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People
Who lives in Scotland. National published series first. Home Office asylum stock is not mixed into these totals.
Last checked
Scotland (NRS mid-2025)
5,545,500Published
School pupils 2025
695,923Published
Assessed homeless 2024–25
34,067Published
Households. Not asylum support stock.
Scotland
Five national subjects. Each tile is a published headline, not an empty branch. Council detail stays on Places / CSS.
- Population5,545,500NRS mid-2025Census, mid-year estimates, births, deaths. Migration as a component of change — not a pathway total.PublishedOpen
- Housing17,240Households in temporary accommodationHL1 homelessness series. Not Home Office asylum hotels.PublishedOpen
- Children695,923Pupils in publicly funded schoolsScotland school census first, then Glasgow’s roll. Unaccompanied children as an asylum caseload are not added into the pupil total.PublishedOpen
- Work74%Employment rate · April to June 20262,634,000 people in work. Unemployment and inactivity held as their own rates.PublishedOpen
- Health580,545People on a new outpatient, inpatient or day-case listIndividuals at 30 June 2026. About 1 in 10 of Scotland. Wait types are not added together.PublishedOpen
Sources
- official Mid-2025 population estimates — National Records of Scotland, 2026-07-14
- official Homelessness in Scotland: 2024-25 — Scottish Government, 2025-09-16
- official Pupil and teacher characteristics 2025 — Scottish Government, 2025-12-09
- official Labour Market Trends: June 2026 — Scottish Government, 2026-06-18
- official Stage of treatment waiting times — 28 July 2026 — Public Health Scotland, 2026-07-28