title: List of counties of Scotland by population in 1951
text: # List of counties of Scotland by population in 1951
  
  This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by population as at the 1951 census.
  
  | Rank | County | Total population |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Glasgow City | 1,089,767 |
  | 2 | Lanark | 524,596 |
  | 3 | Edinburgh City | 466,761 |
  | 4 | Renfrew | 324,660 |
  | 5 | Ayr | 321,237 |
  | 6 | Fife | 306,778 |
  | 7 | Stirling | 187,527 |
  | 8 | Aberdeen City | 182,714 |
  | 9 | Dundee City | 177,340 |
  | 10 | Dunbarton | 164,269 |
  | 11 | Perth | 128,029 |
  | 12 | Aberdeen | 125,341 |
  | 13 | Midlothian | 98,974 |
  | 14 | Angus | 97,536 |
  | 15 | West Lothian | 88,577 |
  | 16 | Dumfries | 85,660 |
  | 17 | Inverness | 84,930 |
  | 18 | Argyll | 63,361 |
  | 19 | Ross and Cromarty | 60,508 |
  | 20 | East Lothian | 52,258 |
  | 21 | Banff | 50,148 |
  | 22 | Moray | 48,218 |
  | 23 | Roxburgh | 45,557 |
  | 24 | Clackmannan | 37,532 |
  | 25 | Wigtown | 31,620 |
  | 26 | Kirkudbright | 30,725 |
  | 27 | Kincardine | 27,882 |
  | 28 | Berwick | 25,068 |
  | 29 | Caithness | 22,710 |
  | 30 | Selkirk | 21,729 |
  | 31 | Orkney | 21,255 |
  | 32 | Zetland | 19,352 |
  | 33 | Bute | 19,283 |
  | 34 | Peebles | 15,232 |
  | 35 | Sutherland | 13,670 |
  | 36 | Nairn | 8,719 |
  | 37 | Kinross | 7,418 |
  