The Scottish Government

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

Scotland

36,856

38,409

38,334

37,110

36,204

Aberdeen City

805

842

894

953

907

Aberdeenshire

414

457

575

684

790

Angus

472

515

545

649

725

Argyll & Bute

603

573

607

616

691

Clackmannanshire

349

368

340

308

302

Dumfries & Galloway

556

558

563

571

654

Dundee City

2,082

1,785

1,716

1,933

1,805

East Ayrshire

1,064

1,178

1,321

995

1,124

East Dunbartonshire

707

586

701

803

754

East Lothian

451

525

448

447

459

East Renfrewshire

265

299

261

192

220

Edinburgh, City of

1,650

1,685

1,730

1,688

1,789

Eilean Siar

10

12

17

22

27

Falkirk

984

964

884

1,098

1,231

Fife

2,495

3,143

3,193

3,028

3,234

Glasgow City

7,936

8,470

7,336

6,850

6,332

Highland

524

510

717

759

738

Inverclyde

904

1,005

1,050

930

840

Midlothian

402

368

503

525

560

Moray

147

209

190

197

289

North Ayrshire

1,091

1,246

1,092

1,052

1,059

North Lanarkshire

3,198

3,459

3,584

3,528

3,112

Orkney Islands

21

8

22

15

29

Perth & Kinross

545

572

648

608

638

Renfrewshire

2,700

2,641

2,821

2,426

2,095

Scottish Borders

245

239

266

268

265

Shetland Islands

10

7

3

7

25

South Ayrshire

838

930

785

811

744

South Lanarkshire

2,775

2,369

2,417

2,288

2,163

Stirling

156

136

155

175

225

West Dunbartonshire

1,463

1,617

1,785

1,526

1,065

West Lothian

994

1,133

1,165

1,158

1,313