The total population of Scotland was projected to fall from 5.06 million to below 4.9 million in 2028 - a slower rate of decline than previously expected, due to an increase in the number of births and in the number of people migrating to Scotland, mostly from the rest of the United Kingdom.
Source: Projected Population of Scotland (2003 Based), General Register Office for Scotland (0131 314 4243)
Links: Report | SE press release
Date: 2004-Sep
The results were published from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report. It provided detailed information about people living in Scotland, particularly relating to transport, social justice and housing.
Source: Chris Martin et al., Scotland's People: Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report, Scottish Executive (0131 556 8400)
Links: Report
Date: 2004-Aug
The Registrar General for Scotland published an annual review of demographic trends. A special chapter dealt with migration - within Scotland as well as to and from Scotland - drawing on information from the 2001 Census, and from surveys of where students went after graduation.
Source: Scotland's Population 2003: The Registrar General's annual review of demographic trends, General Register Office for Scotland (0131 314 4243)
Links: Report (pdf) | GROS press release | SE press release
Date: 2004-Jul
A report provided information on various aspects of the lives of older people in Scotland, based on the first four years of the Scottish Household Survey and supplemented by the Census 2001, government statistics and other survey data.
Source: Gillian Raab and Charlotte MacDonald, Older People in Scotland: Results from the Scottish Household Survey 1999-2000, Scottish Executive, TSO (0870 606 5566)
Date: 2004-May
Scotland's population was 5,057,400 on 30 June 2003, an increase of 2,600 on the previous year. There were 6,500 more deaths than births, continuing a trend of recent years. That natural reduction was more than counterbalanced by an estimated gain of 9,100 because more people migrated to Scotland than moved away.
Source: 2003 Mid-Year Estimates, Scotland, General Register Office for Scotland, TSO (0870 606 5566)
Links: Report (links to tables) | GROS press release
Date: 2004-Apr
A research briefing summarised trends in families and in attitudes towards family life among the Scottish population.
Source: Anita Morrison, Debbie Headrick, Fran Wasoff and Sarah Morton, Family Formation and Dissolution: Trends and attitudes among the Scottish population, Research Findings 43/2004, Scottish Executive (0131 556 8400)
Links: Findings | SE press release
Date: 2004-Mar
The total population of Scotland was projected to fall from 5.05 million in 2002 to 4.94 million in 2018 (falling below 5 million in 2009). The regional pattern of projected change was variable, with some areas experiencing projected population increases.
Source: Population Projections Scotland (2002-Based): Population projections by sex, age and administrative area, General Register Office for Scotland, TSO (0870 606 5566)
Links: Report (pdf) | Report | Registrar press release | SE press release | Guardian report
Date: 2004-Jan
A paper argued that population ageing was going to present the Scottish people and government with serious economic and social challenges. If these challenges were not met through effective public policy there was a real risk that the standard of living in Scotland would decline along with the population level.
Source: Heather Joshi and Robert Wright, Starting Life in Scotland in the New Millennium: Population replacement and the reproduction of disadvantage, Fraser of Allander Institute/University of Strathclyde (0141 548 3958)
Links: Report (pdf) | Guardian report
Date: 2004-Jan
