East Lothian Council : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 35,257 Show data context
1811 35,257 Show data context 36,060 Show data context
1821 36,060 Show data context 41,314 Show data context
1831 41,314 Show data context 43,395 Show data context
1841 43,395 Show data context 42,507 Show data context
1851 42,507 Show data context 43,406 Show data context
1861 43,406 Show data context 37,511 Show data context
1871 37,511 Show data context
1881 39,380 Show data context
1891 39,380 Show data context
1911 62,626 Show data context
1921 62,626 Show data context 68,655 Show data context
1931 68,655 Show data context 68,186 Show data context
1941 68,186 Show data context
1951 74,430 Show data context
1961 74,430 Show data context 75,013 Show data context
1971 75,013 Show data context 74,483 Show data context
1981 74,483 Show data context 78,715 Show data context
1991 78,715 Show data context 83,891 Show data context
2001 83,891 Show data context 90,088 Show data context
2011 99,717 Show data context
2021 112,280 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1811 - 2001 Census of Population
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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This simple four-way classification of ethnicity can be presented for four recent censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, East Lothian Council through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 02nd June 2026