Current and Historic
Variations
Last updated: August 2008
Since 1997, the Council areas in which the population fall was greatest were Inverclyde (-6.2 per cent), Dundee City (-6.1 per cent) and Eilean Siar (-5.8 per cent). The largest absolute reduction in numbers was in Dundee City (-9,200). West Lothian (+10.5 per cent), East Lothian (+7.6 per cent) and Perth & Kinross (+6.1 per cent) saw the greatest percentage increases, with the largest increase in absolute numbers in Edinburgh (+22,350).
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