Template:Scottish council populations/doc

This is a group of templates that provide an easy method to link to population statistics for Scottish districts. The templates are updated from time to time as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) releases new data, thus it should not be necessary to manually update the articles or their references. Districts are identified by passing a GSS code as a parameter. The Office for National Statistics began using the new GSS codes in preference to the old ONS codes in January 2011, and support for the old 4 character codes has been removed from this template.

The templates are:

• {{Scottish council populations}} – gives the population, rank or density for a district

The following also apply

• {{United Kingdom district population citation}} – gives a citation for the source of population data
• {{United Kingdom statistics year}} – gives the year to which the estimate applies (not the year it was generated)

Usage

Examples relate to Fife.

Population

• {{Scottish council populations|POP=S12000015}}

Rank

• {{Scottish council populations|RNK=S12000015}}

Density (population/km²)

• {{Scottish council populations|DEN=S12000015}}

Density ranking

• {{Scottish council populations|DRK=S12000015}}

Area (km²)

• {{Scottish council populations|ARE=S12000015}}

Area ranking

• {{Scottish council populations|ARK=S12000015}}

Electorate

• {{Scottish council populations|ELC=S12000015}}

Citations

• {{United Kingdom district population citation|Scotland}}

"Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

• {{United Kingdom district population citation|area}}

"Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

• {{Scottish council populations|TXT=Electorate}}

"Electoral Statistics, UK, December 2023". Office for National Statistics. 11 April 2024. Table 1. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

Year

• {{United Kingdom statistics year}}

2022

• {{United Kingdom statistics year|ScotlandYYYY}}

mid-2022 est.

Note

When updating the figures in the population template, check that the table in List of Scottish council areas by population and List of Scottish council areas by population density are still correctly ordered.