Glasgow remains Scotland’s largest city by council-area population, while Edinburgh has recorded faster long-term growth. Compare population totals, migration context, age patterns and older projections for 2032.
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Ridiculously useful Scotland travel guides, itineraries, packing lists, tours and day trips.
Filoli Historic House & Garden in Woodside combines a 1917 Georgian Revival house, 16 acres of formal gardens, and more than 650 acres of Natural Lands. Use this practical guide to plan what to see, when to go, and how much time to allow.
Glasgow has Scotland’s youngest council-area age profile, Edinburgh is next, and Dumfries and Galloway has the oldest. This guide explains the divide across all 32 council areas, the role of student populations and migration, and how Scotland’s 65-and-over population has grown.
Glasgow City is Scotland’s most densely populated council area, while Na h-Eileanan Siar is the least densely populated. This guide compares Scotland’s urban councils with Highland, Orkney and Shetland, and explains what density figures do and do not tell you.
Scotland gained almost 378,000 people between the 2001 and 2022 censuses, but the change was sharply uneven. See the population shift in all 32 council areas, from East Lothian’s rapid growth to long-term decline in Inverclyde, Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire.