Changes within Scotland
Last updated: April 2011
The Council areas in which the population fall was greatest were Inverclyde (-5.8 per cent), East Dunbartonshire (-3.7 per cent) and West Dunbartonshire (-3.6 per cent). The largest absolute reduction in numbers was in Inverclyde (-4,890). Meanwhile West Lothian (+9.6 per cent), Perth & Kinross (+9.5 per cent) and East Lothian (+8.4 per cent) saw the greatest percentage increases, with the largest increase in absolute numbers in City of Edinburgh (+37,690).