Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 95	Male	Female
0 to 4	240,103	229,133
5 to 9	215,066	205,660
10 to 14	230,086	219,050
15 to 19	187,391	186,741
20 to 24	159,353	173,650
25 to 29	161,043	165,965
30 to 34	162,756	169,715
35 to 39	170,487	176,851
40 to 44	153,229	167,243
45 to 49	163,851	178,783
50 to 54	164,303	177,912
55 to 59	147,280	165,248
60 to 64	113,158	146,379
65 to 69	83,438	121,112
70 to 74	60,216	93,653
75 to 79	40,216	65,154
80 to 84	21,713	36,177
85 to 89	7,484	14,280
90 to 94	1,403	3,369
95 & up	158	535

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 95	Male	Female
0 to 4	228,482	215,833
5 to 9	240,108	228,302
10 to 14	226,539	215,538
15 to 19	199,414	192,861
20 to 24	196,629	193,817
25 to 29	158,305	158,137
30 to 34	148,141	152,432
35 to 39	147,433	153,400
40 to 44	151,360	159,899
45 to 49	156,962	165,841
50 to 54	139,608	156,175
55 to 59	143,172	163,133
60 to 64	133,709	159,281
65 to 69	106,627	140,621
70 to 74	67,867	111,400
75 to 79	39,360	75,848
80 to 84	20,489	45,068
85 to 89	10,417	26,755
90 to 94	0	0
95 & up	0	0

Date:	Source:
1961	1961 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Martial Condition', for 'County, LB, SB, Districts of County, NT'
1971	1971 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 8 , 'Population by sex, age and marital condition', for 'County, local authority areas'

 

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1971

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