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Population information for Whithorn and places above it in the hierarchy

Whithorn

Year	Population
1755	1412
1801	1904
1851	3001
1901	2235
1951	1910

There is a page with census statistics from 1755 to 1951 here.

See also A Vision of Britain and Histpop for population statistics.

Wigtownshire

Year	Persons
1755	16,466
1801	22,918
1851	43,389
1901	32,685
1951	31,620
2001	28,542

There is a page with census statistics from 1755 to 1951 here.

See also A Vision of Britain and Histpop for population statistics.

Wigtownshire Parish Populations

The population of the parishes of Wigtownshire, from 1755 to 1961.

	1755	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961

Wigtownshire	16466	22918	26891	33240	36300	39195	43389	42095	38830	38611	36062	32685	31998	30783	29331	31620

Glasserton	809	860	1047	1057	1194	1253	1487	1472	1196	1203	1154	887	920	842	771	591
Inch	1513	1577	1831	2386	2521	2950	3122	3469	3268	3766	3981	3876	4000	3761	3966	5283
Kirkcolm	765	1191	1465	1821	1896	1973	2018	1860	1948	1847	1705	1506	1507	1396	1388	1635
Kirkcowan	795	787	1006	1283	1374	1423	1541	1434	1352	1307	1263	1153	1244	1129	977	869
Kirkinner	792	1160	1433	1488	1514	1769	1914	1716	1548	1597	1455	1255	1206	1156	1004	1039
Kirkmaiden	1051	1613	1719	2210	2051	2202	2681	2333	2507	2446	2192	1943	1792	1723	1554	1257
Leswalt	652	1329	1705	2332	2636	2712	3021	2701	2496	2635	2320	2270	2405	2357	2376	5197
Mochrum	828	1113	1345	1871	2105	2539	2946	2694	2450	2315	2166	1958	1822	1667	1478	1284
New Luce	459	368	457	609	628	652	791	731	661	706	588	557	481	429	423	296
Old Luce	1509	1221	1536	1957	2180	2448	2841	2800	2449	2447	2517	2157	2096	2171	2052	1918
Penninghame	1509	2569	2847	3090	3461	3672	4155	4061	3940	3940	3593	3356	3059	2839	2924	2803
Portpatrick	551	1090	1302	1818	2239	2043	1963	2189	1492	1285	1219	1136	1097	1495	1101	1063
Sorbie	986	1091	1265	1319	1412	1700	1886	1814	1667	1696	1563	1373	1354	1179	1096	1117
Stoneykirk	1193	1848	2364	3133	2966	3062	3321	3228	2993	2766	2703	2420	2279	2320	2092	2285
Stranraer	610	1722	1923	2463	3329	3440	3877	4022	3651	3528	3158	2856	2886	2723	2802	1465
Whithorn	1412	1904	1935	2361	2415	2795	3001	2934	2906	2929	2574	2235	2140	1989	1796	1910
Wigtown	1032	1475	1711	2042	2337	2562	2824	2637	2306	2198	1911	1747	1710	1607	1531	1608

Stranraer soon outgrew its parish boundaries. The burgh expanded to include part of Leswalt parish to the west, and Inch parish to the east. The registration district of Stranraer, created in 1855, more closely reflects the size of the burgh. Figures for the registration district are:
Stranraer registration district, comprising:								6315	6004	6415	6193	6036	6444	6138	6527
Stranraer parish								3980	3615	3455	3136	2829	2836	2708	2732
part of Inch parish								1009	1079	1506	1820	1889	2140	1973	2223
part of Leswalt parish								1284	1274	1381	1215	1291	1418	1457	1502
shipping								42	36	73	22	27	50	11	70

Account of the Number of People in Scotland in the Year 1755 by Alexander Webster (in Scottish History Society Publications, Third Series, vol. XLIV, 1952).
A Vision of Britain and Histpop.

Scotland

A useful work is Scottish Population History from the Seventeenth Century to the 1930s, edited by Michael Flinn and published by Cambridge University Press in 1977.
Another work in this field is James Kyd's Scottish Population Statistics which was published by the Scottish Academic Press in 1952 and reprinted in 1976.
Here are some population figures for Scotland throughout the ages.

Population of Scotland

Here are some statistics showing Scotland's population throughout the ages (sources: old directories, gazetteers, almanacs, census statistics etc):

before 1800 (mostly very approximate)
Year Population
1600 800,000
1707 1,000,000
1755 1,265,380
19th century
Year Population
1801 1,608,420
1811 1,805,864
1821 2,091,521
1831 2,364,386
1841 2,620,184
1851 2,888,742
1861 3,062,294
1871 3,360,018
1881 3,735,573
1891 4,025,647
20th century
Year Population
1901 4,472,103
1911 4,760,904
1921 4,882,497
1931 4,842,554
1939 5,006,700
1951 5,096,000 (*)
1961 5,179,000 (*)
1971 5,229,000 (*)
1981 5,130,735
1991 4,962,152

Year	Population
1600	800,000
1707	1,000,000
1755	1,265,380

Year	Population
1801	1,608,420
1811	1,805,864
1821	2,091,521
1831	2,364,386
1841	2,620,184
1851	2,888,742
1861	3,062,294
1871	3,360,018
1881	3,735,573
1891	4,025,647

Year	Population
1901	4,472,103
1911	4,760,904
1921	4,882,497
1931	4,842,554
1939	5,006,700
1951	5,096,000 (*)
1961	5,179,000 (*)
1971	5,229,000 (*)
1981	5,130,735
1991	4,962,152

Note: (*) indicates that a figure is the population total accurate to the nearest thousand.

UK and Ireland

Statistics on the population of the British Isles (archived copy).
Histpop, the online historical population reports website, in its census section provides access to all the published population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 - 1937. The site has a huge amount of statistical information both at a county level and at a parish or district level. There is no personal information on the site.
Comparative Account of the Population of Great Britain in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831. House of Commons (19 October 1831) 432pp. (Provides parish-level population counts, for England, Wales and Scotland.)

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