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1931 Census of Scotland, Preliminary Report on the Fourteenth Census of Scotland, Table 1 : " Population of Scotland and of the Counties in 1931 and in 1921".
NoteWhere the boundaries of any County have been altered since last Census, the 1921, populations specified are for the altered areas.
Population 1931. | Population 1921. | Increase or Decrease 1921-1931. | |||||||
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Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Incr- ease | Decr- ease | Ratio of 1931 to 1921 (=100) | |
SCOTLAND | 4,842,554 | 2,325,867 | 2,516,687 | 4,882,497 | 2,347,642 | 2,534,855 | | 39,943 | 99.2 |
LARGE BURGHS | 2,631,163 | 1,249,742 | 1,381,421 | 2,565,254 | 1,230,342 | 1,334,912 | 65,909 | | 102.6 |
COUNTIES exclusive of Large Burghs | 2,211,391 | 1,076,125 | 1,135,266 | 2,317,243 | 1,117,300 | 1,199,943 | | 105,852 | 95.4 |
SMALL BURGHS | 730,221 | 338,458 | 391,763 | 769,245 | 353,662 | 415,583 | | 39,024 | 94.9 |
LANDWARD | 1,481,170 | 737,667 | 743,503 | 1,547,998 | 763,638 | 784,360 | | 66,828 | 95.7 |
Aberdeen | 300,430 | 141,968 | 158,462 | 301,016 | 140,966 | 160,050 | | 586 | 99.8 |
Angus (Forfar) | 270,190 | 122,616 | 147,574 | 271,052 | 121,854 | 149,198 | | 862 | 99.7 |
Argyll | 63,014 | 30,454 | 32,560 | 76,862 | 35,666 | 41,196 | | 13,848 | 82.0 |
Ayr | 285,182 | 136,691 | 148,491 | 299,273 | 142,979 | 156,294 | | 14,091 | 95.3 |
Banff | 54,835 | 26,555 | 28,280 | 57,298 | 27,377 | 29,921 | | 2,463 | 95.7 |
Berwick | 26,601 | 12,778 | 13,823 | 28,246 | 13,443 | 14,803 | | 1,645 | 94.2 |
Bute | 18,822 | 8,154 | 10,668 | 33,711 | 13,880 | 19,831 | | 14,889 | 55.8 |
Caithness | 25,656 | 12,474 | 13,182 | 28,285 | 13,473 | 14,812 | | 2,629 | 90.7 |
Clackmannan | 31,947 | 15,195 | 16,752 | 32,542 | 15,540 | 17,002 | | 595 | 98.2 |
Dumbarton | 147,751 | 72,089 | 75,662 | 150,570 | 73,970 | 76,600 | | 2,819 | 98.1 |
Dumfries | 81,060 | 38,432 | 42,628 | 81,464 | 38,418 | 43,046 | | 404 | 99.5 |
East Lothian | 47,369 | 23,019 | 24,350 | 47,487 | 22,958 | 24,529 | | 118 | 99.8 |
Fife | 276,261 | 134,548 | 141,713 | 292,925 | 143,102 | 149,823 | | 16,664 | 94.3 |
Inverness | 82,082 | 41,082 | 41,000 | 82,455 | 39,456 | 42,999 | | 373 | 99.5 |
Kincardine | 39,864 | 19,026 | 20,838 | 41,779 | 19,866 | 21,913 | | 1,915 | 95.4 |
Kinross | 7,454 | 3,549 | 3,905 | 7,963 | 3,837 | 4,126 | | 509 | 93.6 |
Kirkcudbright | 30,341 | 14,626 | 15,715 | 31,061 | 14,561 | 16,500 | | 720 | 97.7 |
Lanark | 1,585,968 | 775,179 | 810,789 | 1,551,953 | 767,414 | 784,539 | 34,015 | | 102.2 |
Midlothian | 526,277 | 243,428 | 282,849 | 506,377 | 234,940 | 271,437 | 19,900 | | 103.9 |
Moray | 40,805 | 19,395 | 21,410 | 41,558 | 19,177 | 22,381 | | 753 | 98.2 |
Nairn | 8,294 | 3,910 | 4,384 | 8,790 | 3,968 | 4,822 | | 496 | 94.4 |
Orkney | 22,075 | 10,618 | 11,457 | 24,111 | 11,452 | 12,659 | | 2,036 | 91.6 |
Peebles | 15,050 | 6,831 | 8,219 | 15,332 | 6,842 | 8,490 | | 282 | 98.2 |
Perth | 120,772 | 56,679 | 64,093 | 125,503 | 58,179 | 67,324 | | 4,731 | 96.2 |
Renfrew | 288,575 | 138,297 | 150,278 | 286,684 | 140,343 | 146,341 | 1,891 | | 100.7 |
Ross and Cromarty | 62,802 | 29,842 | 32,960 | 70,818 | 33,689 | 37,129 | | 8,016 | 88.7 |
Roxburgh | 45,787 | 20,835 | 24,952 | 44,989 | 20,225 | 24,764 | 798 | | 101.8 |
Selkirk | 22,608 | 10,325 | 12,283 | 22,607 | 10,111 | 12,496 | 1 | | 100.0 |
Stirling | 166,447 | 83,848 | 82,599 | 161,721 | 81,402 | 80,319 | 4,726 | | 102.9 |
Sutherland | 16,100 | 7,966 | 8,134 | 17,802 | 8,667 | 9,135 | | 1,702 | 90.4 |
West Lothian | 81,426 | 41,995 | 39,431 | 83,960 | 43,924 | 40,036 | | 2,534 | 97.0 |
Wigtown | 29,299 | 13,924 | 15,375 | 30,783 | 14,359 | 16,424 | | 1,484 | 95.2 |
Zetland | 21,410 | 9,539 | 11,871 | 25,520 | 11,604 | 13,916 | | 4,110 | 83.9 |