Table 1: Population and vital events, Scotland, 1855 to 2019
Footnotes
1) Live births only, prior to 1939.
2) Refer to Notes, definitions and quality of statistics.
3) Figures for 2014 onwards include opposite-sex and same-sex marriages.
4) The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into effect in December 2005.
5) Rate per 1,000 population.
6) Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
7) Rate per 1,000 live births.
Table 2: Estimated population, births, stillbirths, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships, numbers and rates, by council area, Scotland, 2019
Footnotes
1) Rate per 1,000 population.
2) The total fertility rate is the average number of children (per woman) that would be born to a cohort of women if they experienced, throughout their childbearing years, the age-specific fertility rates of the calendar year in question.
3) Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
4) Rate per 1,000 live births.
5) Includes opposite-sex and same-sex marriages.
Table 3: International populations and vital statistics rates, selected countries, latest available figures
Footnotes
1) The definition of a stillbirth varies from country to country and over time. The position in the UK is described in Appendix 2 - Notes, definitions and quality of statistics.
2) Rate per 1,000 population.
3) Rate per 1,000 live and still births.
4) Rate per 1,000 live births.
Sources: Eurostat, Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
