Talk:Highland Potato Famine/Comments

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You've done some good stuff, but some seriously dodgy numbers here. The total population of Scotland in 1851 was around 2.9 million, but the source you quote for the 1.7m figure says over 3 million left, with 1.7m of those in the years you specify. This is just plain wrong I'm afraid. The link below has more from GROS. Sorry to moan, but best to get stats right.

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/press/news2005/registrar-generals-review-of-scotlands-population.html