§ Mr. Steeleasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what changes have taken place in the population of each county in Scotland since 1951; and what proportion these changes represent of the population of each county in 1951.
§ Mr. RossThe following table shows for each county and city in Scotland the population at the census of 1951, the Registrar-General's estimate of the population at 30th June, 1964, the increase or decrease over the period, and the percentage which the increase or decrease bears to the population in 1951.
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— Population at Census, 1951 (corrected for Usual Residence) Estimated Population at 30th June, 1964 Increase or Decrease between Census 1951 and June, 1964 Increase or Decrease percent. of 1951 + - + - SCOTLAND 5,096,415 5,206,400 109,985 2.2 COUNTIES (including all burghs except Cities) *Aberdeen 143,885 136,392 7,493 5.2 Angus 97,409 94,928 2,481 2.5 Argyll 62,247 59,646 2,601 4.2 Ayr 319,103 347,389 28,286 8.9 Banff 49,980 46,041 3,939 7.9 Berwick 24,770 22,044 2,726 11.0 Bute 18,458 13,602 4,856 26.3 Caithness 22,878 28,493 5,615 24.5 Clackmannan 37,645 42,320 4,675 12.4 Dumfries 85,304 88,472 3,168 3.7 *Dunbarton 164,790 197,437 32,647 19.8 East Lothian 51,395 52,637 1,242 2.4 Fife 308,092 321,110 13,018 4.2 Inverness 84,537 81,165 3,372 4.0 Kincardine 27,956 25,739 2,217 7.9 Kinross 7,343 6,525 818 11.1 Kirkcudbright 30,302 28,354 1,948 6.4 *Lanark 524,161 587,986 63,825 12.2 *Midlothian 99,478 118,763 19,285 19.4 Moray 48,527 51,076 2,549 5.3 Nairn 8,603 8,413 190 2.2 Orkney 21,190 18,424 2,766 13.1 Peebles 14,565 13,559 1,006 6.9 Perth 125,747 126,912 1,165 0.9 Renfrew 324,903 349,809 24,906 7.7 Ross and Cromarty 60,011 57,568 2,443 4.1 Roxburgh 45,161 42,946 2,215 4.9 Selkirk 21,532 20,563 969 4.5 Stirling 168,706 197,434 10,728 5.7 Sutherland 13,578 13,313 265 2.0 West Lothian 88,276 98,849 10,573 12.0 Wigtown 31,577 28,658 2,919 9.2 Zetland 19,167 17,719 1,448 7.6 COUNTIES OF CITIES:— *Aberdeen 183,301 185,034 1,733 0.9 Dundee 177,385 185,228 7,843 4.4 *Edinburgh 473,866 473,270 596 0.1 Glasgow 1,092,587 1,018,582 74,005 6.8 * The figures for these areas have been adjusted to take account of burgh extensions since 1951.