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Scotland's Population 2008 - The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends

List of Figures and Background Data - Chapter 1

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Figure 1.1

Estimated Population of Scotland, actual and projected, 1951-2031
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Figure 1.2

Natural change and net migration, 1951-2008
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Figure 1.3

Estimated population by age and sex, 30 June 2008
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Figure 1.4

The changing age structure of Scotland's population, 1998-2008
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Figure 1.5

Percentage population change by Council area, 1998-2008
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Figure 1.6

Births and deaths, actual and projected, Scotland 1951-2031
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Figure 1.7

The projected percentage change in age structure of Scotland's population, 2006-2031
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Figure 1.8

Dependency Ratios (per thousand working population), 2006-2031
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Figure 1.9

Projected percentage population change in selected European countries 2006-2031
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