List of counties of Scotland by population in 1951
# List of counties of Scotland by population in 1951

This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by population as at the 1951 census.

| Rank | County | Total population |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Glasgow City | 1,089,767 |
| 2 | Lanark | 524,596 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 466,761 |
| 4 | Renfrew | 324,660 |
| 5 | Ayr | 321,237 |
| 6 | Fife | 306,778 |
| 7 | Stirling | 187,527 |
| 8 | Aberdeen City | 182,714 |
| 9 | Dundee City | 177,340 |
| 10 | Dunbarton | 164,269 |
| 11 | Perth | 128,029 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 125,341 |
| 13 | Midlothian | 98,974 |
| 14 | Angus | 97,536 |
| 15 | West Lothian | 88,577 |
| 16 | Dumfries | 85,660 |
| 17 | Inverness | 84,930 |
| 18 | Argyll | 63,361 |
| 19 | Ross and Cromarty | 60,508 |
| 20 | East Lothian | 52,258 |
| 21 | Banff | 50,148 |
| 22 | Moray | 48,218 |
| 23 | Roxburgh | 45,557 |
| 24 | Clackmannan | 37,532 |
| 25 | Wigtown | 31,620 |
| 26 | Kirkudbright | 30,725 |
| 27 | Kincardine | 27,882 |
| 28 | Berwick | 25,068 |
| 29 | Caithness | 22,710 |
| 30 | Selkirk | 21,729 |
| 31 | Orkney | 21,255 |
| 32 | Zetland | 19,352 |
| 33 | Bute | 19,283 |
| 34 | Peebles | 15,232 |
| 35 | Sutherland | 13,670 |
| 36 | Nairn | 8,719 |
| 37 | Kinross | 7,418 |
