Population · ONS · One year: mid-2024 to mid-2025
All residents by local authority, ranked
Every area with a published figure, in order of population change, per cent, highest first, because this layer states that higher is better. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.
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| # | Area | % change | UK percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Lothian S12000010 | +1.1% | 81 |
| 2 | Midlothian S12000019 | +0.7% | 64 |
| =3 | Glasgow City S12000049 | +0.6% | 56 |
| =3 | West Lothian S12000040 | +0.6% | 56 |
| =5 | East Renfrewshire S12000011 | +0.4% | 43 |
| =5 | South Lanarkshire S12000029 | +0.4% | 43 |
| =7 | Perth and Kinross S12000048 | +0.3% | 38 |
| =7 | Renfrewshire S12000038 | +0.3% | 38 |
| 9 | Falkirk S12000014 | +0.2% | 33 |
| 10 | North Lanarkshire S12000050 | +0.1% | 31 |
| =11 | East Ayrshire S12000008 | 0.0% | 26 |
| =11 | South Ayrshire S12000028 | 0.0% | 26 |
| =13 | City of Edinburgh S12000036 | −0.1% | 21 |
| =13 | East Dunbartonshire S12000045 | −0.1% | 21 |
| =13 | Highland S12000017 | −0.1% | 21 |
| =13 | North Ayrshire S12000021 | −0.1% | 21 |
| =17 | Aberdeenshire S12000034 | −0.2% | 17 |
| =17 | Fife S12000047 | −0.2% | 17 |
| =17 | Inverclyde S12000018 | −0.2% | 17 |
| =17 | Moray S12000020 | −0.2% | 17 |
| =21 | Angus S12000041 | −0.3% | 14 |
| =21 | Dumfries and Galloway S12000006 | −0.3% | 14 |
| =21 | Scottish Borders S12000026 | −0.3% | 14 |
| =24 | Orkney Islands S12000023 | −0.4% | 11 |
| =24 | Shetland Islands S12000027 | −0.4% | 11 |
| =26 | Aberdeen City S12000033 | −0.5% | 9 |
| =26 | Argyll and Bute S12000035 | −0.5% | 9 |
| =26 | West Dunbartonshire S12000039 | −0.5% | 9 |
| =29 | Dundee City S12000042 | −0.6% | 7 |
| =29 | Na h-Eileanan Siar S12000013 | −0.6% | 7 |
| =29 | Stirling S12000030 | −0.6% | 7 |
| 32 | Clackmannanshire S12000005 | −0.7% | 6 |
How this ranking is made
Population change, per cent: (later published estimate − earlier published estimate) ÷ earlier estimate × 100.. Resident population by local authority from the mid-year estimates of the ONS, National Records of Scotland and NISRA, and the change between two published years.
Source: National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series · NISRA mid-year estimates (mid-2024 edition); NRS mid-year estimates time series (mid-2025 edition); ONS mid-year estimates, mid-2025 edition (2023 boundaries). Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.
East Lothian has the highest population change, per cent of 32 Scotland local authorities with a published figure, at +1.1% (One year: mid-2024 to mid-2025). Source: National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series.