List of counties of Scotland by population in 1951

This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by population as at the 1951 census.

RankCountyTotal population1Glasgow City 1,089,7672Lanark 524,5963Edinburgh City 466,7614Renfrew 324,6605Ayr 321,2376Fife 306,7787Stirling 187,5278Aberdeen City 182,7149Dundee City 177,34010Dunbarton 164,26911Perth 128,02912Aberdeen 125,34113Midlothian 98,97414Angus 97,53615West Lothian 88,57716Dumfries 85,66017Inverness 84,93018Argyll 63,36119Ross and Cromarty 60,50820East Lothian 52,25821Banff 50,14822Moray 48,21823Roxburgh 45,55724Clackmannan 37,53225Wigtown 31,62026Kirkcudbright 30,72527Kincardine 27,88228Berwick 25,06829Caithness 22,71030Selkirk 21,72931Orkney 21,25532Zetland 19,35233Bute 19,28334Peebles 15,23235Sutherland 13,67036Nairn 8,71937Kinross 7,418

References Vision of Britain - 1951 Census of Scotland: County Report