Edinburgh ScoP through time | Population Statistics

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Year	Male	Female
1801	35,361	47,199
1811	43,982	59,005
1821	62,099	76,136
1831	72,299	89,610
1841	74,450	92,000
1851	87,580	106,349
1871	92,020	110,597
1901	138,270	165,368
1911	143,436	176,882
1921	192,013	228,251
1931	199,350	239,660
1951	213,849	252,912

Date:	Source:
1801 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1871	1871 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'
1901	[ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of S1901GEN1_M1_1 does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Civil Parishes'
1921	1921 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, County Public Health Districts, and Civil Parishes of XXXXX in 1921 and in 1911'
1931	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and 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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Age and sex structure data in single years under age 5, as published for 19th and early 20th century Registration Districts

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Edinburgh ScoP

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Males & Females