List of Scottish council areas by population

This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by population. The populations of these Scottish council areas are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. [ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/Mid_2007_UK_England_&_Wales_Scotland_and_Northern_Ireland%20_21_08_08.zip www.statistics.gov.uk] ]

Rank	Council area	Population
1	City of Glasgow	581,900
2	City of Edinburgh	468,100
3	Fife	360,500
4	North Lanarkshire	324,700
5	South Lanarkshire	309,500
6	Aberdeenshire	239,200
7	Highland	217,400
8	City of Aberdeen	209,300
9	Renfrewshire	169,600
10	West Lothian	167,800
11	Falkirk	150,700
12	Dumfries and Galloway	148,300
13	City of Dundee	142,200
14	Perth and Kinross	142,100
15	North Ayrshire	135,800
16	East Ayrshire	119,600
17	South Ayrshire	111,700
18	Scottish Borders	111,400
19	Angus	109,900
20	East Dunbartonshire	104,900
21	East Lothian	94,400
22	Argyll and Bute	91,400
23	West Dunbartonshire	91,100
24	East Renfrewshire	89,300
25	Stirling	88,200
26	Moray	86,900
27	Inverclyde	81,100
28	Midlothian	79,500
29	Clackmannanshire	49,900
30	Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	26,300
31	Shetland Islands	22,000
32	Orkney Islands	19,900

References

ee also

*List of Scottish council areas by area
*List of English districts by population
*List of Welsh principal areas by population
*List of Northern Ireland districts by population