In 2022, the population of Scotland was approximately 5.45 million, compared with 2000 when the population was just over five million. Between 1974 and 2000, the population of Scotland fell by 172,600, before growing at a relatively fast rate after 2000, and surpassing the 1974 population by 2010.
Population of Scotland from 1971 to 2022
Characteristic
Estimated mid-year population
2022
5,447,700
2021
5,479,900
2020
5,466,000
2019
5,463,300
2018
5,438,100
2017
5,424,800
2016
5,404,700
2015
5,373,000
2014
5,347,600
2013
5,327,700
2012
5,313,600
2011
5,299,900
2010
5,262,200
2009
5,231,900
2008
5,202,900
2007
5,170,000
2006
5,133,100
2005
5,110,200
2004
5,084,300
2003
5,068,500
2002
5,066,000
2001
5,064,200
2000
5,062,900
1999
5,072,000
1998
5,077,100
1997
5,083,300
1996
5,092,200
1995
5,103,700
1994
5,102,200
1993
5,092,500
1992
5,085,600
1991
5,083,300
1990
5,081,300
1989
5,078,200
1988
5,077,400
1987
5,099,000
1986
5,111,800
1985
5,127,900
1984
5,138,900
1983
5,148,100
1982
5,164,500
1981
5,180,200
1980
5,193,900
1979
5,203,600
1978
5,212,300
1977
5,226,200
1976
5,233,400
1975
5,232,400
1974
5,240,800
1973
5,233,900
1972
5,230,600
1971
5,235,600
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (March 28, 2024). Population of Scotland from 1971 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/367788/population-of-scotland/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Population of Scotland from 1971 to 2022." Chart. March 28, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/367788/population-of-scotland/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2024). Population of Scotland from 1971 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/367788/population-of-scotland/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Population of Scotland from 1971 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/367788/population-of-scotland/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Population of Scotland from 1971 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/367788/population-of-scotland/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Population of Scotland from 1971 to 2022 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), March 28, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/367788/population-of-scotland/
