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Councils in Scotland

Scotland has 32 councils. Together they serve about 5.5M residents across 77,912 km².

Councils32
Residents5.5M
Area77,912km²
Former councils0
CouncilPopulationArea, km²People / km²Website
Emblem of Aberdeen City CouncilAberdeen City228,6702019185.71,231aberdeencity.gov.uk
Emblem of Aberdeenshire CouncilAberdeenshire261,21020196,312.641aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Emblem of Angus CouncilAngus115,82020202,181.653angus.gov.uk
Argyll and Bute85,87020196,908.712argyll-bute.gov.uk
City of Edinburgh524,9302019263.41,993—
Emblem of Clackmannanshire CouncilClackmannanshire51,5402019159.0324clacks.gov.uk
Emblem of Dumfries and Galloway CouncilDumfries and Galloway148,86020196,426.923dumgal.gov.uk
Dundee City149,320201959.82,496—
Emblem of East Ayrshire CouncilEast Ayrshire122,01020191,262.197east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Emblem of East Dunbartonshire CouncilEast Dunbartonshire108,6402019174.5623eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Emblem of East Lothian CouncilEast Lothian107,0902019679.2158eastlothian.gov.uk
East Renfrewshire95,5302019174.2548eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Falkirk160,8902019297.4541falkirk.gov.uk
Emblem of Fife CouncilFife373,55020191,325.0282fife.gov.uk
Emblem of Glasgow City CouncilGlasgow City633,1202019174.73,624glasgow.gov.uk
Emblem of Highland CouncilHighland235,830201925,657.29highland.gov.uk
Inverclyde77,8002019160.4485inverclyde.gov.uk
Emblem of Midlothian CouncilMidlothian92,4602019353.7261midlothian.gov.uk
Emblem of The Moray CouncilMoray95,82020192,237.643moray.gov.uk
Emblem of North Ayrshire CouncilNorth Ayrshire134,7402019885.4152north-ayrshire.gov.uk
Emblem of North Lanarkshire CouncilNorth Lanarkshire341,3702019469.9726northlan.gov.uk
Orkney Islands22,2702019990.022orkney.gov.uk
Emblem of Comhairle nan Eilean SiarOuter Hebrides26,72020193,058.79cne-siar.gov.uk
Emblem of Perth and Kinross CouncilPerth and Kinross151,95020195,285.629pkc.gov.uk
Renfrewshire179,1002019261.5685renfrewshire.gov.uk
Scottish Borders115,51020194,731.824scotborders.gov.uk
Shetland Islands22,92020191,468.016shetland.gov.uk
Emblem of South Ayrshire CouncilSouth Ayrshire112,61020191,222.092south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Emblem of South Lanarkshire CouncilSouth Lanarkshire320,53020191,771.9181southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Stirling94,21020192,187.043stirling.gov.uk
Emblem of West Dunbartonshire CouncilWest Dunbartonshire88,9302019158.8560west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Emblem of West Lothian CouncilWest Lothian183,1002019427.7428westlothian.gov.uk
32 councils · population: latest estimate in Wikidata, year in small type · source: Wikidata