List of Scottish council areas by population density

This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by population density. The populations of these Scottish council areas are mid-year estimates for 2008 from the Office for National Statistics[1].

Rank	Council area	Density (per km²)
1	Glasgow	3,338
2	City of Dundee	2,375
3	Edinburgh	1,786
4	Aberdeen	1,131
5	North Lanarkshire	692
6	Renfrewshire	650
7	East Dunbartonshire	598
8	West Dunbartonshire	571
9	East Renfrewshire	512
10	Falkirk	510
11	Inverclyde	505
12	West Lothian	396
13	Clackmannanshire	317
14	Fife	273
15	Midlothian	227
16	South Lanarkshire	175
17	North Ayrshire	153
18	East Lothian	141
19	East Ayrshire	95
20	South Ayrshire	91.4
21	Angus	50.5
22	Stirling	40.4
23	Moray	39.2
24	Aberdeenshire	38.3
25	Perth and Kinross	27.3
26	Scottish Borders	23.8
27	Dumfries and Galloway	23.1
28	Orkney Islands	20.1
29	Shetland Islands	15.0
30	Argyll and Bute	13.1
31	Highland	8.6
32	Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)	8.5

See also

• List of Scottish council areas by area
• List of Scottish council areas by population
• List of English districts by population density