List of Scottish council areas by population
This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by population. The populations of these Scottish council areas are mid-year estimates for 2017 from the Office for National Statistics.

List of Scottish council areas by population

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Table Section Text: This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by population. The populations of these Scottish council areas are mid-year estimates for 2017 from the Office for National Statistics.

Rank	Council area	Population	Electors

1	City of Glasgow	621,000	462,286

2	City of Edinburgh	513,200	367,762

3	Fife	371,400	280,622

4	North Lanarkshire	340,000	256,174

5	South Lanarkshire	318,200	248,875

6	Aberdeenshire	261,800	202,194

7	Highland	235,200	184,697

8	City of Aberdeen	228,800	163,196

9	West Lothian	181,300	137,614

10	Renfrewshire	176,800	133,295

11	Falkirk	160,100	122,471

12	Perth and Kinross	151,100	114,936

13	Dumfries and Galloway	149,200	116,593

14	City of Dundee	148,700	112,513

15	North Ayrshire	135,800	107,763

16	East Ayrshire	121,900	94,657

17	Angus	116,300	89,652

18	Scottish Borders	115,000	91,919

19	South Ayrshire	112,700	90,300

20	East Dunbartonshire	108,100	85,410

21	East Lothian	104,800	80,874

22	Moray	95,800	73,284

23	East Renfrewshire	94,800	71,618

24	Stirling	94,000	68,778

25	Midlothian	90,100	70,587

26	West Dunbartonshire	89,600	68,826

27	Argyll and Bute	86,800	68,271

28	Inverclyde	78,800	59,941

29	Clackmannanshire	51,500	39,186

30	Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	27,000	21,874

31	Shetland Islands	23,100	17,837

32	Orkney Islands	22,000	17,135

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East Ayrshire has a population of 122,100, making it the 16th-largest in Scotland.

final_sentence: East Ayrshire has a population of 122,100, making it the 16th-largest in Scotland.