Population Programme - Information On The Population Programme Which Aims To Deliver Scotland's Population Strategy

24th December 2022

The following links contain information on the Scottish Government Population Programme; a cross-cutting programme of work which aims to deliver Scotland's Population Strategy, which articulates a vision for Scotland's population profile to provide a platform for economic success, prosperity and wellbeing across Scotland's communities.

This programme of work is articulated in Scotland's first Population Strategy, published in 2021, which sets out how Scottish Government and partners identify and respond to Scotland's long term demographic challenges and trends at local and national level. Delivery of the strategy is overseen by the Scottish Government's Ministerial Population Taskforce.


The following links contain information on the Scottish Government Population Programme; a cross-cutting programme of work which aims to deliver Scotland's Population Strategy, which articulates a vision for Scotland's population profile to provide a platform for economic success, prosperity and wellbeing across Scotland's communities.

This programme of work is articulated in Scotland's first Population Strategy, published in 2021, which sets out how Scottish Government and partners identify and respond to Scotland's long term demographic challenges and trends at local and national level. Delivery of the strategy is overseen by the Scottish Government's Ministerial Population Taskforce.

Population Strategy: A Scotland for the future

Ministerial Population Taskforce

Migration and Population Expert Advisory Group

Highland Population - Key Facts and Figures

Highland Council Area Profile

Note
The Caithness population is predicted to fall by about 9%. The Inverness area has the biggest growth whereas other areas especially Caithness and Sutherland will have big falls if the current trends continue.

From the John O'Groat Journal - 9 October 2020
The population of Caithness is projected to fall by more than 2100 from 25,242 at the end of 2018/19 to 23,060 by 2029/30. Over the same period, Sutherland's population would go down from 13,403 to 12,482.

The list of 10 Highland "sub-council areas" would see growth in Mid Ross (4.6 per cent), Inverness (4.5), Nairn (4.4), Badenoch and Strathspey (3.6) and Skye and Lochalsh (0.9), with declining populations in Ross and Cromarty West (-2.4), Lochaber (-2.8), East Ross (-4.4), Sutherland (-7.4) and Caithness (-9.3).

The projection for Highland as a whole is a rise of 0.4 per cent from 235,793 people at the end of 2018/19 to 236,414 by 2029/30.

In March last year it emerged that Highland Council's corporate plan projected a 21 per cent decrease in the Caithness population by 2041. Chief executive Donna Manson said at the time that one of the council's key priorities was depopulation and its impact on the county.
Full article at
https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/caithness-population-expected-to-fall-by-9-3-per-cent-over-the-next-10-years-214753/