Argyll and Bute Council through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Males & Females

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Year	Male	Female
1801	38,521	42,799
1811	40,946	45,779
1821	48,018	50,264
1831	50,381	52,591
1841	50,598	53,984
1851	48,163	50,897
1861	44,771	47,325
1881	46,531	48,236
1911	48,847	53,078
1921	54,964	66,872
1931	45,650	52,311
1951	49,855	52,838
1961	45,610	51,760
1971	38,695	44,016
1981	42,140	45,537
1991	44,053	47,715
2001	44,877	46,429
2011	43,140	45,026
2021	42,019	43,949

Date	Source
1801 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [5] , 'Ages of the Males and Females in the Town Districts'
1881	1881 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [1] , 'Ages of the Males and Females for every Quinquennial Period of Life, for the Registration Divisions, Counties, and Districts of Scotland'
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 19 A, 'Conjugal Condition and Age-distribution of Population - Of City or County'
1921	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and Civil Parishes'
1931	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 21 , 'Quinquennial Age-Groups and Conjugal Condition (All Ages) - All Burghs and Districts of Counties'
1951	1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 15 , 'Quinquennial age-groups by conjugal condition (all ages)', for 'Burghs, Wards of Cities, Districts of Counties'
1961	1961 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Martial Condition', for 'County, LB, SB, Districts of County, NT'
1971	UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Tables SAS06 and SAS07)
1981	UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (Table SAS02: "Age and Marital Status: All Residents)
1991	Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S02 Age and marital status: Residents [100%])
2001	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table CAS001 Age by sex and whether living in household or communal establishment)
2011	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (File LC1117SC.csv within Output_Area_blk.zip)
2021	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV102b - Age (20) by sex)

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Argyll and Bute Council : Males & Females

Males & Females