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Scotland’s Population 2009: The Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends 155th Edition

Appendix 1 – Summary tables

Table 1 Population and vital events, Scotland, 1855 to 2009

Year

Estimated population

Live births1

Stillbirths2

Infant deaths

Deaths

Marriages

Divorces

Civil Partnerships3

 

('000s)

Number

Rate4

Number

Rate5

Number

Rate6

Number

Rate4

 

 

Male

Female

1855-60

3,018.4

102,462

34.1

...

...

12,250

119.6

62,644

20.8

20,645

19

...

...

1861-65

3,127.1

109,764

35.1

...

...

13,166

119.9

69,265

22.1

22,013

14

...

...

1866-70

3,275.6

114,394

34.9

...

...

13,971

122.1

71,974

22.0

22,832

9

...

...

1871-75

3,441.4

120,376

35.0

...

...

15,314

127.2

77,988

22.7

25,754

24

...

...

1876-80

3,628.7

126,086

34.8

...

...

14,921

118.3

74,801

20.6

24,956

54

...

...

1881-85

3,799.2

126,409

33.3

...

...

14,864

117.6

74,396

19.6

26,176

74

...

...

1886-90

3,943.9

123,977

31.4

...

...

14,943

120.5

74,320

18.8

25,702

94

...

...

1891-95

4,122.5

125,800

30.5

...

...

15,895

126.4

78,350

19.0

27,962

115

...

...

1896-1900

4,345.1

130,209

30.0

...

...

16,857

129.5

78,021

17.9

31,771

146

...

...

1901-05

4,535.7

132,399

29.2

...

...

15,881

119.9

77,313

17.1

31,838

181

...

...

1906-10

4,679.9

128,987

27.6

...

...

14,501

112.4

75,534

16.1

31,811

195

...

...

1911-15

4,748.3

120,654

25.4

...

...

13,604

112.8

74,466

15.7

33,857

264

...

...

1916-20

4,823.8

109,750

22.8

...

...

10,869

99.0

72,365

15.0

37,437

531

...

...

1921-25

4,879.6

112,245

23.0

...

...

10,299

91.8

67,652

13.9

34,720

427

...

...

1926-30

4,845.1

96,674

20.0

...

...

8,260

85.4

66,017

13.6

32,605

478

...

...

1931-35

4,905.1

89,306

18.2

...

...

7,212

80.8

64,839

13.2

34,986

507

...

...

1936-40

4,956.8

87,734

17.6

...

...

6,650

75.8

67,166

13.5

42,941

750

...

...

1941-45

4,711.9

91,593

19.4

3,393

35.7

6,202

67.7

66,302

13.8

43,772

1,413

...

...

1946-50

5,054.3

101,222

20.0

3,047

29.2

4,789

47.3

63,854

12.6

43,206

2,435

...

...

1951-55

5,103.6

91,366

17.9

2,390

25.5

3,009

32.9

61,838

12.1

41,718

2,274

...

...

1956-60

5,145.2

98,663

19.2

2,307

22.9

2,755

27.9

61,965

12.0

41,671

1,792

...

...

1961-65

5,201.0

102,642

19.7

2,000

19.1

2,568

25.0

63,309

12.2

40,235

2,253

...

...

1966-70

5,204.3

93,033

17.9

1,415

15.0

1,970

21.2

62,797

12.1

42,832

4,056

...

...

1971-75

5,234.7

75,541

14.4

939

12.3

1,421

18.8

63,808

12.2

41,404

6,604

...

...

1976-80

5,213.9

65,758

12.6

529

8.0

900

13.7

64,343

12.3

37,801

9,068

...

...

1981-85

5,151.9

66,422

12.9

389

5.8

695

10.5

63,723

12.4

35,756

11,937

...

...

1986-90

5,089.5

65,544

12.9

350

5.3

550

8.4

62,796

12.3

35,440

12,070

...

...

1991-95

5,093.5

63,571

12.5

382

6.0

418

6.6

61,171

12.0

32,866

12,614

...

...

1996-2000

5,077.5

56,856

11.2

327

5.7

316

5.6

59,478

11.7

29,965

11,983

...

...

1991

5083.3

67,024

13.1

369

5.5

473

7.1

61,041

12.0

33,762

12,400

...

...

1992

5085.6

65,789

12.9

356

5.4

449

6.8

60,937

11.9

35,057

12,487

...

...

1993

5092.5

63,337

12.4

409

6.4

412

6.5

64,049

12.5

33,366

13,292

...

...

1994

5102.2

61,656

12.0

381

6.1

382

6.2

59,328

11.6

31,480

12,601

...

...

1995

5103.7

60,051

11.7

397

6.6

375

6.2

60,500

11.8

30,663

12,292

...

...

1996

5092.2

59,296

11.6

381

6.4

365

6.2

60,654

11.8

30,242

12,313

...

...

1997

5083.3

59,440

11.6

319

5.3

316

5.3

59,494

11.6

29,611

12,241

...

...

1998

5077.1

57,319

11.2

351

6.1

320

5.6

59,164

11.6

29,668

12,354

...

...

1999

5072.0

55,147

10.8

286

5.2

276

5.0

60,281

11.8

29,940

11,872

...

...

2000

5062.9

53,076

10.4

298

5.6

305

5.7

57,799

11.3

30,367

11,139

...

...

2001

5,064.2

52,527

10.4

301

5.7

290

5.5

57,382

11.3

29,621

10,651

...

...

2002

5,054.8

51,270

10.1

278

5.4

270

5.3

58,103

11.5

29,826

10,859

...

...

2003

5,057.4

52,432

10.4

296

5.6

265

5.1

58,472

11.6

30,757

10,863

...

...

2004

5,078.4

53,957

10.6

317

5.8

266

4.9

56,187

11.1

32,154

11,275

...

...

2005

5,094.8

54,386

10.7

292

5.3

284

5.2

55,747

10.9

30,881

10,911

53

31

2006

5,116.9

55,690

10.9

296

5.3

248

4.5

55,093

10.8

29,898

13,076

580

467

2007

5,144.2

57,781

11.2

327

5.6

272

4.7

55,986

10.9

29,866

12,810

339

349

2008

5,168.5

60,041

11.6

325

5.4

253

4.2

55,700

10.8

28,903

11,513

245

280

2009

5,194.0

59,046

11.4

317

5.3

235

4.0

53,856

10.4

27,524

10,371

219

279

 

1 Live births only, prior to 1939.
2 See Notes and Definitions.
3 The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into effect in December 2005.
4 Rate per 1,000 population.
5 Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
6 Rate per 1,000 live births.

Table 2 Estimated population, births, stillbirths, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships, numbers and rates, by Council area, Scotland, 2009

Area

Estimated Population at 30 Jun

Live births

Stillbirths

Infant deaths

Deaths

Marriages

Civil Partnerships

Number

Rate1

Standardised Rate

Number

Rate2

Number

Rate3

Number

Rate1

Standardised Rate

SCOTLAND

5,194,000

59,046

11.4

11.4

317

5.3

235

4.0

53,856

10.4

10.7

27,524

498

Council areas

Aberdeen City

213,810

2,564

12.0

10.2

15

5.8

11

4.3

2,056

9.6

10.3

813

14

Aberdeenshire

243,510

2,903

11.9

14.1

10

3.4

6

2.1

2,185

9.0

9.1

1,195

8

Angus

110,250

1,165

10.6

13.3

8

6.8

9

7.7

1,190

10.8

9.1

479

2

Argyll & Bute

90,040

815

9.1

12.9

4

4.9

-

-

1,050

11.7

9.5

914

16

Clackmannanshire

50,540

610

12.1

13.1

1

1.6

3

4.9

498

9.9

10.9

184

-

Dumfries & Galloway

148,510

1,507

10.1

13.3

8

5.3

5

3.3

1,790

12.1

9.7

4,632

43

Dundee City

143,390

1,768

12.3

11.1

8

4.5

13

7.4

1,693

11.8

10.8

480

9

East Ayrshire

120,210

1,362

11.3

12.2

5

3.7

5

3.7

1,328

11.0

11.0

331

5

East Dunbartonshire

104,680

929

8.9

11.3

6

6.4

1

1.1

907

8.7

8.0

259

1

East Lothian

96,830

1,062

11.0

12.9

5

4.7

6

5.6

1,023

10.6

9.9

461

10

East Renfrewshire

89,240

848

9.5

12.0

5

5.9

7

8.3

835

9.4

8.8

357

7

Edinburgh, City of

477,660

5,475

11.5

8.4

28

5.1

21

3.8

4,202

8.8

9.4

2,522

122

Eilean Siar

26,180

227

8.7

11.5

-

-

-

-

352

13.4

10.5

102

1

Falkirk

152,480

1,874

12.3

12.5

7

3.7

6

3.2

1,480

9.7

10.2

767

8

Fife

363,460

4,135

11.4

12.0

23

5.5

24

5.8

3,874

10.7

10.3

1,662

22

Glasgow City

588,470

7,512

12.8

9.9

46

6.1

29

3.9

6,571

11.2

13.1

2,293

111

Highland

220,490

2,374

10.8

13.0

19

7.9

12

5.1

2,254

10.2

9.3

1,594

23

Inverclyde

80,210

813

10.1

11.1

1

1.2

5

6.2

971

12.1

11.5

239

6

Midlothian

80,810

947

11.7

12.7

6

6.3

1

1.1

802

9.9

10.3

408

4

Moray

87,660

966

11.0

13.9

4

4.1

4

4.1

897

10.2

9.5

393

3

North Ayrshire

135,510

1,498

11.1

12.3

10

6.6

9

6.0

1,608

11.9

11.3

678

10

North Lanarkshire

326,320

4,067

12.5

12.3

29

7.1

16

3.9

3,306

10.1

11.7

909

7

Orkney Islands

19,960

199

10.0

12.3

2

10.0

1

5.0

209

10.5

9.3

122

-

Perth & Kinross

145,910

1,425

9.8

11.6

7

4.9

7

4.9

1,531

10.5

8.9

976

10

Renfrewshire

169,910

1,869

11.0

11.4

7

3.7

8

4.3

1,929

11.4

11.7

478

4

Scottish Borders

112,680

1,159

10.3

13.3

9

7.7

3

2.6

1,259

11.2

9.6

682

13

Shetland Islands

22,210

273

12.3

14.3

4

14.4

-

-

196

8.8

8.7

74

-

South Ayrshire

111,440

1,054

9.5

11.6

3

2.8

4

3.8

1,379

12.4

9.9

726

3

South Lanarkshire

310,930

3,467

11.2

11.7

19

5.5

7

2.0

3,212

10.3

10.6

1,086

16

Stirling

88,740

863

9.7

10.3

3

3.5

5

5.8

816

9.2

9.1

694

10

West Dunbartonshire

90,920

1,082

11.9

12.0

7

6.4

2

1.8

1,051

11.6

12.0

409

5

West Lothian

171,040

2,234

13.1

13.1

8

3.6

5

2.2

1,402

8.2

10.6

605

5

1 Rate per 1,000 population.
2 Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
3 Rate per 1,000 live births.

Table 3 International populations and vital statistics rates, selected countries, latest available figures

Country

Estimated population 2009

Live births

Stillbirths1

Infant deaths

Deaths

Marriages

('000s)

Year

Rate2

Year

Rate3

Year

Rate4

Year

Rate2

Year

Rate2

Scotland

5,194

2008

11.6

2008

5.4

2008

4.2

2008

10.8

2008

5.6

European Union

Austria

8,355

2008

9.3

2007

3.8

2008

3.7

2008

9.0

2008

4.2

Belgium

10,750

2008

11.7

1997

4.7

2007

4.0

2004

9.7

2008

4.3

Bulgaria

7,606

2008

10.2

2007

7.5

2008

8.6

2006

14.7

2008

3.6

Cyprus

797

2008

11.6

2007

3.7

2007

6.4

2008

7.7

Czech Republic

10,467

2008

11.5

2007

2.7

2008

2.8

2008

10.1

2008

5.0

Denmark

5,511

2008

11.8

2007

5.1

2008

4.0

2006

10.2

2008

6.8

Estonia

1,340

2008

11.9

2007

4.1

2008

5.0

2008

12.4

2008

4.6

Finland

5,326

2008

11.2

2007

3.2

2008

2.6

2008

9.2

2008

5.8

France

64,351

2008

13.0

2001

4.8

2007

3.7

2007

8.4

2008

4.1

Germany

82,002

2007

8.3

2006

3.6

2007

3.9

2006

10.0

2008

4.6

Greece

11,260

2008

10.3

2007

3.9

2007

3.5

2008

9.6

2008

4.8

Hungary

10,031

2008

9.9

2007

4.9

2007

5.9

2008

12.9

2008

4.0

Irish Republic

4,450

2008

16.9

2005

4.1

2007

3.1

2008

6.1

2007

5.2

Italy

60,045

2008

9.6

2005

2.6

2007

3.7

2007

9.6

2008

4.1

Latvia

2,261

2008

10.6

2007

5.2

2008

6.7

2007

14.5

2008

5.7

Lithuania

3,350

2008

10.4

2007

5.0

2008

4.9

2008

13.0

2008

7.2

Luxembourg

493

2008

11.4

2006

2.9

2008

1.8

2006

7.8

2008

3.9

Malta

414

2008

10.0

2007

3.1

2008

9.9

2008

7.9

2008

6.0

Netherlands

16,486

2007

11.1

2007

3.3

2007

4.1

2008

8.2

2008

4.5

Poland

38,136

2008

10.9

2006

4.8

2008

5.6

2007

9.9

2008

6.8

Portugal

10,627

2008

9.8

2007

3.7

2007

3.4

2004

9.7

2008

4.1

Romania

21,499

2008

10.3

2006

5.2

2008

11.0

2008

11.8

2008

6.9

Slovakia

5,412

2008

10.6

2007

3.8

2008

5.9

2005

9.9

2008

5.2

Slovenia

2,032

2008

10.8

2007

5.1

2007

2.8

2007

9.2

2008

3.3

Spain

45,828

2005

10.8

2005

3.1

2007

3.7

2005

8.9

2008

4.2

Sweden

9,256

2008

11.8

2007

3.0

2008

2.5

2007

10.0

2008

5.5

United Kingdom5

61,792

2008

12.9

2008

5.1

2008

4.7

2008

9.4

2007

4.5

Other Europe

Croatia

4,435

2008

9.9

2006

4.4

2008

4.5

2008

11.8

2008

5.3

Macedonia

2,049

2008

11.2

2007

9.4

2007

10.3

2003

8.9

2008

7.2

Norway

4,799

2008

12.7

2006

4.0

2008

2.7

2007

8.9

2008

5.3

Switzerland

7,702

2008

10.0

2006

4.6

2007

3.9

2007

8.1

2008

5.4

Turkey

71,517

2008

17.8

2007

5.3

2008

16.0

1998

6.3

2008

9.0

Sources: Eurostat, WHO/Europe

1 The definition of a stillbirth varies from country to country and over time. The position in the UK is described in the Notes and Definitions.
2 Rate per 1,000 population.
3 Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
4 Rate per 1,000 live births.
5 Excludes Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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