SAS Chapter 1 : page :9

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 1A6 Population of the 50 most populous Scottish towns and cities at the 1991 census¹

Rank	City/town	Population		Rank	City/town	Population
1	Glasgow	662,954		26	Clydebank	29,171
2	Edinburgh	401,910		27	Bearsden	27,806
3	Aberdeen	189,707		28	Bishopbriggs	23,825
4	Dundee	158,981		29	Arbroath	23,474
5	Paisley	75,526		30	Dumbarton	21,962
6	East Kilbride	70,422		31	Bellshill	21,624
7	Dunfermline	55,083		32	Kirkintilloch	20,780
8	Greenock	55,013		33	Renfrew	20,764
9	Hamilton	49,991		34	Musselburgh	20,630
10	Cumbernauld	48,762		35	Port Glasgow	19,693
11	Ayr	47,962		36	Newton Mearns	19,494
12	Kirkcaldy	47,155		37	Elgin	19,027
13	Kilmarnock	44,307		38	Clarkston	18,899
14	Coatbridge	43,617		39	Alloa	18,842
15	Livingston	41,647		40	Grangemouth	18,739
16	Perth	41,453		41	Peterhead	18,674
17	Inverness	41,234		42	Johnstone	18,635
18	Glenrothes	38,650		43	Blantyre	18,484
19	Airdrie	36,998		44	Polmont	18,041
20	Falkirk	35,610		45	Barrhead	17,251
21	Irvine	32,988		46	Penicuik	17,173
22	Dumfries	32,136		47	Buckhaven	17,069
23	Motherwell	30,717		48	Stenhousemuir	16,711
24	Stirling	30,515		49	Giffnock	16,190
25	Wishaw	29,791		50	Helensburgh	15,852

Source: General Register Office (Scotland)

¹ This table gives the unadjusted resident population, as at the 1991 Census.