title: List of counties of Scotland by population in 1971
text: # List of counties of Scotland by population in 1971
  
  This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by population as at the 1971 census.
  
  | Rank | County | Total population |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Glasgow City | 897,484 |
  | 2 | Lanark | 626,787 |
  | 3 | Edinburgh City | 453,585 |
  | 4 | Renfrew | 362,130 |
  | 5 | Ayr | 361,248 |
  | 6 | Fife | 327,126 |
  | 7 | Dunbarton | 237,540 |
  | 8 | Stirling | 208,958 |
  | 9 | Dundee City | 182,204 |
  | 10 | Aberdeen City | 182,071 |
  | 11 | Midlothian | 142,213 |
  | 12 | Aberdeen | 137,962 |
  | 13 | Perth | 127,104 |
  | 14 | West Lothian | 108,484 |
  | 15 | Angus | 97,312 |
  | 16 | Inverness | 89,655 |
  | 17 | Dumfries | 88,215 |
  | 18 | Argyll | 59,777 |
  | 19 | Ross and Cromarty | 58,284 |
  | 20 | East Lothian | 55,908 |
  | 21 | Moray | 51,502 |
  | 22 | Clackmannan | 45,544 |
  | 23 | Banff | 43,500 |
  | 24 | Roxburgh | 41,960 |
  | 25 | Caithness | 27,792 |
  | 26 | Kirkudbright | 27,639 |
  | 27 | Wigtown | 27,337 |
  | 28 | Kincardine | 26,066 |
  | 29 | Selkirk | 20,868 |
  | 30 | Berwick | 20,778 |
  | 31 | Zetland | 17,331 |
  | 32 | Orkney | 17,082 |
  | 33 | Peebles | 13,675 |
  | 34 | Bute | 13,309 |
  | 35 | Sutherland | 13,055 |
  | 36 | Nairn | 11,050 |
  | 37 | Kinross | 6,423 |
  