§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the estimated population of Scotland in June, 1966; how this compares with the census figure for 1961; what was the percentage change between the two years; and what were the population figures and changes for each county.
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§ Mr. RossThe following table shows for each county and city in Scotland the population at the census of 1961, the Registrar General's estimate of the popu-
Population at Census 1961 (corrected for Usual Residence) Estimated Population at 30th June, 1966 Increase or, Decrease between Census 1961 and June, 1966 Increase or Decrease per cent. of 1961 + - + - SCOTLAND … … 5,179,344 5,190,800 11,456 0.2 COUNTIES (including all burghs except Cities) Aberdeen … … 137,036 135,519 1,517 1.1 Angus … … 95,288 94,852 436 0.5 Argyll … … 57,896 58,830 934 1.6 Ayr … … 340,784 347,826 7,042 2.1 Banff … … 46,981 44,927 2,054 4.4 Berwick … … 22,310 21,538 772 3.5 Bute … … 14,331 13,115 1,216 8.5 Caithness … … 27,369 28,257 888 3.2 Clackmannan … … 41,483 42,499 1,016 2.5 Dumfries … … 88,027 87,709 318 0.4 *Dunbarton … … 185,122 211,524 26,402 14.3 East Lothian … … 52,048 53,481 1,433 2.8 Fife … … 321,113 320,531 582 0.2 Inverness … … 82,709 84,471 1,762 2.1 Kincardine … … 25,739 25,332 407 1.6 Kinross … … 6,624 6,306 318 4.8 Kirkcudbright … … 28,672 28,779 107 0.4 *Lanark … … 571,432 597,554 26,122 4.6 Midlothian … … 112,803 120,110 7,307 6.5 Moray … … 49,936 51,137 1,201 2.4 Nairn … … 8,410 8,168 242 2.9 Orkney … … 18,690 18,102 588 3.2 Peebles … … 13,787 13,493 294 2.1 Perth … … 126,117 125,318 799 0.6 Renfrew … … 338,672 354,552 15,880 4.7 Ross and Cromarty … … 57,568 57,128 440 0.8 Roxburgh … … 43,390 42,633 757 1.7 Selkirk … … 20,738 20,348 390 1.9 Stirling … … 194,340 198,958 4,618 2.4 Sutherland … … 13,384 13,175 209 1.6 West Lothian … … 93,578 102,978 9,400 10.1 Wigtown … … 28,868 28,509 359 1.2 Zetland … … 17,871 17,371 500 2.8 COUNTIES OF CITIES Aberdeen … … 184,801 183,463 1,338 0.7 Dundee … … 183,339 183,744 405 0.2 Edinburgh … … 471,004 468,765 2,239 0.5 Glasgow … … 1,057,084 979,798 77,286 7.3 * The figures for these areas have been adjusted to take account of burgh extensions since 1961. General Register Office, Scotland.