§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the estimated population of Scotland in June, 1968; how this compares with the census figure for 1961; what was the percentage change between the two years; and what
Area Population at Census 1961 (Corrected for usual residence) Estimated population at 30th June, 1968 Increase or decrease between Census, 1961 and June, 1968 Increase or decrease per cent. of 1961 + - + - SCOTLAND … 5,179,344 5,187,500 8,156 0.2 COUNTIES OF CITIES Aberdeen … 184,801 181,386 3,415 1.8 Dundee … 183,339 182,340 999 0.5 Edinburgh … 471,004 466,464 4,540 1.0 Glasgow … 1,057,084 945,034 112,050 10.6 COUNTIES (including all burghs but excluding cities) Aberdeen … 137,036 135,834 1,202 0.9 Angus … 95,288 95,400 112 0.1 Argyll … 57,896 58,180 284 0.5 Ayr … 340,784 350,952 10,168 3.0 Banff … 46,981 44,221 2,760 5.9 Berwick … 22,310 21,175 1,135 5.1 Bute … 14,331 12,586 1,745 12.2 Caithness … 27,369 28,307 938 3.4 Clackmannan … 41,483 43,319 1,836 4.4 Dumfries … 88,027 87,602 425 0.5 *Dunbarton … 185,202 222,235 37,033 20.0 East Lothian … 52,048 54,726 2,678 5.1 Fife … 321,113 323,586 2,473 0.8 Inverness … 82,709 84,548 1,839 2.2 Kincardine … 25,739 25,679 60 0.2 Kinross … 6,624 6,324 300 4.5 Kirkcudbright … 28,672 28,309 363 1.3 *Lanark … 571,352 606,831 35,479 6.2 Midlothian … 112,803 125,931 13,128 11.6 Moray … 49,936 52,111 2,175 4.4 Nairn … 8,410 8,068 342 4.1 Orkney … 18,690 17,557 1,133 6.1 Peebles … 13,787 13,485 302 2.2 Perth … 126,117 124,416 1,701 1.3 Renfrew … 338,672 357,692 19,020 5.6 Ross and Cromarty 57,568 56,632 936 1.6 Roxburgh … 43,390 42,413 977 2.3 Selkirk … 20,738 20,160 578 2.8 Stirling … 194,340 201,321 6,981 3.6 Sutherland … 13,384 13,056 328 2.5 West Lothian … 93,578 104,625 11,047 11.8 Wigtown … 28,868 27,873 995 3.4 Zetland … 17,871 17,122 749 4.2 * The figures for these areas have been adjusted to take account of burgh extensions since 1961.