Population: every council in Scotland
Glasgow City had the highest population of Scotland’s 32 councils in 2021, at 620,719.
Orkney Islands had the lowest, at 21,962. The middle council, East Ayrshire, had 120,320.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow City summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 620,719 |
| 2 | City of Edinburgh summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 514,501 |
| 3 | Fife summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 371,740 |
| 4 | North Lanarkshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 340,983 |
| 5 | South Lanarkshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 327,016 |
| 6 | Aberdeenshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 263,723 |
| 7 | Highland summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 235,330 |
| 8 | Aberdeen City summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 224,015 |
| 9 | Renfrewshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 183,863 |
| 10 | West Lothian summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 181,285 |
| 11 | Falkirk summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 158,418 |
| 12 | Perth and Kinross summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 150,923 |
| 13 | Dundee City summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 148,717 |
| 14 | Dumfries and Galloway summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 145,868 |
| 15 | North Ayrshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 133,425 |
| 16 | East Ayrshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 120,320 |
| 17 | Scottish Borders summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 116,823 |
| 18 | Angus summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 114,352 |
| 19 | East Lothian summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 112,288 |
| 20 | South Ayrshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 111,533 |
| 21 | East Dunbartonshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 108,913 |
| 22 | East Renfrewshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 96,795 |
| 23 | Midlothian summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 96,530 |
| 24 | Moray summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 93,282 |
| 25 | Stirling summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 92,605 |
| 26 | West Dunbartonshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 88,390 |
| 27 | Argyll and Bute summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 85,948 |
| 28 | Inverclyde summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 78,423 |
| 29 | Clackmannanshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 51,764 |
| 30 | Na h-Eileanan Siar summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 26,138 |
| 31 | Shetland Islands summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 22,973 |
| 32 | Orkney Islands summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 21,962 |