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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 1A7 Population and area of selected islands at the 1991 Census

Island (or island group)		Resident¹ population	Households	Area (square km)
1	Lewis and Harris	21,737	8,224	2,207
2	Mainland of Shetland	17,596	6,627	982
3	Mainland of Orkney	15,128	5,940	508
4	Skye	8,868	3,444	1,676
5	Bute	7,354	3,378	124
6	Arran	4,474	1,870	431
7	Islay	3,538	1,419	615
8	Mull	2,708	1,095	918
9	South Uist	2,106	688	321
10	Benbecula	1,803	571	92
11	North Uist	1,404	530	347
12	Great Cumbrae	1,393	686	12
13	Barra	1,244	446	62
14	Yell	1,075	417	216
15	Unst	1,055	371	126
16	Whalsay	1,041	336	21
17	South Ronaldsay	943	353	51
18	West Burra	857	290	21
19	Tiree	768	311	82
20	Westray	704	267	48
21	Seil	547	228	14
22	Sanday	533	204	53
23	Hoy	477	210	148
24	Inchbraoch (or Rossie)	396	159	-
25	Stronsay	382	143	37
26	Scalpay B (Harris)	382	146	7
27	Burray	363	135	10
28	Bressay	352	138	34
29	Shapinsay	322	129	28
30	Rousay	291	113	57
31	Bernera	262	108	22
32	Grimsay B (North Uist)	215	79	11
33	Jura	196	79	365
34	Luing	182	92	33
35	Eriskay	179	67	8
36	Coll	172	75	77
37	Eday	166	79	28
38	Raasay	163	78	76
39	Gigha	143	62	14
40	Eigg	141	56	157
41	Berneray A (Harris)	141	68	18
42	Lismore	140	64	23
43	Iona	130	43	9
44	Flotta	126	51	13
45	Trondra	117	35	3
46	Muckle Roe	115	39	17
47	Colonsay	106	50	49
48	North Ronaldsay	92	36	8
49	Fetlar	90	39	41
50	Papa Westray	85	35	8

Source: General Register Office (Scotland)

¹ Unadjusted census resident population.