Year Male Female
1801 14,413 Show data context 16,766 Show data context
1811 16,457 Show data context 20,265 Show data context
1821 21,742 Show data context 25,261 Show data context
1831 26,522 Show data context 30,944 Show data context
1841 27,897 Show data context 32,590 Show data context
1851 28,246 Show data context 32,055 Show data context
1901 47,131 Show data context 52,768 Show data context
1911 51,795 Show data context 57,987 Show data context
1921 52,465 Show data context 58,595 Show data context
1931 56,682 Show data context 63,593 Show data context
1951 89,717 Show data context 98,240 Show data context
Date: Source:
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1901 1901 Census of Scotland, General Report vol. 1, Table 1 _1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, the Parishes being in alphabetical order under each County and arranged in two sub-divisions: The number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons aged three years and upwards, speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows, for each Parish, on 31st March, 1901; and for comparison, the number of Families, Houses, Males, Females, and both Sexes, and Rooms with Windows in 1891'
1911 1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Civil Parishes'
1921 1921 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, County Public Health Districts, and Civil Parishes of XXXXX in 1921 and in 1911'
1931 1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and Civil Parishes'
1951 1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'

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