sociology - List of Scottish districts by population

This is a list of districts of Scotland ordered by population. The populations given are those recorded in the 2001 UK census.

Rank	District	Population	Type
1	City of Glasgow	557,869	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
2	City of Edinburgh	449,240	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
3	Fife	349,429	Lieutenancy area, Traditional county, Unitary authority
4	North Lanarkshire	321,067	Unitary authority
5	South Lanarkshire	302,216	Unitary authority
6	Aberdeenshire	226,871	Lieutenancy area, Traditional county, Unitary authority
7	City of Aberdeen	212,125	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
8	Highland	208,914	Unitary authority
9	Renfrewshire	172,867	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
10	West Lothian	158,714	Lieutenancy area, Traditional county, Unitary authority
11	Dumfries and Galloway	147,765	Unitary authority
12	City of Dundee	145,463	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
13	Falkirk (district)	145,191	Unitary authority
14	North Ayrshire	135,817	Unitary authority
15	Perth and Kinross	134,949	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
16	East Ayrshire	120,235	Unitary authority
17	South Ayrshire	112,097	Unitary authority
18	Angus	108,400	Lieutenancy area, Traditional county, Unitary authority
19	Scottish Borders	106,764	Unitary authority
20	East Dunbartonshire	108,243	Unitary authority
21	West Dunbartonshire	93,378	Unitary authority
22	Argyll and Bute	91,306	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
23	East Lothian	90,088	Lieutenancy area, Traditional county, Unitary authority
24	East Renfrewshire	89,311	Unitary authority
25	Moray	86,940	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
26	Stirling (district)	86,212	Unitary authority
27	Inverclyde	84,203	Unitary authority
28	Midlothian	80,941	Lieutenancy area, Traditional county, Unitary authority
29	Clackmannanshire	48,077	Unitary authority
30	Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	26,502	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
31	Shetland Islands	21,988	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority
32	Orkney Islands	19,245	Lieutenancy area, Unitary authority