Scotland · Population

Question: What is the population of Scotland? Answer: Scotland, United Kingdom (capital: Edinburgh) - last known population is ≈ 5 347 600 (year 2014). This was 8.313% of total United Kingdom population. In this year, Scotland population density was 68.6 p/kmĀ². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2011-2014 (+0.33%/year), Scotland population in 2024 would be: 5 525 334*.

Population history [1]

Annual population change

[1961-1971] +0.09 %/year
[1971-1981] -0.38 %/year
[1981-1991] -0.07 %/year
[1991-2001] +0.13 %/year
[2001-2011] +0.45 %/year
[2011-2014] +0.33 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 56.4906712, -4.2026458

Scotland on city and population density map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1961c, 1971c, 1981c, 1991c, 2001c, 2011c, 2014e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
UK National Statistics
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
General Register Office for Scotland
2011 Census: KS101EW Usual resident population, local authorities in England and Wales Office for National Statistics. ret.2014-01-10.
Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2014 y2013,2014
• Philip's geographical digest (1996) For some missing data
1991 and earlier Censuses
Local Authorities KS01 Usual resident population 1991-2001
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).