New Population Statistics released

The General Register Office for Scotland has published the mid year population estimates for 2008. Scotland's population is estimated to have increased by 24,300 to 5,168,500. This was a slightly smaller increase than in the previous year, with births exceeding deaths by almost 4000. Net migration contributed less to the population growth than it did in the 2006/07 figures.

West Lothian's population has also been estimated to have grown from 167,800 (June 2007 Estimate) to 169,510 (June 2008 Estimate) - growth of around 1%. However, East Lothian, Perth and Kinross and Midlothian were the local authority areas with the highest estimated population growth, at +1.8%, +1.4% and +1.3% respectively.

To look at the figures broken into single years and the summary of the figures please go to:
General Register Office for Scotland
Populations estimates

Figures broken down into data zone areas will be published later this year.