List of Scottish council areas by number of Scottish Gaelic speakers explained

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

Rank	Council area	Speakers	Population	Percentage(%)
1	Na h-Eileanan Siar	15,811	26,502	59.7
2	Highland	12,673	208,914	6.1
3	Glasgow City	5,739	577,869	1.0
4	Argyll and Bute	4,145	91,306	4.5
5	City of Edinburgh	3,120	448,624	0.7
6	Perth and Kinross	1,434	134,949	1.1
7	Aberdeen City	1,412	212,125	0.7
8	Fife	1,106	349,429	0.3
9	South Lanarkshire	1,079	302,216	0.4
10	North Lanarkshire	1,021	321,067	0.3
11	Renfrewshire	988	172,867	0.6
12	Stirling	939	86,212	1.1
13	East Dunbartonshire	895	108,243	0.8
14	Aberdeenshire	871	226,871	0.4
15	Dundee City	645	145,663	0.4
16	East Renfrewshire	590	89,311	0.7
17	West Lothian	571	158,714	0.4
18	North Ayrshire	557	135,817	0.4
19	Falkirk	529	145,191	0.4
20	Angus	485	108,400	0.4
21	Moray	459	86,940	0.5
22	Dumfries and Galloway	448	147,765	0.3
23	West Dunbartonshire	437	93,378	0.5
24	South Ayrshire	417	112,097	0.4
25	Inverclyde	409	84,203	0.5
26	Scottish Borders	376	106,764	0.4
27	East Ayrshire	368	120,235	0.3
28	East Lothian	341	90,088	0.4
29	Clackmannanshire	301	48,077	0.6
30	Midlothian	244	80,941	0.3
31	Shetland	97	21,988	0.4
32	Orkney	92	19,245	0.5

See also

• Irish language in Northern Ireland
• List of Welsh areas by percentage of Welsh-speakers

References

• SCROL - Scotland's Census Results OnLine