These are the ten places in Scotland that have experienced the biggest population booms in the last five years.These are the ten places in Scotland that have experienced the biggest population booms in the last five years.
These are the ten places in Scotland that have experienced the biggest population booms in the last five years.

These are the top ten areas in Scotland where the population is booming

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This is a list of the ten areas in Scotland that have seen the biggest population increase in the last five years.

At the top of the list we have Midlothian, an area which saw a population boom of 7.2% from 2014 to 2019.

At the other end of the scale and not included on this list is Inverclyde.

Inverclyde saw the biggest dip in population in this time frame, decreasing by 2.6% in the last five years.

These are the top ten areas in Scotland where the population is booming:

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