Population (Hansard, 25 March 1968)

§ Mr. Buchanan-Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the estimated population of Scotland in June,

	Population at Census 1961 (corrected for Usual Residence)	Estimated Population at 30th June, 1967	Increase or Decrease between Census 1961 and June, 1967	Increase or Decrease per cent. of 1961
	Plus	Minus	Plus	Minus
Scotland	…	…	…	5,179,344	5,186,600	7,256		0.1
COUNTIES (including all burghs except Cities)
Aberdeen	…	…	137,036	135,614		1,422		1.0
Angus	…	…	…	95,288	94,477		811		0.9
Argyll	…	…	…	57,896	58,525	629		1.1
Ayr	…	…	…	340,784	349,283	8,499		2.5
Banff	…	…	…	46,981	44,501		2,480		5.3
Berwick	…	…	22,310	21,304		1,006		4.5
Bute	…	…	…	14,331	12,832		1,499		10.5
Caithness	…	…	27,369	28,285	916		3.3
Clackmannan	…	…	41,483	42,932	1,449		3.5
Dumfries	…	…	88,027	87,809		218		0.2
^*Dunbarton	…	…	185,122	215,765	30,643		16.6
East Lothian	…	…	52,048	54,173	2,125		4.1
Fife	…	…	…	321,113	323,057	1,944		0.6
Inverness	…	…	82,709	84,333	1,624		2.0
Kincardine	…	…	25,739	25,451		288		1.1
Kinross	…	…	…	6,624	6,290		334		5.0
Kirkcudbright	…	…	28,672	28,569		103		0.4
^*Lanark		…	…	571,432	602,559	31,127		5.4
Midlothian	…	…	112,803	122,908	10,105		9.0
Moray	…	…	…	49,936	51,802	1,866		3.7
Nairn	…	…	…	8,410	8,176		234		2.8
Orkney	…	…	…	18,690	17,878		812		4.3
Peebles	…	…	…	13,787	13,502		285		2.1
Perth	…	…	…	126,117	124,963		1,154		0.9
Renfrew	…	…	338,672	356,840	18,168		5.4
Ross and Cromarty	…	57,568	56,914		654		1.1
Roxburgh	…	…	43,390	42,648		742		1.7
Selkirk	…	…	…	20,738	20,311		427		2.1
Stirling	…	…	…	194,340	199,799	5,459		2.8
Sutherland	…	…	13,384	13,137		247		1.8
West Lothian	…	…	93,578	103,630	10,052		10.7
Wigton	…	…	…	28,868	28,188		680		2.4
Zetland	…	…	…	17,871	17,231		640		3.6

	Population at Census 1961 (corrected for Usual Residence)	Estimated Population at 30th June, 1967	Increase or Decrease between Census 1961 and June, 1967	Increase or Decrease per cent. of 1961
	Plus	Minus	Plus	Minus
COUNTIES OF CITIES
Aberdeen	…	…	184,801	182,117	2,684	1.5
Dundee	…	…	183,339	182,284	1,055	0.6
Edinburgh	…	…	471,004	467,986	3,018	0.6
Glasgow	…	…	1,057,084	960,527	96,557	9.1
^* The figures for these areas have been adjusted to take account of Burgh extensions since 1961. General Register Office, Scotland.

222W

1967; 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.