List of Scottish council areas by population (2004)

This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by population. The populations of these Scottish council areas are mid-year estimates for 2005 from the General Register Office for Scotland [1].

Rank	Council area	Population
1	City of Glasgow	578,790
2	City of Edinburgh	457,830
3	Fife	356,740
4	North Lanarkshire	323,420
5	South Lanarkshire	306,280
6	Aberdeenshire	235,440
7	Highland	213,590
8	City of Aberdeen	202,370
9	Renfrewshire	170,000
10	West Lothian	163,780
11	Falkirk	149,150
12	Dumfries and Galloway	148,340
13	City of Dundee	142,170
14	Perth and Kinross	138,400
15	North Ayrshire	135,830
16	East Ayrshire	119,400
17	South Ayrshire	111,780
18	Scottish Borders	109,730
19	Angus	109,170
20	East Dunbartonshire	105,960
21	East Lothian	91,800
22	West Dunbartonshire	91,400
23	Argyll and Bute	90,870
24	East Renfrewshire	89,600
25	Moray	88,120
26	Stirling	86,930
27	Inverclyde	82,130
28	Midlothian	79,190
29	Clackmannanshire	48,630
30	Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	26,370
31	Shetland Islands	22,000
32	Orkney Islands	19,590

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