Latest population estimates for people aged 90 and over. Estimates for mid-2011 to mid-2021 have been revised following Scotland's Census 2022.
Main Points
- In mid-2022 the estimated population of Scotland aged 90 years and over grew by 1.5% compared with 2021; this was its highest ever total (44,960 people).
- The number of centenarians has almost doubled since mid-2002, with an estimated 1,000 centenarians living in Scotland in mid-2022.
- In mid-2022 the majority of centenarians were female but in the last 20 years the number of male centenarians has grown at a faster rate than female centenarians.
- The sex ratio among centenarians in Scotland has almost halved since mid-2002, from 8.7 women to every man aged 100 years and over in 2002, to 4.6 women to every man in 2022.
- Scotland had the lowest proportion of centenarians in Great Britain in mid-2022, with 18 centenarians per 100,000 people, compared with 27 people in Wales and 25 people in England.
The mid-2002 to mid-2022 estimates published in this release supersede previous estimates of the very old and account for rebasing of the mid-year estimates from 2012 onwards following Scotland’s Census 2022.
