List of islands of Scotland
Largest Scottish islands by population
The following table compares the populations of the main Scottish archipelagos with that of the Faroe Islands for a similar time frame to the above.

List of islands of Scotland

Section Title: Largest Scottish islands by population
Table Section Text: The following table compares the populations of the main Scottish archipelagos with that of the Faroe Islands for a similar time frame to the above.

Rank	Island	Local Authority	Population

c. 1801	1841	1891	1931	1961	1981	2001	2011

1	Lewis and Harris	Na h-Eileanan Siar	12,164	20,046	30,726	28,042	24,107	22,476	19,918	21,031

2	Mainland, Shetland	Shetland	20,572	19,741	15,172	13,282	17,722	17,550	18,765

3	Mainland, Orkney	Orkney	16,022	16,498	13,352	13,495	14,000	15,315	17,162

4	Skye	Highland	14,470 (in 1794)	23,082	15,705	9,908	7,479	7,276	9,232	10,008

5	Bute	Argyll and Bute	4,759 (in 1792)	7,147	11,735	12,112	9,793	7,306	7,228	6,498

6	Arran	North Ayrshire	5,804 (in 1792)	6,241	4,730	4,506	3,700	3,845	5,045	4,629

7	Islay	Argyll and Bute	9,500 (in 1792)	15,772	7,375	4,970	3,860	3,792	3,457	3,228

8	Mull	Argyll and Bute	8,016 (in 1794)	8,316	4,691	2,903	2,154	2,197	2,667	2,800

9	South Uist	Na h-Eileanan Siar	5,093	3,708	2,810	2,376	2,231	1,818	1,754

10	Great Cumbrae	North Ayrshire	509 (in 1793)	1,413	1,784	2,144	1,638	1,300	1,434	1,376

Total	123,704	116,693	95,919	81,884	82,145	83,664	87,251

Change	5.7%	7.8%	14.6%	+0.3%	+1.8%	+4.3%

Sentence(s)

Mainland island is the second most populous of the Scottish islands, and had 18,765 residents in 2011 compared to 17,550 in 2001.

final_sentence: Mainland island is the second most populous of the Scottish islands, and had 18,765 residents in 2011 compared to 17,550 in 2001.