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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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.
Turning Point Scotland says a Glasgow base that has supported people with drug and alcohol issues for more than 30 years is under threat after what it describes as significant rent rises.