List of towns and cities in Scotland by population

This is a list of towns and cities in Scotland with a population of more than 15,000, ordered by population, as recorded by the Mid-2012 Populations Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland.^[1]

This article is divided into two sections. The first section of this article ("Localities") contains a list of settlements ordered by population which are contained within the limits of a particular city, town or village. The second section of this article ("Settlements") is a list of populated urban areas, some of which are composed of more than one settlement.

Localities

In Scotland, locality refers to a populated area found within the limits of a city, town or village.

Rank	Locality	Population	Status	Council area
1	Glasgow	591,620	City	Glasgow City
2	Edinburgh	464,990	City	City of Edinburgh
3	Aberdeen	196,670	City	Aberdeen City
4	Dundee	147,710	City	Dundee City
5	Paisley	76,220	Town^[2]	Renfrewshire
6	East Kilbride	74,740	Town	South Lanarkshire
7	Livingston	56,570	Town	West Lothian
8	Hamilton	53,200	Town	South Lanarkshire
9	Cumbernauld	51,610	Town	North Lanarkshire
10	Dunfermline	50,380	Town	Fife
11	Kirkcaldy and Dysart	49,460	Town	Fife
12	Ayr	47,190	Town	South Ayrshire
13	Perth	47,180	City^[3]	Perth and Kinross
14	Inverness	46,870	City	Highland
15	Kilmarnock	46,350	Town	East Ayrshire
16	Coatbridge	43,970	Town	North Lanarkshire
17	Greenock	43,690	Town	Inverclyde
18	Glenrothes	39,100	Town	Fife
19	Airdrie	37,130	Town	North Lanarkshire
20	Stirling	36,440	City	Stirling
21	Falkirk	35,310	Town	Falkirk
22	Irvine	33,740	Town	North Ayrshire
23	Dumfries	33,280	Town	Dumfries and Galloway
24	Motherwell	32,120	Town	North Lanarkshire
25	Rutherglen	31,180	Town	South Lanarkshire
26	Wishaw	30,510	Town	North Lanarkshire
27	Cambuslang	27,610	Town	South Lanarkshire
28	Bearsden	27,340	Town	East Dunbartonshire
29	Clydebank	26,640	Town	West Dunbartonshire
30	Newton Mearns	24,650	Town	East Renfrewshire
31	Arbroath	23,640	Town	Angus
32	Musselburgh	23,620	Town	East Lothian
33	Bishopbriggs	23,430	Town	East Dunbartonshire
34	Elgin	22,980	Town^[2]	Moray
35	Renfrew	22,010	Town	Renfrewshire
36	Bathgate	21,070	Town	West Lothian
37	Bellshill	20,650	Town	North Lanarkshire
38	Alloa	20,390	Town	Clackmannanshire
39	Dumbarton	19,950	Town	West Dunbartonshire
40	Kirkintilloch	19,630	Town	East Dunbartonshire
41	Peterhead	18,450	Town	Aberdeenshire
42	Barrhead	17,620	Town	East Renfrewshire
43	Grangemouth	17,280	Town	Falkirk
44	Blantyre	17,090	Town	South Lanarkshire
45	St Andrews	16,800	Town	Fife
46	Kilwinning	16,420	Town	North Ayrshire
47	Johnstone	16,390	Town	Renfrewshire
48	Bonnyrigg	16,360	Town	Midlothian
49	Penicuik	16,110	Town	Midlothian
50	Viewpark	16,020	Area*	North Lanarkshire
51	Erskine	15,530	Town	Renfrewshire
52	Broxburn	15,360	Town	West Lothian
53	Port Glasgow	15,190	Town	Inverclyde
54	Larkhall	15,020	Town	South Lanarkshire
* Near Uddingston.

Settlements

In Scotland, settlement refers to a populated area which is not contained within a set city limit but is instead a single urban area. Some urban areas may be composed of more than one locality, for example the area of Ayr includes the adjoining localities of Ayr, Prestwick and Monkton.

Rank	Urban sub-area	Population	Localities	Council areas
1	Greater Glasgow	976,970	Bearsden, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Milngavie, Barrhead, Busby, Clarkston, Giffnock, Netherlee, Newton Mearns, Thornliebank, Barrhead, Stepps, Elderslie, Johnstone, Kilbarchan, Linwood, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Renfrew, Cambuslang, Rutherglen, Bowling, Clydebank, Duntocher, Hardgate and Old Kilpatrick	Glasgow City, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire
2	Edinburgh	488,610	Edinburgh and Musselburgh	City of Edinburgh and East Lothian
3	Aberdeen	209,460	Aberdeen, Cove Bay and Dyce	Aberdeen City
4	Dundee	157,690	Dundee, Monifieth and Invergowrie	Dundee City, Angus and Perth and Kinross
5	Motherwell and Bellshill	124,530	Bellshill, Carfin, Carluke, Holytown, Motherwell, New Stevenston, Newarthill, Newmains, Viewpark* and Wishaw	North Lanarkshire
6	Falkirk	100,840	Brightons, Carron, Carronshore, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert, Laurieston, Maddiston, Polmont, Redding, Reddingmuirhead, Rumford, Stenhousemuir, Wallacestone and Westquarter	Falkirk
7	Coatbridge and Airdrie	90,330	Airdrie, Bargeddie, Chapelhall and Coatbridge	North Lanarkshire
8	Hamilton	82,310	Blantyre, Bothwell, Hamilton and Uddingston	South Lanarkshire
9	East Kilbride	74,740	East Kilbride	South Lanarkshire
10	Dunfermline	71,820	Crossgates, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing and Rosyth	Fife
11	Greenock	69,450	Gourock, Greenock and Port Glasgow	Inverclyde
12	Ayr	62,870	Ayr, Prestwick and Monkton	South Ayrshire
13	Livingston	60,030	Livingston and Mid Calder	West Lothian
14	Cumbernauld	51,610	Cumbernauld	North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire
15	Kilmarnock	51,150	Kilmarnock, Hurlford and Crookedholm	East Ayrshire
16	Kirkcaldy	49,460	Kirkcaldy	Fife
17	Stirling	48,480	Bannockburn, Bridge of Allan and Stirling	Stirling
18	Glenrothes	47,730	Coaltown of Balgonie, Glenrothes, Leslie, Markinch and Thornton	Fife
19	Perth	47,180	Perth	Perth and Kinross
20	Inverness	46,870	Inverness	Highland
21	Dalkeith	42,220	Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith and Mayfield	Midlothian
22	Irvine	37,380	Irvine and Dreghorn	North Ayrshire
23	Dumfries	33,280	Dumfries	Dumfries and Galloway
24	Ardrossan	33,020	Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston	North Ayrshire
25	Methil, Leven and Buckhaven	30,950	Buckhaven, Kennoway, Leven, Methil and Windygates	Fife
26	Kirkintilloch	28,210	Kirkintilloch and Lenzie	East Dunbartonshire
27	Bathgate	26,550	Bathgate and Blackburn	West Lothian
28	Bonnybridge	25,150	Banknock, Bonnybridge, Denny, Dennyloanhead, Dunipace, Greenhill, Haggs, Longcroft, Head of Muir and High Bonnybridge	Falkirk
29	Vale of Leven	24,640	Alexandria, Balloch, Haldane, Bonhill and Renton	West Dunbartonshire
30	Arbroath	23,640	Arbroath	Angus	* Near Uddingston.
31	Galashiels	22,547	Galashiels	Scottish Borders

References

↑ "Mid-2012 Populations Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland" (PDF). Retrieved 27 October 2014.
1 2 "Department of Constitutional Affairs". Retrieved 9 September 2009.
↑ "Perth wins Diamond Jubilee contest to be named seventh Scottish city". BBC News. 14 March 2012.

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