Editing Glasgow (section)

===Population===
[[File:Greater Glasgow population density map, 2011 census.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Greater Glasgow population density map]]

In the 1950s, the population of the City of Glasgow area peaked at 1,089,000. Glasgow was then one of the most densely populated cities in the world. After the 1960s, clearances of poverty-stricken inner city areas like the [[Gorbals]] and relocation to "[[New town#United Kingdom|new towns]]" such as [[East Kilbride]] and [[Cumbernauld]] led to population decline. In addition, the boundaries of the city were changed twice during the late-twentieth century, making direct comparisons difficult.

The urban area continues to expand beyond the city council boundaries into surrounding suburban areas, encompassing around {{cvt|400|sqmi|km2|-1}} of all adjoining suburbs, if [[commuter town]]s and villages are included.<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/agglo/ United Kingdom: Agglomerations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929223604/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/agglo/ |date=29 September 2020}}, CityPopulation.de</ref> There are two distinct definitions for the population of Glasgow: the '''Glasgow City Council Area''' which lost the districts of [[Rutherglen]] and [[Cambuslang]] to [[South Lanarkshire]] in 1996, and the '''[[Greater Glasgow]] Urban Area''' which includes the conurbation around the city (however in the 2016 definitions<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/cities/ua/ United Kingdom: Countries and Major Urban Areas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601080826/http://citypopulation.de/UK-UA.html |date=1 June 2019}}, CityPopulation.de</ref> the aforementioned Rutherglen and Cambuslang were included along with the likes of [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], [[Clydebank]], [[Newton Mearns]], [[Bearsden]] and [[Stepps]] but not others with no continuity of populated postcodes – although in some cases the gap is small – the excluded nearby settlements including [[Barrhead]], [[Erskine, Renfrewshire|Erskine]] and [[Kirkintilloch]] plus a large swathe of Lanarkshire which had been considered contiguous with Glasgow in previous definitions: the '[[List of cities and towns in Scotland|settlements]]' named Coatbridge & Airdrie, Hamilton and Motherwell & Wishaw, each containing a number of distinct smaller localities).<ref name="NRS"/>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
|+ Population
|-
!Location
!Population
!Area
!Density
|-
|'''Glasgow City Council Area'''<ref name=gro>{{cite web |url=http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files/05mype-cahb-t9.xls |title=Mid-2005 Population Estimates Scotland – Table 9 Land area and population density, by administrative area: 30&nbsp;June&nbsp;2005 |publisher=General Register Office for Scotland |access-date=9 July 2007 |format=Microsoft Excel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205644/http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files/05mype-cahb-t9.xls |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
|592,820
|{{cvt|67.76|sqmi|km2}}
|{{cvt|8541.8|/sqmi|/km2}}
|-
|'''Greater Glasgow Urban Area'''<ref name="NRS"/>
|985,290
|{{cvt|265|km2|sqmi}}
|{{cvt|3,775|/km2|/sqmi}}
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" |<small>'''Source:''' ''Scotland's Census Results Online''<ref>{{cite web |author=scrol.gov.uk/ |url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser/analyser?topicId=1&tableId=&tableName=Population+density&selectedTopicId=&aggregated=false&subject=&tableNumber=&selectedLevelId=&postcode=&areaText=&RADIOLAYER=&actionName=view-results&clearAreas=&stateData1=&stateData2=&stateData3=&stateData4=&debug=&tempData1=&tempData2=&tempData3=&tempData4=&areaId=17&levelId=1 |title=''2001 Census'' |access-date=9 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212649/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser/analyser?topicId=1&tableId=&tableName=Population+density&selectedTopicId=&aggregated=false&subject=&tableNumber=&selectedLevelId=&postcode=&areaText=&RADIOLAYER=&actionName=view-results&clearAreas=&stateData1=&stateData2=&stateData3=&stateData4=&debug=&tempData1=&tempData2=&tempData3=&tempData4=&areaId=17&levelId=1 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref></small>
|}
Glasgow's population influx in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was related to economic expansion as well as internally generated growth with the vast majority of newcomers to the city from outside Scotland being from [[Ireland]], especially the north western counties of [[County Donegal|Donegal]], [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]], [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] and [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]]. In the 1881 UK Census, 83% of the population was born in Scotland, 13% in Ireland, 3% in England and 1% elsewhere. By 1911, the city was no longer gaining population by migration. The demographic percentages in the 1951 UK census were: born in Scotland 93%, Ireland 3%, England 3% and elsewhere 1%.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In the early twentieth century, many [[Lithuanian people|Lithuanian]] refugees began to settle in Glasgow and at its height in the 1950s; there were around 10,000 in the Glasgow area.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,1692714,00.html |title=Lithuanians in Glasgow |date=23 January 2006 |work=The Guardian |access-date=9 July 2007 |location=London |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122084725/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jan/23/britishidentity.features117 |url-status=live}}</ref> Many [[Italian Scots]] also settled in Glasgow, originating from provinces like [[Frosinone]] in [[Lazio]] and [[Lucca]] in north-west [[Tuscany]] at this time, many originally working as "[[Hokey pokey (ice cream)|Hokey Pokey]]" men.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=Alastair |last2=Moffat |first2=William |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGhvmMCbQLUC&pg=PA39 |title=A History of Scotland |chapter=Departures and Arrivals |access-date=9 July 2007 |page=39 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |year=1989 |edition=Rev |orig-year=1985 |isbn=978-0199170630 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801230846/https://books.google.com/books?id=GGhvmMCbQLUC&pg=PA39 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
|+ Historical population and city limits
|-
! data-sort-type="year"| Year<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E3BE21DA-4D84-4CC4-9C02-2E526FDD9169/0/4population.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703130648/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E3BE21DA-4D84-4CC4-9C02-2E526FDD9169/0/4population.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2007 |title=Factsheet 4 – population |publisher=Glasgow City Council}} and {{cite web |url=http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-facts1.html |title=Glasgow Population and Size |website=glasgowguide.co.uk |access-date=13 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991005005820/http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-facts1.html |archive-date=5 October 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
! Population
! Area <br /> (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Density <br /> (inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>)
! Area changes
|- align="center"
| 1300 || 1,500 || -<ref>unknown</ref> || – || Initial
|- align="center"
| 1600 || 7,000 || – || – || Unknown
|- align="center"
| 1791 || 66,000 || 7.16 || 9,217 || Anderson to James Street/West Nile Street to Camlachie
|- align="center"
| 1831 || 202,426 || 8.83 || 22,924 || Necropolis and Blythswood
|- align="center"
| 1846 || 280,000 || 23.44 || 11,945 || Burghs of Anderston and Calton/Barony of Gorbals
|- align="center"
| 1872 || 494,824 || 24.42 || 20,263 || Districts of Keppochhill, Alexandra Parade and the new Glasgow University grounds
|- align="center"
| 1891 || 658,073 || 48.00 || 13,709 || Burghs of Govanhill, Crosshill, Pollokshields, Maryhill and Hillhead. Districts of Mount Florida, <br /> Langside, Shawlands, Kelvinside, Possilpark, Springburn, Coplawhill and the rest of Gorbals
|- align="center"
| 1901 || 761,712 || 51.35 || 14,833 || Bellahouston Park and Craigton. Districts of Blackhill, Shawfield and the east end of Glasgow Green
|- align="center"
| 1912 || 800,000 || 77.63 || 10,305 || Burghs of Govan, Partick, Pollokshaws. Districts of Shettleston, Tollcross, West of Govan, Cathcart, <br /> Newlands, West of Partick, Dawsholm, Temple and Knightswood.
|- align="center"
| 1921 || 1,034,174 || 77.63 || 13,321 || No change
|- align="center"
| 1926 || 1,090,380 || 119.42 || 9,130 || Districts of Lambhill, Millerston, Aikenhead, Mansewood, Kennishead, Carntyne, Cardonald, Robroyston, <br /> Nitshill, Hurlet, Crookston, Cardonald, Scotstoun, Yoker and Knightswood.
|- align="center"
| 1938 || 1,127,825 || 160.77 || 7,015 || Districts of Balmuildy, Auchinairn, Cardowan, Gartloch, Queenslie, Linn Park, Jenny Lind, Easterhouse, <br /> Darnley, Penilee, Drumry, Drumchapel, Summerston, Hogganfield and Carntyne
|- align="center"
| 1946 || 1,050,000 || 160.77 || 6,531 || No change
|- align="center"
| 1951 || 1,089,555 || 160.77 || 6,777 || No change
|- align="center"
| 1961 || 1,055,017 || 160.77 || 6,562 || No change
|- align="center"
| 1971 || 897,485 || 160.77 || 5,582 || No change
|- align="center"
| 1981 || 774,068 || 202.35 || 3,825 || Burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Mount Vernon, Baillieston.
|- align="center"
| 1991 || 688,600 || 202.67 || 3,397 || Minor boundary change
|- align="center"
| 2001 || 586,710 || 177.30 || 3,309 || Rutherglen and Cambuslang transferred to South Lanarkshire.
|- align="center"
| 2011 || 599,650 || 174.70 || 3,432 || Minor boundary change
|}