High Level Summary of Statistics Trends

This sections gives a brief overview of our key statistics trends. You can also get more detailed information from our Statistics by Theme page or from the Registrar General's Annual Review.

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Featured High Level Trend

In recent years Scotland has seen positive natural change (births minus deaths) and has experienced record levels of net in-migration, resulting in small increases in the population over each of the last seven years. Read more on our featured trend.

Scotland's Population

• Recent Trends (Updated June 2014)
• Age Structure (Updated June 2014)
• Changes within Scotland (Updated June 2014)
• Projected Population (Updated June 2014)
• Population Growth and Healthy Life Expectancy (Updated June 2014)

Migration

• Trends in Migration (Updated June 2014)
• Origin and Destination of Migrants (Updated June 2014)
• Age and Sex of Migrants (Updated June 2014)
• Migration and the Distribution of People in Scotland (Updated June 2014)
• Improvements in Migration Statistics (Updated June 2014)

Births

• Births in Scotland (Updated August 2014)
• Births - Variation within Scotland (Updated August 2014)
• Births European Comparison (Updated August 2014)

Deaths

• Deaths in Scotland (Updated August 2014)
• Deaths - Variation within Scotland (Updated August 2014)
• Life Expectancy in Scotland (Updated August 2014)
• Life Expectancy UK and European Comparison (Updated August 2014)

Households

• Households and Housing (Updated July 2014)
• Household Projections (Updated July 2014)

Enquiries

Please contact our Statistics Customer Services if you need any further information.
E-mail: customer@gro-scotland.gsi.gov.uk