Scotland: abortions and live births by council area, 1991-2021

Scotland: abortions and live births by council area, 1991-2021

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 September 2022

Scotland abortions by council area of residence, 1991-2021

council area 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 council area

Aberdeen City 847 872 855 784 703 691 767 733 774 776 757 868 890 808 753 736 798 793 767 736 678 700 698 742 729 666 Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire 474 480 437 435 386 436 431 478 471 434 468 523 481 516 492 455 466 449 434 431 418 426 460 473 479 504 Aberdeenshire

Angus 271 243 302 273 268 263 279 314 278 287 256 290 263 290 266 251 248 241 229 253 232 246 267 269 288 289 Angus

Argyll and Bute 135 159 143 136 113 131 140 106 98 88 99 82 82 72 106 119 77 101 96 104 87 91 112 110 112 149 Argyll and Bute

Clackmannanshire 92 103 99 99 100 98 103 109 115 117 117 128 113 110 132 128 122 137 117 114 136 145 144 177 159 137 Clackmannanshire

Dumfries and Galloway 243 251 216 233 221 219 253 245 236 257 260 231 262 281 259 296 288 293 294 292 294 257 231 251 235 256 257 262 254 263 266 Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee City 552 588 603 556 561 507 528 628 580 584 592 656 597 586 537 540 566 505 527 548 534 564 636 579 591 618 Dundee City

East Aryshire 198 181 216 210 218 225 218 215 222 229 244 276 273 231 261 236 248 225 247 255 263 239 270 226 252 238 East Aryshire

East Dunbartonshire 203 195 202 176 160 188 170 173 175 176 213 202 195 171 191 179 183 185 158 168 172 204 183 188 217 213 East Dunbartonshire

East Lothian 222 224 241 216 190 234 227 241 243 216 216 259 259 235 255 259 260 301 259 276 246 269 292 261 341 302 East Lothian

East Renfrewshire 127 117 152 128 143 152 136 140 115 139 149 143 144 129 153 133 147 129 133 160 130 166 142 176 195 190 East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh City 1,705 1,744 1,776 1,805 1,746 1,761 1,589 1,689 1,659 1,673 1,686 1,692 1,743 1,617 1,439 1,562 1,579 1,486 1,454 1,501 1,472 1,501 1,607 1,586 1,603 1,553 Edinburgh City

Falkirk 304 288 315 288 299 286 282 272 289 312 305 333 353 352 355 314 315 330 346 334 365 346 413 420 393 382 Falkirk

Fife 815 749 757 751 752 736 680 784 770 823 809 844 850 824 801 864 967 1,022 951 898 885 909 876 787 849 859 879 866 910 872 843 Fife

Glasgow City 1,764 1,795 1,778 1,751 1,744 1,817 1,717 1,698 1,845 1,998 2,128 2,196 2,172 2,049 1,961 1,863 1,817 1,775 1,801 1,831 1,803 1,910 2,037 2,111 2,187 2,221 Glasgow City

Highland 585 572 605 548 499 444 455 459 441 413 426 387 417 410 401 435 489 439 399 447 433 414 389 405 410 409 392 442 448 412 379 Highland

Inverclyde 151 160 172 158 156 164 128 157 122 134 120 142 145 144 143 135 123 107 103 112 135 114 138 168 163 166 Inverclyde

Islands 73 103 96 103 102 96 92 87 92 86 63 92 87 82 66 73 73 67 81 50 64 68 64 57 52 60 67 51 71 77 66 Islands

(Eilean Siar) 28 26 30 32 (Eilean Siar)

(Orkney Islands) 30 33 23 27 (Orkney Islands)

(Shetland Islands) 38 33 34 33 (Shetland Islands)

Midlothian 211 210 227 237 236 234 231 230 252 264 231 248 261 253 236 262 250 286 262 242 264 241 291 285 314 279 Midlothian

Moray 133 124 139 124 125 139 131 141 155 144 117 166 164 144 160 148 161 150 124 139 140 121 155 163 175 150 Moray

North Aryshire 254 256 257 262 250 233 247 278 270 270 315 309 311 310 312 280 302 250 264 263 253 282 321 301 294 266 North Aryshire

North Lanarkshire 553 540 593 627 642 666 629 637 685 699 767 781 847 803 829 809 789 683 735 726 753 817 879 837 890 957 North Lanarkshire

Perth and Kinross 305 315 347 282 342 296 281 342 291 370 343 353 333 337 318 349 297 265 265 276 284 286 286 282 309 303 Perth and Kinross

Renfrewshire 350 384 350 361 333 370 372 354 349 348 362 355 375 373 389 349 309 265 297 329 351 357 378 413 451 462 Renfrewshire

Scottish Borders 179 181 164 190 147 163 195 177 152 168 155 176 201 208 191 238 203 207 150 214 208 189 177 162 142 183 192 193 197 175 195 Scottish Borders

South Ayrshire 234 213 227 230 225 206 198 209 240 223 251 219 228 193 244 214 236 222 213 228 169 208 228 230 204 196 South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire 500 492 526 548 558 583 572 532 614 617 633 653 717 668 720 591 663 670 616 611 673 657 703 758 796 840 South Lanarkshire

Stirling 172 178 187 222 209 187 181 190 190 186 205 173 221 179 189 182 181 181 186 186 202 215 227 215 188 194 Stirling

West Dunbartonshire 173 173 174 177 143 184 162 181 182 187 219 193 219 197 209 187 188 189 168 222 198 220 252 251 275 285 West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian 365 372 376 369 382 350 391 404 400 416 414 473 458 431 377 367 381 264 309 404 402 420 413 495 487 441 West Lothian

SCOTLAND UNKNOWN 755 619 470 391 308 346 345 482 348 345 337 337 368 359 330 384 377 297 277 254 233 212 182 162 174 181 192 171 179 123 150 SCOTLAND UNKNOWN

SCOTLAND TOTAL 11,758 11,364 11,500 11,734 11,422 12,286 12,409 12,835 12,488 12,321 12,445 12,177 12,635 12,778 12,935 13,493 14,110 14,169 13,350 13,182 12,765 12,755 12,108 11,934 12,311 12,308 12,724 13,517 13,775 14,014 13,900 SCOTLAND TOTAL

Scotland live births by council area of residence, 1991-2021

Note: birth figures for 2011-2016 are estimated based on figures for reporting years which run from 1 April to 31 March.

council area 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 council area

Aberdeen City 2,396 2,366 2,339 2,311 2,088 2,097 2,098 2,003 2,075 2,061 2,200 2,417 2,596 2,564 2,599 2,608 2,688 2,500 2,565 2,609 2,521 2,402 2,337 2,260 2,007 2,041 Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire 2,577 2,594 2,594 2,501 2,320 2,247 2,326 2,368 2,388 2,465 2,589 2,690 2,771 2,903 2,727 2,695 2,867 2,697 2,836 2,891 2,811 2,659 2,697 2,400 2,287 2,339 Aberdeenshire

Angus 1,219 1,236 1,180 1,085 1,049 1,103 1,014 1,089 1,071 1,095 1,110 1,152 1,194 1,165 1,096 1,155 1,156 1,111 1,146 1,065 1,025 1,054 964 965 860 915 Angus

Argyll and Bute 956 948 850 834 792 780 755 732 807 773 781 741 807 815 763 745 765 709 727 688 699 665 648 631 592 599 Argyll and Bute

Clackmannanshire 598 570 537 544 490 529 480 468 501 528 546 634 644 610 620 564 627 550 557 553 505 536 465 414 444 498 Clackmannanshire

Dumfries and Galloway 1,673 1,632 1,698 1,706 1,615 1,612 1,568 1,514 1,402 1,369 1,283 1,343 1,307 1,431 1,407 1,471 1,507 1,430 1,507 1,445 1,396 1,390 1,327 1,286 1,256 1,318 1,248 1,198 1,153 1,137 1,083 Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee City 1,729 1,732 1,652 1,522 1,462 1,468 1,436 1,548 1,539 1,545 1,567 1,668 1,801 1,768 1,745 1,765 1,718 1,590 1,715 1,555 1,576 1,493 1,488 1,417 1,287 1,255 Dundee City

East Aryshire 1,396 1,381 1,351 1,290 1,228 1,198 1,157 1,236 1,271 1,258 1,316 1,304 1,371 1,362 1,334 1,362 1,358 1,342 1,254 1,327 1,275 1,151 1,176 1,176 1,113 1,122 East Aryshire

East Dunbartonshire 1,167 1,169 1,117 1,057 972 983 942 948 889 930 922 892 970 929 924 924 894 925 927 971 951 1,036 950 910 884 898 East Dunbartonshire

East Lothian 1,086 1,085 1,008 968 1,013 940 910 953 950 1,054 1,056 1,101 1,182 1,062 1,123 1,126 1,079 1,057 1,012 1,061 1,041 971 1,020 973 960 975 East Lothian

East Renfrewshire 1,010 1,039 1,013 953 931 954 916 883 941 898 858 893 868 848 872 807 881 880 853 871 861 886 854 808 797 790 East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh City 5,131 5,110 4,857 4,764 4,643 4,489 4,477 4,577 4,568 4,691 4,894 5,056 5,440 5,475 5,552 5,560 5,606 5,486 5,554 5,274 5,300 5,033 4,899 4,683 4,548 4,653 Edinburgh City

Falkirk 1,677 1,639 1,700 1,603 1,555 1,448 1,507 1,595 1,735 1,738 1,757 1,892 1,949 1,874 1,874 1,757 1,806 1,668 1,716 1,594 1,565 1,567 1,493 1,460 1,432 1,466 Falkirk

Fife 4,368 4,273 4,302 4,107 3,991 3,830 3,824 3,854 3,660 3,498 3,642 3,536 3,642 3,735 3,831 3,999 4,076 4,349 4,135 4,172 4,268 4,019 3,872 3,889 3,755 3,739 3,465 3,479 3,325 3,144 3,157 Fife

Glasgow City 7,701 7,609 7,146 6,830 6,578 6,645 6,386 6,573 6,612 6,833 6,617 7,154 7,371 7,512 7,565 7,631 7,543 7,254 7,465 7,086 6,833 6,852 3,548 6,553 5,867 5,929 Glasgow City

Highland 2,609 2,682 2,512 2,466 2,395 2,379 2,443 2,451 2,223 2,153 2,131 1,977 2,085 2,175 2,233 2,159 2,332 2,482 2,374 2,467 2,345 2,380 2,233 2,310 2,220 2,150 2,089 2,005 1,966 1,866 1,885 Highland

Inverclyde 1,016 980 910 947 863 850 787 830 898 902 846 857 860 813 791 814 766 754 744 711 706 667 689 615 615 605 Inverclyde

Islands 856 873 820 865 817 766 813 733 737 606 647 615 677 624 640 755 697 749 699 698 682 714 708 660 647 682 617 607 587 542 552 Islands

(Eilean Siar) 314 314 273 307 305 281 252 274 265 228 226 242 255 223 233 274 263 257 227 235 235 237 246 226 222 238 215 206 200 183 181 (Eilean Siar)

(Orkney Islands) 232 237 241 245 231 215 224 194 188 152 174 164 171 171 180 213 190 214 199 197 205 201 201 181 191 178 184 186 182 183 171 (Orkney Islands)

(Shetland Islands) 310 322 306 313 281 270 286 265 284 226 247 209 251 230 227 268 244 278 273 266 242 276 261 253 234 266 218 215 205 176 200 (Shetland Islands)

Midlothian 899 942 964 962 924 922 863 847 881 867 887 937 938 947 994 979 1,060 1,016 1,033 1,082 1,088 1,107 1,075 1,057 979 1,071 Midlothian

Moray 1,077 1,084 1,034 973 912 869 876 824 854 878 899 1,001 956 966 928 973 915 956 931 905 939 856 825 816 855 846 Moray

North Aryshire 1,581 1,636 1,540 1,414 1,393 1,421 1,379 1,382 1,406 1,379 1,501 1,528 1,481 1,498 1,450 1,452 1,346 1,307 1,284 1,255 1,244 1,193 1,125 1,124 1,107 1,069 North Aryshire

North Lanarkshire 4,086 4,090 4,078 3,869 3,832 3,676 3,664 3,771 4,005 3,834 4,001 4,045 4,182 4,067 3,929 3,993 3,740 3,738 3,719 3,716 3,511 3,558 3,387 3,438 3,051 3,296 North Lanarkshire

Perth and Kinross 1,387 1,436 1,364 1,372 1,335 1,334 1,245 1,292 1,285 1,347 1,331 1,391 1,443 1,425 1,466 1,447 1,277 1,320 1,357 1,357 1,325 1,210 1,217 1,197 1,186 1,194 Perth and Kinross

Renfrewshire 2,122 2,194 2,014 1,980 2,007 1,796 1,797 1,785 1,885 1,869 1,838 1,898 2,012 1,869 1,995 1,828 1,960 1,791 1,813 1,712 1,773 1,794 1,697 1,693 1,539 1,647 Renfrewshire

Scottish Borders 1,234 1,165 1,116 1,127 1,155 1,133 1,132 1,038 1,054 1,068 1,066 1,021 1,048 1,052 1,047 1,111 1,170 1,138 1,159 1,161 1,108 1,140 1,138 1,081 1,037 1,005 989 984 916 845 852 Scottish Borders

South Ayrshire 1,157 1,150 1,165 1,036 1,050 1,056 955 984 1,030 976 1,012 1,029 1,067 1,054 1,035 1,073 997 998 1,033 1,030 976 937 932 837 817 774 South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire 3,535 3,560 3,303 3,342 3,162 3,161 3,076 3,092 3,358 3,322 3,524 3,452 3,689 3,467 3,418 3,502 3,375 3,272 3,402 3,185 3,315 3,205 3,153 3,109 2,918 3,109 South Lanarkshire

Stirling 915 969 921 882 876 840 833 866 934 873 908 878 862 863 836 833 821 807 841 792 807 804 757 737 696 670 Stirling

West Dunbartonshire 1,198 1,157 1,116 1,051 1,008 972 939 984 999 1,000 1,044 1,105 1,104 1,082 1,044 1,064 1,054 979 986 924 958 891 885 845 771 769 West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian 1,972 2,035 1,976 1,996 1,899 1,980 1,960 2,043 2,058 2,112 2,191 2,284 2,335 2,234 2,168 2,134 2,085 2,029 2,029 1,969 1,989 1,926 1,754 1,798 1,663 1,727 West Lothian

SCOTLAND TOTAL 66,740 65,046 63,293 61,506 60,096 59,308 59,440 57,319 55,251 53,076 52,527 51,270 52,432 53,957 54,386 55,690 57,781 60,041 59,046 58,791 58,590 58,027 56,014 56,725 55,098 54,488 52,861 51,308 49,863 46,809 47,786 SCOTLAND TOTAL

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council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	council area
Aberdeen City						847	872	855	784	703	691	767	733	774	776	757	868	890	808	753	736	798	793	767	736	678	700	698	742	729	666	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire						474	480	437	435	386	436	431	478	471	434	468	523	481	516	492	455	466	449	434	431	418	426	460	473	479	504	Aberdeenshire
Angus						271	243	302	273	268	263	279	314	278	287	256	290	263	290	266	251	248	241	229	253	232	246	267	269	288	289	Angus
Argyll and Bute						135	159	143	136	113	131	140	106	98	88	99	82	82	72	106	119	77	101	96	104	87	91	112	110	112	149	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire						92	103	99	99	100	98	103	109	115	117	117	128	113	110	132	128	122	137	117	114	136	145	144	177	159	137	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	243	251	216	233	221	219	253	245	236	257	260	231	262	281	259	296	288	293	294	292	294	257	231	251	235	256	257	262	254	263	266	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City						552	588	603	556	561	507	528	628	580	584	592	656	597	586	537	540	566	505	527	548	534	564	636	579	591	618	Dundee City
East Aryshire						198	181	216	210	218	225	218	215	222	229	244	276	273	231	261	236	248	225	247	255	263	239	270	226	252	238	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire						203	195	202	176	160	188	170	173	175	176	213	202	195	171	191	179	183	185	158	168	172	204	183	188	217	213	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian						222	224	241	216	190	234	227	241	243	216	216	259	259	235	255	259	260	301	259	276	246	269	292	261	341	302	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire						127	117	152	128	143	152	136	140	115	139	149	143	144	129	153	133	147	129	133	160	130	166	142	176	195	190	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City						1,705	1,744	1,776	1,805	1,746	1,761	1,589	1,689	1,659	1,673	1,686	1,692	1,743	1,617	1,439	1,562	1,579	1,486	1,454	1,501	1,472	1,501	1,607	1,586	1,603	1,553	Edinburgh City
Falkirk						304	288	315	288	299	286	282	272	289	312	305	333	353	352	355	314	315	330	346	334	365	346	413	420	393	382	Falkirk
Fife	815	749	757	751	752	736	680	784	770	823	809	844	850	824	801	864	967	1,022	951	898	885	909	876	787	849	859	879	866	910	872	843	Fife
Glasgow City						1,764	1,795	1,778	1,751	1,744	1,817	1,717	1,698	1,845	1,998	2,128	2,196	2,172	2,049	1,961	1,863	1,817	1,775	1,801	1,831	1,803	1,910	2,037	2,111	2,187	2,221	Glasgow City
Highland	585	572	605	548	499	444	455	459	441	413	426	387	417	410	401	435	489	439	399	447	433	414	389	405	410	409	392	442	448	412	379	Highland
Inverclyde						151	160	172	158	156	164	128	157	122	134	120	142	145	144	143	135	123	107	103	112	135	114	138	168	163	166	Inverclyde
Islands	73	103	96	103	102	96	92	87	92	86	63	92	87	82	66	73	73	67	81	50	64	68	64	57	52	60	67	51	71	77	66	Islands
(Eilean Siar)						28	26	30	32																							(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)						30	33	23	27																							(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)						38	33	34	33																							(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian						211	210	227	237	236	234	231	230	252	264	231	248	261	253	236	262	250	286	262	242	264	241	291	285	314	279	Midlothian
Moray						133	124	139	124	125	139	131	141	155	144	117	166	164	144	160	148	161	150	124	139	140	121	155	163	175	150	Moray
North Aryshire						254	256	257	262	250	233	247	278	270	270	315	309	311	310	312	280	302	250	264	263	253	282	321	301	294	266	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire						553	540	593	627	642	666	629	637	685	699	767	781	847	803	829	809	789	683	735	726	753	817	879	837	890	957	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross						305	315	347	282	342	296	281	342	291	370	343	353	333	337	318	349	297	265	265	276	284	286	286	282	309	303	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire						350	384	350	361	333	370	372	354	349	348	362	355	375	373	389	349	309	265	297	329	351	357	378	413	451	462	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	179	181	164	190	147	163	195	177	152	168	155	176	201	208	191	238	203	207	150	214	208	189	177	162	142	183	192	193	197	175	195	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire						234	213	227	230	225	206	198	209	240	223	251	219	228	193	244	214	236	222	213	228	169	208	228	230	204	196	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire						500	492	526	548	558	583	572	532	614	617	633	653	717	668	720	591	663	670	616	611	673	657	703	758	796	840	South Lanarkshire
Stirling						172	178	187	222	209	187	181	190	190	186	205	173	221	179	189	182	181	181	186	186	202	215	227	215	188	194	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire						173	173	174	177	143	184	162	181	182	187	219	193	219	197	209	187	188	189	168	222	198	220	252	251	275	285	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian						365	372	376	369	382	350	391	404	400	416	414	473	458	431	377	367	381	264	309	404	402	420	413	495	487	441	West Lothian
SCOTLAND UNKNOWN	755	619	470	391	308	346	345	482	348	345	337	337	368	359	330	384	377	297	277	254	233	212	182	162	174	181	192	171	179	123	150	SCOTLAND UNKNOWN
SCOTLAND TOTAL	11,758	11,364	11,500	11,734	11,422	12,286	12,409	12,835	12,488	12,321	12,445	12,177	12,635	12,778	12,935	13,493	14,110	14,169	13,350	13,182	12,765	12,755	12,108	11,934	12,311	12,308	12,724	13,517	13,775	14,014	13,900	SCOTLAND TOTAL

council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	council area
Aberdeen City						2,396	2,366	2,339	2,311	2,088	2,097	2,098	2,003	2,075	2,061	2,200	2,417	2,596	2,564	2,599	2,608	2,688	2,500	2,565	2,609	2,521	2,402	2,337	2,260	2,007	2,041	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire						2,577	2,594	2,594	2,501	2,320	2,247	2,326	2,368	2,388	2,465	2,589	2,690	2,771	2,903	2,727	2,695	2,867	2,697	2,836	2,891	2,811	2,659	2,697	2,400	2,287	2,339	Aberdeenshire
Angus						1,219	1,236	1,180	1,085	1,049	1,103	1,014	1,089	1,071	1,095	1,110	1,152	1,194	1,165	1,096	1,155	1,156	1,111	1,146	1,065	1,025	1,054	964	965	860	915	Angus
Argyll and Bute						956	948	850	834	792	780	755	732	807	773	781	741	807	815	763	745	765	709	727	688	699	665	648	631	592	599	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire						598	570	537	544	490	529	480	468	501	528	546	634	644	610	620	564	627	550	557	553	505	536	465	414	444	498	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	1,673	1,632	1,698	1,706	1,615	1,612	1,568	1,514	1,402	1,369	1,283	1,343	1,307	1,431	1,407	1,471	1,507	1,430	1,507	1,445	1,396	1,390	1,327	1,286	1,256	1,318	1,248	1,198	1,153	1,137	1,083	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City						1,729	1,732	1,652	1,522	1,462	1,468	1,436	1,548	1,539	1,545	1,567	1,668	1,801	1,768	1,745	1,765	1,718	1,590	1,715	1,555	1,576	1,493	1,488	1,417	1,287	1,255	Dundee City
East Aryshire						1,396	1,381	1,351	1,290	1,228	1,198	1,157	1,236	1,271	1,258	1,316	1,304	1,371	1,362	1,334	1,362	1,358	1,342	1,254	1,327	1,275	1,151	1,176	1,176	1,113	1,122	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire						1,167	1,169	1,117	1,057	972	983	942	948	889	930	922	892	970	929	924	924	894	925	927	971	951	1,036	950	910	884	898	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian						1,086	1,085	1,008	968	1,013	940	910	953	950	1,054	1,056	1,101	1,182	1,062	1,123	1,126	1,079	1,057	1,012	1,061	1,041	971	1,020	973	960	975	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire						1,010	1,039	1,013	953	931	954	916	883	941	898	858	893	868	848	872	807	881	880	853	871	861	886	854	808	797	790	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City						5,131	5,110	4,857	4,764	4,643	4,489	4,477	4,577	4,568	4,691	4,894	5,056	5,440	5,475	5,552	5,560	5,606	5,486	5,554	5,274	5,300	5,033	4,899	4,683	4,548	4,653	Edinburgh City
Falkirk						1,677	1,639	1,700	1,603	1,555	1,448	1,507	1,595	1,735	1,738	1,757	1,892	1,949	1,874	1,874	1,757	1,806	1,668	1,716	1,594	1,565	1,567	1,493	1,460	1,432	1,466	Falkirk
Fife	4,368	4,273	4,302	4,107	3,991	3,830	3,824	3,854	3,660	3,498	3,642	3,536	3,642	3,735	3,831	3,999	4,076	4,349	4,135	4,172	4,268	4,019	3,872	3,889	3,755	3,739	3,465	3,479	3,325	3,144	3,157	Fife
Glasgow City						7,701	7,609	7,146	6,830	6,578	6,645	6,386	6,573	6,612	6,833	6,617	7,154	7,371	7,512	7,565	7,631	7,543	7,254	7,465	7,086	6,833	6,852	3,548	6,553	5,867	5,929	Glasgow City
Highland	2,609	2,682	2,512	2,466	2,395	2,379	2,443	2,451	2,223	2,153	2,131	1,977	2,085	2,175	2,233	2,159	2,332	2,482	2,374	2,467	2,345	2,380	2,233	2,310	2,220	2,150	2,089	2,005	1,966	1,866	1,885	Highland
Inverclyde						1,016	980	910	947	863	850	787	830	898	902	846	857	860	813	791	814	766	754	744	711	706	667	689	615	615	605	Inverclyde
Islands	856	873	820	865	817	766	813	733	737	606	647	615	677	624	640	755	697	749	699	698	682	714	708	660	647	682	617	607	587	542	552	Islands
(Eilean Siar)	314	314	273	307	305	281	252	274	265	228	226	242	255	223	233	274	263	257	227	235	235	237	246	226	222	238	215	206	200	183	181	(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)	232	237	241	245	231	215	224	194	188	152	174	164	171	171	180	213	190	214	199	197	205	201	201	181	191	178	184	186	182	183	171	(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)	310	322	306	313	281	270	286	265	284	226	247	209	251	230	227	268	244	278	273	266	242	276	261	253	234	266	218	215	205	176	200	(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian						899	942	964	962	924	922	863	847	881	867	887	937	938	947	994	979	1,060	1,016	1,033	1,082	1,088	1,107	1,075	1,057	979	1,071	Midlothian
Moray						1,077	1,084	1,034	973	912	869	876	824	854	878	899	1,001	956	966	928	973	915	956	931	905	939	856	825	816	855	846	Moray
North Aryshire						1,581	1,636	1,540	1,414	1,393	1,421	1,379	1,382	1,406	1,379	1,501	1,528	1,481	1,498	1,450	1,452	1,346	1,307	1,284	1,255	1,244	1,193	1,125	1,124	1,107	1,069	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire						4,086	4,090	4,078	3,869	3,832	3,676	3,664	3,771	4,005	3,834	4,001	4,045	4,182	4,067	3,929	3,993	3,740	3,738	3,719	3,716	3,511	3,558	3,387	3,438	3,051	3,296	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross						1,387	1,436	1,364	1,372	1,335	1,334	1,245	1,292	1,285	1,347	1,331	1,391	1,443	1,425	1,466	1,447	1,277	1,320	1,357	1,357	1,325	1,210	1,217	1,197	1,186	1,194	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire						2,122	2,194	2,014	1,980	2,007	1,796	1,797	1,785	1,885	1,869	1,838	1,898	2,012	1,869	1,995	1,828	1,960	1,791	1,813	1,712	1,773	1,794	1,697	1,693	1,539	1,647	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	1,234	1,165	1,116	1,127	1,155	1,133	1,132	1,038	1,054	1,068	1,066	1,021	1,048	1,052	1,047	1,111	1,170	1,138	1,159	1,161	1,108	1,140	1,138	1,081	1,037	1,005	989	984	916	845	852	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire						1,157	1,150	1,165	1,036	1,050	1,056	955	984	1,030	976	1,012	1,029	1,067	1,054	1,035	1,073	997	998	1,033	1,030	976	937	932	837	817	774	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire						3,535	3,560	3,303	3,342	3,162	3,161	3,076	3,092	3,358	3,322	3,524	3,452	3,689	3,467	3,418	3,502	3,375	3,272	3,402	3,185	3,315	3,205	3,153	3,109	2,918	3,109	South Lanarkshire
Stirling						915	969	921	882	876	840	833	866	934	873	908	878	862	863	836	833	821	807	841	792	807	804	757	737	696	670	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire						1,198	1,157	1,116	1,051	1,008	972	939	984	999	1,000	1,044	1,105	1,104	1,082	1,044	1,064	1,054	979	986	924	958	891	885	845	771	769	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian						1,972	2,035	1,976	1,996	1,899	1,980	1,960	2,043	2,058	2,112	2,191	2,284	2,335	2,234	2,168	2,134	2,085	2,029	2,029	1,969	1,989	1,926	1,754	1,798	1,663	1,727	West Lothian
SCOTLAND TOTAL	66,740	65,046	63,293	61,506	60,096	59,308	59,440	57,319	55,251	53,076	52,527	51,270	52,432	53,957	54,386	55,690	57,781	60,041	59,046	58,791	58,590	58,027	56,014	56,725	55,098	54,488	52,861	51,308	49,863	46,809	47,786	SCOTLAND TOTAL