The appeal worked and the map has since been viewed nearly five million times – only slightly below Scotland’s total population. Famous map-makers are few and far between, but Harry Young’s ...

Please note that until the Census was introduced in 1801, in England, Wales and Scotland, all population figures are estimates. The population map features the consensus view of these figures ...

Scotland's population is expected to grow to 5.8 million over the next two decades due to inward migration, according to new estimates. A report published by the National Records of Scotland (NRS ...