Undiscovered Scotland

This page gives figures for area, population, and population density for each of the 32 council areas of Scotland. See the Councils, Regions and Counties of Scotland page for information about earlier district, region and county areas.

Mainland Council Areas	Area (sq miles)	Area (km²)	Population (2014)	Density (per km²)
City of Aberdeen	70	182	228,990	1131
Aberdeenshire	2439	6317	260,500	38
Angus	843	2184	116,660	51
Argyll & Bute	2712	7023	87,660	13
Clackmannanshire	61	158	51,190	317
Dumfries and Galloway	2489	6446	149,940	23
City of Dundee	21	55	148,260	2375
East Ayrshire	492	1275	122,150	95
East Dunbartonshire	68	176	106,730	598
East Lothian	257	666	102,050	141
East Renfrewshire	65	168	92,380	512
City of Edinburgh	100	260	492,680	1786
Falkirk	113	293	157,640	510
Fife	517	1340	367,260	273
City of Glasgow	68	175	599,650	3338
Highland	10,085	26,484	233,100	9
Inverclyde	64	167	79,860	505
Midlothian	135	350	86,210	227
Moray	864	2237	94,750	39
North Ayrshire	343	888	136,450	153
North Lanarkshire	184	476	337,950	692
Perth and Kinross	2083	5395	148,80	27
Renfrewshire	102	263	174,230	650
Scottish Borders	1825	4727	114,030	24
South Ayrshire	475	1230	112,510	92
South Lanarkshire	686	1778	315,360	175
Stirling	866	2243	91,580	40
West Dunbartonshire	68	176	89,730	571
West Lothian	165	427	177,150	396
Total, Mainland Council Areas	28,260	73,193	5,222,930	71
Island Council Areas
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	1185	3070	27,250	9
Orkney Islands	396	1025	21,590	20
Shetland Islands	568	1471	23,230	15
Total, Island Council Areas	2149	5566	72,070	13
All Council Areas	30,409	78,759	5,295,000	67