Population of Scotland

Here are some statistics showing Scotland's population throughout the ages (sources: old directories, gazetteers, almanacs, census statistics etc):

• before 1800 (mostly very approximate)

  Year	Population
  1600	800,000
  1707	1,000,000
  1755	1,265,380

   

• 19th century

  Year	Population
  1801	1,608,420
  1811	1,805,864
  1821	2,091,521
  1831	2,364,386
  1841	2,620,184
  1851	2,888,742
  1861	3,062,294
  1871	3,360,018
  1881	3,735,573
  1891	4,025,647

   

• 20th century

  Year	Population
  1901	4,472,103
  1911	4,760,904
  1921	4,882,497
  1931	4,842,554
  1939	5,006,700
  1951	5,096,000 (*)
  1961	5,179,000 (*)
  1971	5,229,000 (*)
  1981	5,130,735
  1991	4,962,152

Note: (*) indicates that a figure is the population total accurate to the nearest thousand.