| Council Area |
Total pop 91 |
Total pop 2001 |
Change 91-01 |
Gaelic sp 91 |
Gaelic sp 01 |
Change 91-01 |
| Aberdeen City |
204,885 |
212,125 |
+ 7,240 |
1,134 |
1,420 |
+ 286 |
| Aberdeenshire |
215,387 |
226,871 |
+ 11,484 |
887 |
|
|
| Angus |
107,740 |
108,400 |
+ 660 |
483 |
|
|
| Argyll & Bute |
91,968 |
91,306 |
- 662 |
4,877 |
4,158 |
- 719 |
| Clackmannanshire |
47,679 |
48,077 |
+ 398 |
268 |
|
|
| Dumfries & Gall |
147,805 |
147,765 |
- 40 |
515 |
|
|
| Dundee City |
149,877 |
145,663 |
- 4,214 |
593 |
545 |
- 48 |
| East Ayrshire |
122,455 |
120,235 |
- 2,220 |
378 |
|
|
| E. Dumbartonshire |
109,400 |
108,243 |
- 1,157 |
966 |
|
|
| East Lothian |
84,114 |
90,088 |
+ 5,974 |
322 |
|
|
| E. Renfrewshire |
85,252 |
89,311 |
+ 4,059 |
543 |
|
|
| Edinburgh City |
418,748 |
448,624 |
+ 29,876 |
3,089 |
2,132 |
- 957 |
| Eileanan Siar |
29,600 |
26,502 |
- 3,098 |
19,546 |
15,723 |
- 3,823 |
| Falkirk |
141,145 |
145,191 |
+ 4,046 |
518 |
|
|
| Fife |
341,199 |
349,429 |
+ 8,230 |
1,477 |
|
|
| Glasgow City |
606,805 |
577,869 |
- 28,936 |
6,018 |
5,731 |
- 287 |
| Highland |
204,004 |
208,914 |
+ 4,910 |
14,713 |
12,069 |
- 2,644 |
| Inverclyde |
90,103 |
84,203 |
- 5,900 |
461 |
|
|
| Midlothian |
79,011 |
80,941 |
+ 1,930 |
227 |
|
|
| Moray |
83,616 |
86,940 |
+ 3,324 |
470 |
|
|
| North Ayrshire |
136,875 |
135,817 |
- 1,058 |
596 |
|
|
| North Lanarks |
323,826 |
321,067 |
- 2,759 |
1,070 |
|
|
| Orkney Islands |
19,612 |
19,245 |
- 367 |
92 |
|
|
| Perth & Kinross |
126,231 |
134,949 |
+ 8,718 |
1,403 |
1,463 |
+ 60 |
| Renfrewshire |
173,304 |
172,867 |
- 437 |
1,007 |
|
|
| Scottish Borders |
103,881 |
106,764 |
+ 2,883 |
460 |
|
|
| Shetland Islands |
22,522 |
21,988 |
- 534 |
105 |
|
|
| South Ayrshire |
112,658 |
112,097 |
- 561 |
483 |
|
|
| South Lanarks |
299,998 |
302,216 |
+ 2,218 |
1,216 |
|
|
| Stirling |
78,833 |
86,212 |
+ 7,379 |
826 |
|
|
| W. Dumbartons |
96,062 |
93,378 |
- 2,684 |
668 |
|
|
| West Lothian |
143, 972 |
158,714 |
+ 14,742 |
567 |
|
|
| SCOTLAND |
4,998,567 |
5,062,011 |
+ 63,444 |
65,978 |
58,552 |
- 7,426 |
Sources: The Scottish Office (1996) The New Councils, Tables 4, 5: Residents knowing Gaelic;
General Register Office (Scotland) Customer Services, Reformatted LBS, Table S67;
Registrar General’s Report to Scottish Parliament GROS 13.02.03, Table 10
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