Population of Scotland 2022, by council area
In 2021, there were over 622,800 people living in Glasgow, with a further just under 515,000 people living in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, the first and second most-populated Scottish council areas respectively. The region of Fife is also heavily populated, with approximately 371,300 people living there. The least populated areas are the islands of Scotland such as Orkney, estimated to have only 22,000 people there.