List of Scottish council areas by population

This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by population. The populations of these Scottish council areas are mid-year estimates for 2014 from the Office for National Statistics.

Rank	Council area	Population	Electors
1	City of Glasgow	599,650	479,260
2	City of Edinburgh	492,680	371,805
3	Fife	367,260	288,520
4	North Lanarkshire	337,950	258,943
5	South Lanarkshire	315,360	252,833
6	Aberdeenshire	260,500	201,439
7	Highland	233,100	183,476
8	City of Aberdeen	228,990	169,678
9	West Lothian	177,150	136,701
10	Renfrewshire	174,230	125,954
11	Falkirk	157,640	116,050
12	Dumfries and Galloway	149,940	115,952
13	City of Dundee	148,260	111,150
14	Perth and Kinross	148,880	110,410
15	North Ayrshire	136,450	108,800
16	East Ayrshire	122,150	95,221
17	Angus	116,660	91,055
18	South Ayrshire	112,510	90,947
19	Scottish Borders	114,030	90,823
20	East Dunbartonshire	106,730	84,522
21	East Lothian	102,050	80,095
22	Moray	94,750	73,139
23	Argyll and Bute	87,660	69,524
24	East Renfrewshire	92,380	69,351
25	West Dunbartonshire	89,730	69,351
26	Midlothian	86,210	68,224
27	Stirling	91,580	65,683
28	Inverclyde	79,860	58,249
29	Clackmannanshire	51,190	37,763
30	Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	27,250	21,981
31	Shetland Islands	23,230	18,071
32	Orkney Islands	21,590	16,956

See also

• List of Scottish council areas by area
• List of Scottish council areas by population density