The 10 biggest settlements in Scotland by population - from Greater Glasgow to Dunfermline

Scotland has a population of just under 5.5 million people, 83 per cent of whom live in the urban areas that take up just 2.2 per cent of the country.

These built-up settlements contain connected towns, cities and villages that often have shared facilities and postcodes – Greater Glasgow, for instance, stretches out into commuter towns like Bishopbriggs and Newton Mearns.

Here are the 10 largest settlements in Scotland by population.