702,300 |
| 1881 |
3,735,573 |
|
Clakmannanshire |
48,660 |
15,809 |
| 1871 |
3,360,018 |
|
Fife |
351,200 |
134,045 |
| 1861 |
3,062,294 |
|
Highland |
206,900 |
2,611,906 |
| 1851 |
2,888,742 |
|
Midlothian |
79,910 |
34,966 |
| 1841 |
2,620,184 |
|
Borders |
105,300 |
472,749 |
| 1831 |
2,364,386 |
|
Moray |
86,250 |
223,694 |
| 1821 |
2,091,521 |
|
East
Lothian |
85,640 |
66,558 |
| 1811 |
1,805,864 |
|
West
Lothian |
146,730 |
42,664 |
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