List of Scottish council areas by population
This is a list of the council areas of Scotland ordered by population. The figures used are of the 2001 UK Census.
| District | Population
|
|---|
| City of Glasgow | 577,869
|
| City of Edinburgh | 448,624
|
| Fife | 349,429
|
| North Lanarkshire | 321,067
|
| South Lanarkshire | 302,216
|
| Aberdeenshire | 226,871
|
| City of Aberdeen | 212,125
|
| Highland | 208,914
|
| Renfrewshire | 172,867
|
| West Lothian | 158,714
|
| Dumfries and Galloway | 147,765
|
| City of Dundee | 145,663
|
| Falkirk | 145,191
|
| North Ayrshire | 135,817
|
| Perth and Kinross | 134,949
|
| East Ayrshire | 120,235
|
| South Ayrshire | 112,097
|
| Angus | 108,400
|
| East Dunbartonshire | 108,243
|
| Scottish Borders | 106,764
|
| West Dunbartonshire | 93,378
|
| Argyll and Bute | 91,306
|
| East Lothian | 90,088
|
| East Renfrewshire | 89,311
|
| Moray | 86,940
|
| Stirling | 86,212
|
| Inverclyde | 84,203
|
| Midlothian | 80,941
|
| Clackmannanshire | 48,077
|
| Western Isles | 26,502
|
| Shetland Islands | 21,988
|
| Orkney Islands | 19,245
|
