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ALT Illustration of hands typing on a laptop with a checklist on screen, encouraging participation in Scotland's census consultation.
ALT Line graph showing drug misuse deaths in Scotland rising from 244 in 1996 to 1,017 in 2024. There has been a modest fall in the most recent year.
ALT Line graph showing falling fertility rate since 1971 in Scotland. In 1971 it was 2.53. In 2024 it was 1.25. It would need to be about 2.1 for the population to replace itself. Total fertility rate represents the average number of children that a group of females would expect to have, per female, if they experienced the observed age specific fertility rates in each of their childbearing years.
ALT Line graph showing a decline in healthy life expectancy at birth for males and females in Scotland from 2013-2015 to 2021-2023.
ALT Mountain Hall Treatment Centre is a large mid-rise modern building which features rows of windows. In the foreground there is a busy car park.
ALT Bar chart showing increase in household numbers in Scotland being greater than the population growth
ALT Text which reads 'Fill in our census consultation' with an icon of a computer screen and the Scotland's Census logo
ALT Line graph showing the number of people on the electoral register in millions.
ALT A graph showing the number of different names given to boys and girls in Scotland since 1974. The number has been climbing steadily and consistently for both.
ALT Line graph showing number of death registrations by quarter from 1974. In quarter 4 of 2024 there were 16, 052. In 1974 it was 17, 216.
ALT A photograph of a person's hands using an iPad. They are choosing between three cartoon faces - a happy, indifferent or sad.
ALT Line graph showing Scotland's population is projected to grow by 5.8 million people by mid-2047
ALT Line graph showing deaths and excess deaths in Scotland by week of registration
ALT Line graph showing that since the 1970s the proportion of Scotland's population aged under 15 has fallen while that aged 65 and over has increased. Scotland has more over people than children.
ALT Line graph of the estimated number of homeless deaths, 2017-2023
ALT Line graph showing life expectancy in Scotland for females and males since 1980-1982. Life expectancy has risen from 75.3 to 80.9 for females and from 69.1 to 76.9 for males. The most recent figures show a slight improvement.
ALT Line graph showing population change from 1949 to 2023. The population increase between 2022 and 2023 was the largest in any single year for at least 76 years at 0.8%