List of Scottish council areas by number of Scottish Gaelic speakers

This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by the number of Scottish Gaelic speakers.

RankCouncil areaSpeakersPopulationPercentage(%)
1Na h-Eileanan Siar15,81126,50259.7
2Highland12,673208,9146.1
3City of Glasgow5,739577,8691.0
4Argyll and Bute4,14591,3064.5
5City of Edinburgh3,120448,6240.7
6Perth and Kinross1,434134,9491.1
7City of Aberdeen1,412212,1250.7
8Fife1,106349,4290.3
9South Lanarkshire1,079302,2160.4
10North Lanarkshire1,021321,0670.3
11Renfrewshire988172,8670.6
12Stirling93986,2121.1
13East Dunbartonshire895108,2430.8
14Aberdeenshire871226,8710.4
15City of Dundee645145,6630.4
16East Renfrewshire59089,3110.7
17West Lothian571158,7140.4
18North Ayrshire557135,8170.4
19Falkirk529145,1910.4
20Angus485108,4000.4
21Moray45986,9400.5
22Dumfries and Galloway448147,7650.3
23West Dunbartonshire43793,3780.5
24South Ayrshire417112,0970.4
25Inverclyde40984,2030.5
26Scottish Borders376106,7640.4
27East Ayrshire368120,2350.3
28East Lothian34190,0880.4
29Clackmannanshire30148,0770.6
30Midlothian24480,9410.3
31Shetland9721,9880.4
32Orkney9219,2450.5

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