Scotland’s population rising at fastest rate since 1940s

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Scotland’s population rising at fastest rate since 1940s

Scotland’s population rose faster than at any time since the 1940s in the year up to mid-2023, according to official data.

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put the country’s population at 5,490,100.

That was up 43,100 from the middle of 2022.

It represented a 0.8% increase on the previous year and was the biggest jump in one year since 1946-47.

The NRS said the main driver of population growth over the ******* was people moving to Scotland from other parts of the *** and abroad.

The government agency’s head of demographic statistics, Esther Roughsedge, said: “Almost two-thirds of people moving to Scotland came from outside the ***. We also saw a fall in the number of people leaving Scotland.

“Without migration into Scotland, the population would have fallen.”

She added: “Deaths outnumbered births by the highest amount on record. There were 19,100 more deaths than births.”

Scotland’s population is also getting older – with more than a fifth of people being aged 65 and over, while 16% were 15 or under.

The populations of the larger cities have grown the most between mid-2022 and mid-2023, the NRS data shows.

City of Edinburgh grew by 1.7% or 8,680 people, Glasgow City by 1.6% or 9,920 people and Aberdeen City by 1.6% or 3,500 people.

In contrast, the populations of a number of rural and island council areas have fallen in the year to mid-2023.

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