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Mid-2007 Population Estimates Scotland: Population estimates by sex, age and administrative area

Table 10 Land area and population density, by administrative area: 30 June 2007

	Estimated population 30 June 2007	Area¹ (sq km)	Persons² per sq km
SCOTLAND	5,144,200	77,925	66
Council areas
Aberdeen City	209,260	186	1,127
Aberdeenshire	239,160	6,313	38
Angus	109,870	2,182	50
Argyll & Bute	91,350	6,909	13
Clackmannanshire	49,900	159	315
Dumfries & Galloway	148,300	6,426	23
Dundee City	142,150	60	2,376
East Ayrshire	119,570	1,262	95
East Dunbartonshire	104,850	175	600
East Lothian	94,440	679	139
East Renfrewshire	89,260	174	514
Edinburgh, City of	468,070	264	1,775
Eilean Siar	26,300	3,071	9
Falkirk	150,720	297	507
Fife	360,500	1,325	272
Glasgow City	581,940	175	3,316
Highland	217,440	25,659	8
Inverclyde	81,080	160	505
Midlothian	79,510	354	225
Moray	86,870	2,238	39
North Ayrshire	135,760	885	153
North Lanarkshire	324,680	470	691
Orkney Islands	19,860	990	20
Perth & Kinross	142,140	5,286	27
Renfrewshire	169,600	261	650
Scottish Borders	111,430	4,732	24
Shetland Islands	21,950	1,466	15
South Ayrshire	111,690	1,222	91
South Lanarkshire	309,500	1,772	175
Stirling	88,190	2,187	40
West Dunbartonshire	91,090	159	573
West Lothian	167,770	427	393
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	367,020	3,377	109
Borders	111,430	4,732	24
Dumfries & Galloway	148,300	6,426	23
Fife	360,428	1,325	272
Forth Valley	288,473	2,633	110
Grampian	535,290	8,736	61
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	1,192,419	1,151	1,036
Highland	308,790	32,568	9
Lanarkshire	560,042	2,181	257
Lothian	809,764	1,760	460
Orkney	19,860	990	20
Shetland	21,950	1,466	15
Tayside	394,134	7,508	52
Western Isles	26,300	3,071	9

1 See note on page 34. Figures may not add exactly because of rounding.
2 Persons per sq km has been calculated using actual, not rounded areas.

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