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| 2 | largest scottish islands by population |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | rank | island | local authority | population |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4 |  |  |  | c. 1801 | 1841 | 1891 | 1931 | 1961 | 1981 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 5 | 1 | lewis and harris | na h-eileanan siar | 12,164 | 20,046 | 30,726 | 28,042 | 24,107 | 22,476 | 19,918 | 21,031 |
| 6 | 2 | mainland, shetland | shetland | none | 20,572 | 19,741 | 15,172 | 13,282 | 17,722 | 17,550 | 18,765 |
| 7 | 3 | mainland, orkney | orkney | none | 16,022 | 16,498 | 13,352 | 13,495 | 14,000 | 15,315 | 17,162 |
| 8 | 4 | skye | highland | 14,470 | 23,082 | 15,705 | 9,908 | 7,479 | 7,276 | 9,232 | 10,008 |
| 9 | 5 | bute | argyll and bute | 4,759 | 7,147 | 11,735 | 12,112 | 9,793 | 7,306 | 7,228 | 6,498 |
| 10 | 6 | arran | north ayrshire | 5,804 | 6,241 | 4,730 | 4,506 | 3,700 | 3,845 | 5,045 | 4,629 |
| 11 | 7 | islay | argyll and bute | 9,500 | 15,772 | 7,375 | 4,970 | 3,860 | 3,792 | 3,457 | 3,228 |
| 12 | 8 | mull | argyll and bute | 8,016 | 8,316 | 4,691 | 2,903 | 2,154 | 2,197 | 2,667 | 2,800 |
| 13 | 9 | south uist | na h-eileanan siar | none | 5,093 | 3,708 | 2,810 | 2,376 | 2,231 | 1,818 | 1,754 |
| 14 | 10 | great cumbrae | north ayrshire | 509 | 1,413 | 1,784 | 2,144 | 1,638 | 1,300 | 1,434 | 1,376 |
| 15 | none | total | none | none | 123,704 | 116,693 | 95,919 | 81,884 | 82,145 | 83,664 | 87,251 |
| 16 | none | change | none | none | none | 5.7% | 7.8% | 14.6% | +0.3% | +1.8% | +4.3% |

Question: list the rank of mainland island.
Answer: 2