Table 9: Land area and population density by administrative area, mid-2013
Estimated population 30 June 2013Area1 (square kilometre)Density2 (Persons per square kilometre)
Footnotes:
  1. Land areas were derived from Standard Area Measurements produced by the Office for National Statistics. The figures are as at 31/12/2012 and may not add exactly because of rounding.
  2. Persons per square kilometre has been calculated using actual, not rounded areas.
Scotland5,327,70077,90768
Council Areas
Aberdeen City227,1301861,223
Aberdeenshire257,7406,31341
Angus116,2402,18253
Argyll & Bute88,0506,90913
Clackmannanshire51,280159323
Dumfries & Galloway150,2706,42623
Dundee City148,170602,479
East Ayrshire122,4401,26297
East Dunbartonshire105,860174607
East Lothian101,360679149
East Renfrewshire91,500174525
Edinburgh, City of487,5002631,852
Eilean Siar27,4003,0599
Falkirk157,140297528
Fife366,9101,325277
Glasgow City596,5501753,415
Highland232,95025,6569
Inverclyde80,310160501
Midlothian84,700354239
Moray94,3502,23842
North Ayrshire136,920885155
North Lanarkshire337,730470719
Orkney Islands21,57098922
Perth & Kinross147,7505,28628
Renfrewshire173,900261665
Scottish Borders113,8704,73224
Shetland Islands23,2001,46716
South Ayrshire112,8501,22292
South Lanarkshire314,8501,772178
Stirling91,2602,18742
West Dunbartonshire89,810159566
West Lothian176,140428412
NHS Board Areas
Ayrshire & Arran372,2103,369110
Borders113,8704,73224
Dumfries & Galloway150,2706,42623
Fife366,9101,325277
Forth Valley299,6802,643113
Grampian579,2208,73666
Greater Glasgow & Clyde1,137,9301,1041,031
Highland321,00032,56510
Lanarkshire652,5802,242291
Lothian849,7001,724493
Orkney21,57098922
Shetland23,2001,46716
Tayside412,1607,52755
Western Isles27,4003,0599