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Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City [3]), and has a population of 198,590 (mid-2020 est.) for the urban area, [4] making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area, and 224,190 (2022) for the wider council area including outlying localities. [2]
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland by population, whilst the capital city, Edinburgh, is the second largest by population and largest by area (although the Aberdeen and Edinburgh local authority areas contain far more undeveloped land and have a lower population density than the council areas of Dundee and Glasgow; these are the only four ...
The population density of Aberdeen is 2,819 persons per square mile (1,088 persons/km 2). [7] Data from the Aberdeen specific locality of the 2001 UK census shows that the demographics include a median male age of 35 and female age of 38 which are younger than Scotland's average and a 49% to 51% male to female ratio. [5]
Other concentrations of population include the northeast coast of Scotland, principally the regions around the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness, and the west coast around the town of Ayr. The Scottish Highlands and the island group of Eilean Siar have the lowest population densities at 9/km 2 (23/sq mi).
The Greater Glasgow conurbation, with a population of almost 1.2 million, is home to nearly a quarter of Scotland's population. [164] The Central Belt is where most of the main towns and cities of Scotland are located, including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Perth. Scotland's only major city outside the Central Belt is Aberdeen.
Aberdeenshire Council is headquartered at Woodhill House in Aberdeen, making it the only Scottish council whose headquarters are located outside its jurisdiction. Aberdeen itself forms a different council area (Aberdeen City). Aberdeenshire borders onto Angus and Perth and Kinross to the south, Highland and Moray to the west and Aberdeen City ...
The Demography of the World Population from 1950 to 2100. Data source: United Nations — World Population Prospects 2017. Demography (from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) ' people, society ' and -γραφία (-graphía) ' writing, drawing, description ') [1] is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the ...
While population fell in some rural areas, it rose rapidly in the towns. Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow grew by a third or more between 1755 and 1775 and the textile town of Paisley more than doubled its population. [40] Because of the industrial revolution, Scotland was already one of the most urbanised societies in Europe by 1800. [41]