The Scotland had at the time of the Recensement of 2001,5 062.011 inhabitants. According to the estimates of 2004, this number could currently be 5.078.400. The surface of shells being of 78.782 km ², the Population density is then of 64 people to the km ². Approximately 70% of the population live in the Exchange Lowlands, broad and fertile valley, stretching the North-East in south-west between the towns of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and including important basins of population such as Stirling, Falkirk, Perth and Dundee. Other concentrations of population are on the north-eastern coast, mainly around Aberdeen and of Inverness. The town of Glasgow has the highest Densité with 3.292 people with the km ², whereas the area of the Highlands has the lowest density with only 8 people with the km ². The estimate of the number of inhabitants, the marriage or death, birth registration shells some is competence of the General Office of the Registers ( General Register Office for Scotland ). A report/ratio on the Scottish population is presented every year to the ministers Scot and as in all the the United Kingdom, a Recensement takes place every 10 years the last having taken place in 2001 and the next one in 2011.
Evolution of the population
- 2004 5,078,400 (estimate)
- 2003 5,057,400 (is.)
- 2002 5,054,800 (is.)
- 2001 5,062,011
- 1991 5,083,000
- 1981 5,180,200
- 1971 5,234,000
- 1961 5,201,000
- 1951 5,096,000
- 1931 4,842,554
- 1921 4,882,497
- 1911 4,760,904
- 1901 4,472,103
- 1891 4,025,647
- 1881 3,735,573
- 1871 3,360,018
- 1861 3,062,294
- 1851 2,888,742
- 1841 2,620,184
- 1831 2,364,386
- 1821 2,091,521
- 1811 1,805,864
- 1801 1,608,420
According to the annual estimates of the General Office of the Registers, the Scotland had in 2004 a total population of 5.078.400, that is to say a rise of 21.000 inhabitants compared to the previous year. The population was distributed between 2.446.248 men and 2.632.152 women.
Statistics
- Birth rate : 10,6 births/1000 inhabitants (estimate 2005)
- Death rate : 11,1 deaths/1000 inhabitants.
- Migratory balance : 4,1/1000 inhabitants
- Growth rate of the population : 0,4%
Age structure :
- With the birth; 1,04 man/woman
- Less than 15 years: 1,04 man/woman
- 15-64 years: 0,94 man/woman
- 65 years and +: 0,88 man/woman
- total population: 0,93 man/woman
Infant mortality : 4,9 deaths/1000 births.
- Total population: 76,8 years
- Men: 74,2 years
- Women: 79,3 years
Fertility rate : 1,6 children per woman
Religions : Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Islam, Judaism.
Languages : English, Scots, Gaelic
- People of more than 15 years knowing to read and write.
- Total population: 99%
- Men: 99%
- Women: 99%
Projections
Since the Census of 2001, concerns were born concerning the fall of the number of births in Scotland, the ageing and the fall of population; a process noted these last decades. The Scottish population reached a peak in the years 1970, before slowly declining to be today in the neighborhoods of 5,08 million inhabitants. The primary reason seems to be the emigration at the beginning of Scotland, mainly towards the remainder of the the United Kingdom. However, these last years saw the tendency to be reversed, with a significant number of newcomers coming from the remainder of the United Kingdom. In the same way, since 2004, of many immigrants coming from the new countries of the European Union (such as the Poland, the Czech Republic, the Lithuania or the Latvia) contribute to the recent rise of population.Reinforcing the problem of the decline of population, fertility rates and of birthrate in Scotland which decrease - a problem common to the European countries. Moreover, the Scottish population ages. A big part of the individuals were born during the time right after war and are close to the retirement age.
In 2002, the number of the births at summer low ever recorded with 51.270 births. This figure however was higher in 2004 with 53.957 births, and should be even higher in 2005. Since 1997, Scotland was pilot of a natural waning of population, the deaths being more numerous than the births. To quote only one example, for the year 2004, there were 4012 deaths moreover than of births.
The Scottish government tries stage this deficit by founding the fresh talent - working in Scotland , which makes it possible to the graduates (except European Union) of the Scottish universities to remain in Scotland during two years following obtaining their diploma.
The growth of population is variable of an area to another. The areas of the East Lothian (1,6%), Aberdeenshire (1,5%), Clackmannanshire (1,2%), Falkirk (1,1%), Perthshire and Kinross (1,1%) and of the West Lothian (1,1%) are those having had more migratory balances between 2003 and 2004. On the contrary, Aberdeen (- 1,5%), Dundee city (- 0,9%), and the Inverclyde (- 0,7%) is that having had weakest. It should be noted that the area of the Highlands knew a significant rise of its population these last years, which is remarkable when one compares with the 200 last years, period when the zone was largely depopulated, because of high rates of emigration, in particular towards the Canada, the the United States, the Australia and the New Zealand.
In December 2005, a series of reports/ratios on projections concerning the Scottish population envisaged a rise of this one between the current period and 2038, with the number of births and deaths having to decrease. Immigration should remain strong, positive and constant.
Population by administrative divisions
|+ Estimate of the population in Scotland (2004) |- ! Administrative division!! Estimate of population (at June 30th 2004) |- | Aberdeen City || 203,450 |- | Aberdeenshire || 232,850 |- | Angus || 108,560 |- | Argyll and Butts || 91,190 |- | Clackmannanshire || 48,240 |- | Dumfries and Galloway || 147,930 |- | Dundee || 141,870 |- | East Ayrshire || 119,720 |- | East Dunbartonshire || 106,550 |- | East Lothian || 91,580 |- | East Renfrewshire || 89,610 |- | Edinburgh || 453,670 |- | Eiean Siar || 26,260 |- | Falkirk || 147,460 |- | Fife || 354,600 |- | Glasgow || 577,670 |- | Highlands || 211,340 |- | Inverclyde || 82,430 |- | Midlothian || 79,610 |- | Moray || 87,720 |- | North Ayrshire || 136,020 |- | North Lanarkshire || 322,720 |- | the Orkneys || 19,500 |- | Perthshire and Kinross || 137,520 |- | Renfrewshire || 170,610 |- | Scottish Borders || 109,270 |- | the Shetland || 21,940 |- | South Ayrshire || 111,850 |- | South Lanarkshire || 305,410 |- | Stirling || 86,370 |- | West Dunbartonshire || 91,970 |- | West Lothian || 162,840
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