1931 Census of Scotland, Preliminary Report on the Fourteenth Census of Scotland, Table 1 : " Population of Scotland and of the Counties in 1931 and in 1921".

Note—Where the boundaries of any County have been altered since last Census, the 1921, populations specified are for the altered areas.

Population 1931. Population 1921. Increase or Decrease
1921-1931.
Both
Sexes.
Males. Females. Both
Sexes.
Males. Females. Incr-
ease
Decr-
ease
Ratio of
1931 to
1921
(=100)
SCOTLAND 4,842,554 2,325,867 2,516,687 4,882,497 2,347,642 2,534,855 39,943 99.2
                   
LARGE BURGHS 2,631,163 1,249,742 1,381,421 2,565,254 1,230,342 1,334,912 65,909 102.6
COUNTIES exclusive of Large Burghs 2,211,391 1,076,125 1,135,266 2,317,243 1,117,300 1,199,943 105,852 95.4
SMALL BURGHS 730,221 338,458 391,763 769,245 353,662 415,583 39,024 94.9
LANDWARD 1,481,170 737,667 743,503 1,547,998 763,638 784,360 66,828 95.7
                   
Aberdeen 300,430 141,968 158,462 301,016 140,966 160,050 586 99.8
Angus (Forfar) 270,190 122,616 147,574 271,052 121,854 149,198 862 99.7
Argyll 63,014 30,454 32,560 76,862 35,666 41,196 13,848 82.0
Ayr 285,182 136,691 148,491 299,273 142,979 156,294 14,091 95.3
Banff 54,835 26,555 28,280 57,298 27,377 29,921 2,463 95.7
Berwick 26,601 12,778 13,823 28,246 13,443 14,803 1,645 94.2
Bute 18,822 8,154 10,668 33,711 13,880 19,831 14,889 55.8
Caithness 25,656 12,474 13,182 28,285 13,473 14,812 2,629 90.7
Clackmannan 31,947 15,195 16,752 32,542 15,540 17,002 595 98.2
Dumbarton 147,751 72,089 75,662 150,570 73,970 76,600 2,819 98.1
Dumfries 81,060 38,432 42,628 81,464 38,418 43,046 404 99.5
East Lothian 47,369 23,019 24,350 47,487 22,958 24,529 118 99.8
Fife 276,261 134,548 141,713 292,925 143,102 149,823 16,664 94.3
Inverness 82,082 41,082 41,000 82,455 39,456 42,999 373 99.5
Kincardine 39,864 19,026 20,838 41,779 19,866 21,913 1,915 95.4
Kinross 7,454 3,549 3,905 7,963 3,837 4,126 509 93.6
Kirkcudbright 30,341 14,626 15,715 31,061 14,561 16,500 720 97.7
Lanark 1,585,968 775,179 810,789 1,551,953 767,414 784,539 34,015 102.2
Midlothian 526,277 243,428 282,849 506,377 234,940 271,437 19,900 103.9
Moray 40,805 19,395 21,410 41,558 19,177 22,381 753 98.2
Nairn 8,294 3,910 4,384 8,790 3,968 4,822 496 94.4
Orkney 22,075 10,618 11,457 24,111 11,452 12,659 2,036 91.6
Peebles 15,050 6,831 8,219 15,332 6,842 8,490 282 98.2
Perth 120,772 56,679 64,093 125,503 58,179 67,324 4,731 96.2
Renfrew 288,575 138,297 150,278 286,684 140,343 146,341 1,891 100.7
Ross and Cromarty 62,802 29,842 32,960 70,818 33,689 37,129 8,016 88.7
Roxburgh 45,787 20,835 24,952 44,989 20,225 24,764 798 101.8
Selkirk 22,608 10,325 12,283 22,607 10,111 12,496 1 100.0
Stirling 166,447 83,848 82,599 161,721 81,402 80,319 4,726 102.9
Sutherland 16,100 7,966 8,134 17,802 8,667 9,135 1,702 90.4
West Lothian 81,426 41,995 39,431 83,960 43,924 40,036 2,534 97.0
Wigtown 29,299 13,924 15,375 30,783 14,359 16,424 1,484 95.2
Zetland 21,410 9,539 11,871 25,520 11,604 13,916 4,110 83.9