list of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Localities

|Glasgow{{anchor|Glasgow}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Glasgow}}

|City

|Glasgow City

|Edinburgh{{anchor|Edinburgh}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Edinburgh}}

|City

|City of Edinburgh

|Aberdeen{{anchor|Aberdeen}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Aberdeen}}

|City

|Aberdeen City

|Dundee{{anchor|Dundee}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Dundee}}

|City

|Dundee City

|Paisley{{anchor|Paisley}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Paisley}}

|Town{{cite web|url=http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/city/citygj.htm#part6|title=Department of Constitutional Affairs|access-date=9 September 2009}}

|Renfrewshire

|East Kilbride{{anchor|East Kilbride}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=East Kilbride}}

|Town

|South Lanarkshire

|Livingston{{anchor|Livingston}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Livingston}}

|Town

|West Lothian

|Dunfermline{{anchor|Dunfermline}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Dunfermline}}

|City{{Cite web |date=19 May 2022 |title=Dunfermline is now officially a city |url=https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/20152650.dunfermline-granted-city-status-queen-platinum-jubilee-competition/ |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=Dunfermline Press |quote=‘Letters Patent’ will now be prepared which will confer each of the awards formally and will be presented to winners later in the year.}}

|Fife

|Hamilton{{anchor|Hamilton}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Hamilton}}

|Town

|South Lanarkshire

|Cumbernauld{{anchor|Cumbernauld}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Cumbernauld}}

|Town

|North Lanarkshire

|Kirkcaldy and Dysart{{anchor|Kirkcaldy}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Kirkcaldy and Dysart}}

|Town

|Fife

|Inverness{{anchor|Inverness}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Inverness}}

|City

|Highland

|Perth{{anchor|Perth}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Perth}}

|City{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-17365611|work=BBC News|title=Perth wins Diamond Jubilee contest to be named seventh Scottish city|date=14 March 2012}}

|Perth and Kinross

|Kilmarnock{{anchor|Kilmarnock}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Kilmarnock}}

|Town

|East Ayrshire

|Ayr{{anchor|Ayr}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Ayr}}

|Town

|South Ayrshire

|Coatbridge{{anchor|Coatbridge}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Coatbridge}}

|Town

|North Lanarkshire

|Greenock{{anchor|Greenock}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Greenock}}

|Town

|Inverclyde

|Glenrothes{{anchor|Glenrothes}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Glenrothes}}

|Town

|Fife

|Stirling{{anchor|Stirling}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Stirling}}

|City

|Stirling

|Airdrie{{anchor|Airdrie}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Airdrie}}

|Town

|North Lanarkshire

|Falkirk{{anchor|Falkirk}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Falkirk}}

|Town

|Falkirk

|Irvine{{anchor|Irvine}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Irvine}}

|Town

|North Ayrshire

|Dumfries{{anchor|Dumfries}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Dumfries}}

|Town

|Dumfries and Galloway

|Motherwell{{anchor|Motherwell}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Motherwell}}

|Town

|North Lanarkshire

|Rutherglen{{anchor|Rutherglen}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Rutherglen}}

|Town

|South Lanarkshire

|Cambuslang{{anchor|Cambuslang}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Cambuslang}}

|Town

|South Lanarkshire

|Wishaw{{anchor|Wishaw}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Wishaw}}

|Town

|North Lanarkshire

|Bearsden{{anchor|Bearsden}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Bearsden}}

|Town

|East Dunbartonshire

|Newton Mearns{{anchor|Newton Mearns}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Newton Mearns}}

|Town

|East Renfrewshire

|Clydebank{{anchor|Clydebank}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Clydebank}}

|Town

|West Dunbartonshire

|Elgin{{anchor|Elgin}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Elgin}}

|Town

|Moray

|Renfrew{{anchor|Renfrew}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Renfrew}}

|Town

|Renfrewshire

|Bishopbriggs{{anchor|Bishopbriggs}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Bishopbriggs}}

|Town

|East Dunbartonshire

|Bathgate{{anchor|Bathgate}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Bathgate}}

|Town

|West Lothian

|Arbroath{{anchor|Arbroath}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Arbroath}}

|Town

|Angus

|Kirkintilloch{{anchor|Kirkintilloch}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Kirkintilloch}}

|Town

|East Dunbartonshire

|Musselburgh{{anchor|Musselburgh}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Musselburgh}}

|Town

|East Lothian

|Dumbarton{{anchor|Dumbarton}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Dumbarton}}

|Town

|West Dunbartonshire

|Bellshill{{anchor|Bellshill}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Bellshill}}

|Town

|North Lanarkshire

|Peterhead{{anchor|Peterhead}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Peterhead}}

|Town

|Aberdeenshire

|St Andrews{{anchor|St Andrews}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=St Andrews}}

|Town

|Fife

|Bonnyrigg{{anchor|Bonnyrigg}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Bonnyrigg}}

|Town

|Midlothian

|Barrhead{{anchor|Barrhead}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Barrhead}}

|Town

|East Renfrewshire

|Blantyre{{anchor|Blantyre}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Blantyre}}

|Town

|South Lanarkshire

|Penicuik{{anchor|Penicuik}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Penicuik}}

|Town

|Midlothian

|Grangemouth{{anchor|Grangemouth}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Grangemouth}}

|Town

|Falkirk

|Kilwinning{{anchor|Kilwinning}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Kilwinning}}

|Town

|North Ayrshire

|Broxburn{{anchor|Broxburn}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Broxburn}}

|Town

|West Lothian

|Johnstone{{anchor|Johnstone}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Johnstone}}

|Town

|Renfrewshire

|Viewpark{{anchor|Viewpark}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Viewpark}}

|Town

|North Lanarkshire

|Larkhall{{anchor|Larkhall}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Larkhall}}

|Town

|South Lanarkshire

|Erskine{{anchor|Erskine}}

|{{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Erskine}}

|Town

|Renfrewshire

|Greater Glasgow{{anchor|Greater Glasgow}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Greater Glasgow}}

|Barrhead, Bearsden, Bishopbriggs, Bowling, Brookfield, Busby, Cambuslang, Clarkston, Clydebank, Duntocher & Hardgate, Elderslie, Faifley, Giffnock, Glasgow, Johnstone, Kilbarchan, Linwood, Milngavie, Netherlee, Newton Mearns, Old Kilpatrick, Paisley, Renfrew, Rutherglen, Stamperland, Stepps, Thornliebank

|Glasgow City,{{efn|Does not include Carmunnock or Gartloch.}} East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire

|Edinburgh{{anchor|Edinburgh}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Edinburgh}}

|Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Wallyford

|City of Edinburgh,{{efn|Does not include Kirkliston, Newbridge & Ratho Station, Ratho or South Queensferry.}} East Lothian

|Aberdeen{{anchor|Aberdeen}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Aberdeen, Milltimber, and Peterculter}}

|Aberdeen, Cove Bay, Dyce, Milltimber, Peterculter

|Aberdeen City{{efn|Does not include Kingswells.}}

|Dundee{{anchor|Dundee}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Dundee}}

|Dundee, Monifieth, Invergowrie

|Dundee City, Angus, Perth and Kinross

|Motherwell{{anchor|Motherwell}} & Wishaw{{anchor|Wishaw}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Motherwell and Wishaw}}

|Bellshill, Carfin, Holytown, Motherwell, New Stevenston, Newarthill, Newmains, Viewpark, Wishaw

|North Lanarkshire

|Falkirk{{anchor|Falkirk}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Falkirk}}

|Brightons, Carron, Carronshore, Falkirk{{efn|Does not include Glen Village/Hallglen.}}, Grangemouth, Larbert, Laurieston, Maddiston, Polmont, Redding, Reddingmuirhead, Rumford, Stenhousemuir, Wallacestone, Westquarter

|Falkirk

|Coatbridge{{anchor|Coatbridge}} & Airdrie{{anchor|Airdrie}}{{efn|Often known collectively as Monklands but not referred to as such by NRS.}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Coatbridge, Aidrie, Chapelhall and Bargeddie}}

|Airdrie, Bargeddie, Chapelhall, Coatbridge

|North Lanarkshire

|Hamilton{{anchor|Hamilton}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Hamilton}}

|Blantyre, Bothwell, Hamilton, Uddingston

|South Lanarkshire

|Dunfermline{{anchor|Dunfermline}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Dunfermline}}

|Crossgates, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, Rosyth

|Fife

|East Kilbride{{anchor|East Kilbride}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=East Kilbride}}

|East Kilbride

|South Lanarkshire

|Livingston{{anchor|Livingston}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Livingston}}

|Livingston, Mid Calder, Polbeth, West Calder

|West Lothian

|Greenock{{anchor|Greenock}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Greenock}}

|Gourock, Greenock, Port Glasgow

|Inverclyde

|Inverness{{anchor|Inverness}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Inverness and Culloden}}

|Balloch, Culloden, Milton of Leys, Inverness, Smithton, Westhill

|Highland

|Ayr{{anchor|Ayr}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Ayr}}

|Ayr, Monkton, Prestwick

|South Ayrshire

|Bonnyrigg,{{anchor|Bonnyrigg}} Dalkeith{{anchor|Dalkeith}} & Gorebridge{{anchor|Gorebridge}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Mayfield and Gorebridge}}

|Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Gorebridge, Mayfield,{{efn|Mayfield with Easthouses and Newtongrange}} Newbattle

|Midlothian

|Cumbernauld{{anchor|Cumbernauld}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Cumbernauld and Croy}}

|Croy, Cumbernauld

|North Lanarkshire

|Kilmarnock{{anchor|Kilmarnock}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Kilmarnock}}

|Crookedholm, Hurlford, Kilmarnock

|East Ayrshire

|Kirkcaldy{{anchor|Kirkcaldy}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Kirkcaldy and Dysart}}

|Kirkcaldy & Dysart

|Fife

|Stirling{{anchor|Stirling}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Stirling}}

|Bannockburn, Bridge of Allan, Stirling

|Stirling

|Perth{{anchor|Perth}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Perth}}

|Perth

|Perth and Kinross

|Glenrothes{{anchor|Glenrothes}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Glenrothes}}

|Coaltown of Balgonie, Glenrothes, Leslie, Markinch, Thornton

|Fife

|Irvine{{anchor|Irvine}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Irvine}}

|Dreghorn, Irvine

|North Ayrshire

|Dumfries{{anchor|Dumfries}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Dumfries}}

|Dumfries

|Dumfries and Galloway

|Saltcoats{{anchor|Saltcoats}}{{efn|Often known collectively as the Three Towns but not referred to as such by NRS.}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Saltcoats}}

|Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston

|North Ayrshire

|Methil{{anchor|Methil}}, Leven{{anchor|Leven}} & Buckhaven{{anchor|Buckhaven}}{{efn|Often known collectively as Levenmouth but not referred to as such by NRS.}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Methil, Leven and Buckhaven}}

|Buckhaven, Kennoway, Leven, Methil, Windygates

|Fife

|Kirkintilloch{{anchor|Kirkintilloch}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Kirkintilloch}}

|Kirkintilloch, Lenzie

|East Dunbartonshire

|Bathgate{{anchor|Bathgate}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Bathgate}}

|Bathgate, Blackburn

|West Lothian

|Bonnybridge{{anchor|Bonnybridge}}{{efn|Denny is the settlement's largest locality but Bonnybridge is the name chosen by NRS.}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Bonnybridge}}

|Banknock, Bonnybridge, Denny, Dennyloanhead, Dunipace, Greenhill, Haggs, Head of Muir, High Bonnybridge, Longcroft

|Falkirk

|Elgin

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Elgin}}

|Elgin

|Moray

|Vale of Leven{{anchor|Vale of Leven}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Vale of Leven}}

|Alexandria, Balloch & Haldane, Bonhill, Renton

|West Dunbartonshire

|Arbroath{{anchor|Arbroath}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Arbroath}}

|Arbroath

|Angus

|Dumbarton

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Dumbarton}}

|Dumbarton, Milton

|West Dunbartonshire

|Alloa

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Alloa and Sauchie}}

|Alloa, Sauchie

|Clackmannanshire

|Cowdenbeath

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly and Lumphinnans}}

|Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Lumphinnans

|Fife

|Peterhead

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Peterhead}}

|Peterhead

|Aberdeenshire

|St Andrews

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=St Andrews}}

|St Andrews

|Fife

|Erskine

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Erskine}}

|Erskine, Inchinnan

|Renfrewshire

|Larkhall

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Larkhall}}

|Ashgill, Larkhall

|South Lanarkshire

|Penicuik

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Penicuik}}

|Penicuik

|Midlothian

|Kilwinning

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Kilwinning}}

|Kilwinning

|North Ayrshire

|Broxburn

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Broxburn}}

|Broxburn

|West Lothian

|Galashiels{{anchor|Galashiels}}

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Galashiels}}

|Galashiels, Langlee, Tweedbank

|Scottish Borders

|Helensburgh

|{{Scottish settlement populations|name|POP=Helensburgh}}

|Helensburgh, Rhu

|Argyll and Bute