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Edinburgh ScoP through time | Population Statistics | Total Population

Year Population 30 years earlier Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 82,560
1811 102,987
1821 138,235
1831 161,909
1841 166,450
1851 193,929
1911 394,898 400,806
1951 420,264 439,010 466,761
Date: Source:
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'
1911 1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1, 'Population of Civil Parishes'
1951 1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'

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