Males & Females

Year	Male	Female
1801	739,091	869,329
1811	826,296	979,568
1821	982,623	1,108,898
1831	1,114,456	1,249,930
1841	1,241,862	1,378,322
1851	1,375,479	1,513,263
1861	1,449,848	1,612,446
1871	1,603,143	1,756,875
1881	1,799,475	1,936,098
1891	1,942,717	2,082,930
1901	2,173,755	2,298,348
1911	2,233,854	2,363,159
1921	2,347,642	2,534,855
1931	2,325,523	2,517,457
1951	2,434,358	2,662,057
1961	2,482,734	2,696,610
1971	2,514,622	2,714,341
1981	2,388,479	2,564,605
1991	2,394,079	2,605,462
2001	2,432,488	2,629,511
2011	2,567,444	2,727,959

Date:	Source:
1801 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [3] , 'Ages of the Males and Females in the Registration Counties arranged Geographically'
1871	1871 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [2] , 'Ages of the People, distinguishing the Sexes, at every year of life, in each of the Registration Counties'
1881	1891 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [1] , 'Ages of the Males and Females for every Quinquennial Period of Life, for the Divisions, Counties, and Civil Parishes of Scotland'
1891	[ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1901	1901 Census of Scotland, General Report vol. 1, Table 1 _1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, the Parishes being in alphabetical order under each County and arranged in two sub-divisions: The number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons aged three years and upwards, speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows, for each Parish, on 31st March, 1901; and for comparison, the number of Families, Houses, Males, Females, and both Sexes, and Rooms with Windows in 1891'
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Civil Parishes'
1921	1921 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, County Public Health Districts, and Civil Parishes of XXXXX in 1921 and in 1911'
1931	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and Civil Parishes'
1951	1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'
1961	1961 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Martial Condition', for 'County, LB, SB, Districts of County, NT'
1971	1971 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 8 , 'Population by sex, age and marital condition', for 'County, local authority areas'
1981 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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