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The city of Stirling has the smallest population amongst Scotland's cities, with an estimated population of just over 37,000 inhabitants. In total, Scotland consists of eight cities, with multiple larger towns, the largest town being Paisley. The section "Localities" contains a list of basic populated areas ordered by population.
Covering an area of 78,782 square kilometres (30,418 sq mi), Scotland has a population density of 67.2/km 2 (174/sq mi). Around 70% of the country's population (3.5 million) live in the Central Belt —a region stretching in a northeast–southwest orientation between the major Scottish cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and including the major ...
James VI's Golden Charter to Perth in 1600 referred to it as a "free city and regal and royal burgh". [26] It was officially the second city of Scotland until 1975 when city status was removed when local government was reorganised. It regained the status in 2012. [27] Dunfermline was also made a royal burgh in ~1124 by David I of Scotland. [4]
Locality Population (2001) Area ()Population density; Ardrishaig: 1283 76 16.9 Bowmore: 862 49 17.6 Campbeltown: 5144 227 22.7 Cardross: 1925 74 26.0 Dunbeg
The population, population density and land area for the cities listed are based on the entire city proper, the defined boundary or border of a city or the city limits of the city. The population density of the cities listed is based on the average number of people living per square kilometer or per square mile. This list does not refer to the ...
The 2001 census identified Glasgow as being the largest city in Scotland, with a total population of 629,501, while the Scottish capital, Edinburgh had a population of 448,624, in the same year. [38] Between 1991 and 2001, the populations of Edinburgh and Stirling grew by 2.9% and 6.5% respectively. [38]
[a] By 1801, Scotland's population had reached 1,608,420 and it grew to 2,889,000 in 1851 and 4,472,000 in 1901. By the beginning of the twentieth century, one in three lived in the four cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen. Glasgow emerged as the largest city, with a population of 762,000 by 1901, making it "the Second City of the ...
The population, population density, and land area for the cities of the European Union listed below are based on the entire city proper, the defined boundary or border of a city or the city limits of the city.