The Scottish Government

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Aberdeen City

27,656

27,565

27,250

26,988

26,357

25,853

24,999

24,448

Aberdeenshire

37,069

36,981

37,058

36,931

36,579

36,239

36,160

36,135

Angus

16,720

16,643

16,586

16,626

16,523

16,408

16,290

16,319

Argyll & Bute

13,497

13,459

13,442

13,426

13,263

13,016

12,976

12,927

Clackmannanshire

7,490

7,556

7,521

7,489

7,486

7,430

7,312

7,222

Dumfries & Galloway

22,495

22,564

22,503

22,327

22,293

22,045

21,851

21,528

Dundee City

21,743

21,501

21,155

20,761

20,462

20,272

19,803

19,434

East Ayrshire

19,635

19,556

19,442

19,174

19,022

18,808

18,662

18,467

East Dunbartonshire

19,395

19,451

19,380

19,432

19,431

19,258

19,026

18,867

East Lothian

12,516

12,795

12,913

13,127

13,316

13,494

13,532

13,518

East Renfrewshire

15,362

15,429

15,723

15,889

16,083

16,137

16,314

16,374

Edinburgh City

50,246

50,118

49,977

50,104

49,681

49,322

48,739

47,927

Eilean Siar

4,701

4,586

4,433

4,305

4,216

4,166

4,153

4,110

Falkirk

21,234

21,229

21,204

21,280

21,271

21,246

21,170

21,355

Fife

54,435

54,065

53,388

53,190

53,195

52,638

52,079

51,455

Glasgow City

81,209

80,371

78,381

77,567

76,580

75,664

74,535

73,076

Highland

34,386

34,176

33,962

33,629

33,588

33,326

33,112

33,065

Inverclyde

14,017

13,873

13,505

13,376

13,299

12,993

12,757

12,482

Midlothian

12,996

12,990

12,894

12,967

13,020

12,997

12,777

12,710

Moray

13,725

13,806

13,780

13,695

13,540

13,562

13,660

13,727

North Ayrshire

21,978

21,971

21,827

21,670

21,579

21,382

21,374

21,174

North Lanarkshire

54,093

53,558

53,238

52,863

52,505

52,113

51,842

51,579

Orkney Islands

3,319

3,288

3,218

3,166

3,155

3,130

3,168

3,133

Perth & Kinross

18,336

18,349

18,590

18,542

18,489

18,366

18,438

18,407

Renfrewshire

27,807

27,730

27,597

27,511

27,389

27,058

26,820

26,418

Scottish Borders

15,417

15,463

15,449

15,532

15,721

15,760

15,779

15,696

Shetland Islands

3,930

3,929

3,918

3,858

3,785

3,751

3,740

3,679

South Ayrshire

17,655

17,460

17,308

17,136

16,933

16,669

16,347

16,265

South Lanarkshire

48,600

48,046

47,773

47,558

47,235

46,636

46,212

45,781

Stirling

12,445

12,550

12,601

12,639

12,794

12,853

12,870

12,994

West Dunbartonshire

16,005

15,938

15,797

15,639

15,400

15,057

14,810

14,419

West Lothian

24,876

25,102

25,173

25,255

25,617

25,969

25,840

25,968

All local authorities

764,988

762,098

756,986

753,652

749,807

743,618

737,147

730,659

Grant aided

1,410

1,441

1,428

1,429

1,436

1,445

1,450

1,463