| Scottish Population | Around 5.2 million |
| Population of Scotland’s main cities | Glasgow – 592,820 Edinburgh – 486,120 Aberdeen – 217,120 Dundee – 144,290 Inverness – 56,660 Stirling – 89,850 (National Records of Scotland 2011) |
| Birth rate | 11.3 births per 1,000 population
(2010, General Register Office for Scotland, now National Records of Scotland) |
| Death rate | 10.3 deaths per 1,000 population
(2010, General Register Office for Scotland, now National Records of Scotland) |
| Net migration rate | 4.1 migrant(s) per 1,000 population |
| Population growth rate | 0.54% (between 2009 and 2010)
(National Records of Scotland, April 2011) |
| Life expectancy at birth | female: 80.1 yrs male: 75.3 yrs (For those born around 2008) (National Records of Scotland, 2010) |
| Literacy | 99% |
Source: http://www.scotland.org/about-scotland/the-scottish-people/population-of-scotland
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