List of counties of Scotland by population in 1951

This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by population as at the 1951 census.

Rank County Total population
1 Glasgow City 1,089,767
2 Lanark 524,596
3 Edinburgh City 466,761
4 Renfrew 324,660
5 Ayr 321,237
6 Fife 306,778
7 Stirling 187,527
8 Aberdeen City 182,714
9 Dundee City 177,340
10 Dunbarton 164,269
11 Perth 128,029
12 Aberdeen 125,341
13 Midlothian 98,974
14 Angus 97,536
15 West Lothian 88,577
16 Dumfries 85,660
17 Inverness 84,930
18 Argyll 63,361
19 Ross and Cromarty 60,508
20 East Lothian 52,258
21 Banff 50,148
22 Moray 48,218
23 Roxburgh 45,557
24 Clackmannan 37,532
25 Wigtown 31,620
26 Kirkcudbright 30,725
27 Kincardine 27,882
28 Berwick 25,068
29 Caithness 22,710
30 Selkirk 21,729
31 Orkney 21,255
32 Zetland 19,352
33 Bute 19,283
34 Peebles 15,232
35 Sutherland 13,670
36 Nairn 8,719
37 Kinross 7,418

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