Council Area 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Scotland 52,752 56,594 60,391 67,177 67,483 Aberdeen City 2,759 2,790 3,005 3,939 3,089 Aberdeenshire 1,853 1,671 1,931 1,796 1,713 Angus 879 769 1,069 1,285 1,579 Argyll and Bute 729 937 941 948 1,034 Clackmannanshire 285 342 598 707 628 Dumfries and Galloway 1,764 1,897 1,844 2,147 1,942 Dundee City 2,058 2,240 2,325 2,998 3,858 East Ayrshire 1,127 1,168 1,105 1,424 1,364 East Dunbartonshire 525 541 536 753 592 East Lothian 530 547 633 618 677 East Renfrewshire 590 455 478 509 453 Edinburgh, City of 4,298 4,824 4,779 4,982 5,775 Eilean Siar 138 130 214 152 129 Falkirk 1,136 1,172 1,976 1,901 1,759 Fife 2,986 4,787 4,755 5,281 5,219 Glasgow City 10,668 11,039 11,362 13,351 13,549 Highland 1,475 1,737 1,900 2,215 2,226 Inverclyde 969 959 816 736 867 Midlothian 848 844 772 871 892 Moray 667 709 953 1,108 804 North Ayrshire 1,140 1,216 1,270 1,201 1,362 North Lanarkshire 3,709 4,343 4,547 4,753 4,649 Orkney Islands 67 93 90 103 91 Perth and Kinross 1,172 1,225 1,613 1,779 1,799 Renfrewshire 1,809 1,594 1,657 2,074 1,931 Scottish Borders 634 776 723 810 896 Shetland Islands 112 139 81 139 189 South Ayrshire 1,267 1,203 1,178 1,400 1,045 South Lanarkshire 3,142 3,027 3,101 2,962 3,242 Stirling 795 611 1,089 1,295 994 West Dunbartonshire 1,145 798 825 831 978 West Lothian 1,476 2,011 2,225 2,109 2,158 Note: 1...