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Year Population 30 years earlier Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 93,743 Show data context
1811 93,743 Show data context 101,272 Show data context
1821 101,272 Show data context 114,556 Show data context
1831 114,556 Show data context 128,839 Show data context
1841 128,839 Show data context 140,140 Show data context
1851 140,140 Show data context 153,546 Show data context
1861 153,546 Show data context 155,021 Show data context
1871 154,770 Show data context 160,924 Show data context
1881 172,131 Show data context
1891 190,365 Show data context
1901 190,365 Show data context 218,840 Show data context
1911 218,840 Show data context 267,739 Show data context
1921 267,733 Show data context 292,925 Show data context
1931 267,733 Show data context 292,925 Show data context 276,368 Show data context
1951 292,925 Show data context 276,368 Show data context 306,778 Show data context
1961 320,692 Show data context
1971 327,130 Show data context
Date: Source:
1801 - 1861 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'
1871 1871 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, 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 Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'
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'

 

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