Rank Locality Population Status Council area 1 Glasgow 599,650 City Glasgow City 2 Edinburgh 464,990 City City of Edinburgh 3 Aberdeen 196,670 City Aberdeen City 4 Dundee 147,710 City Dundee City 5 Paisley 76,220 Town Renfrewshire 6 East Kilbride 74,740 Town South Lanarkshire 7 Livingston 56,570 Town West Lothian 8 Hamilton 53,200 Town South Lanarkshire 9 Cumbernauld 51,610 Town North Lanarkshire 10 Dunfermline 50,380 Town Fife 11 Kirkcaldy 49,460 Town Fife 12 Ayr 47,190 Town South Ayrshire 13 Perth 47,180 City Perth and Kinross 14 Inverness 46,870 City Highland 15 Kilmarnock 46,350 Town East Ayrshire 16 Coatbridge 43,970 Town North Lanarkshire 17 Greenock 43,690 Town Inverclyde 18 Glenrothes 39,100 Town Fife 19 Airdrie 37,130 Town North Lanarkshire 20 Stirling 36,440 City Stirling 21 Falkirk 35,310 Town Falkirk 22 Irvine 33,740 Town North Ayrshire 23 Dumfries 33,280 Town Dumfries and Galloway 24 Motherwell 32,120 Town North Lanarkshire 25 Rutherglen 31,180 Town South Lanarkshire 26 Wishaw 30,510 Town North Lanarkshire 27 Cambuslang 27,610 Town South Lanarkshire 28 Bearsden 27,340 Town East Dunbartonshire 29 Clydebank 26,640 Town West Dunbartonshire 30 Newton Mearns 24,650 Town East Renfrewshire 31 Arbroath 23,640 Town Angus 32 Musselburgh 23,620 Town East Lothian 33 Bishopbriggs 23,430 Town East Dunbartonshire 34 Elgin 22,980 Town Moray 35 Renfrew 22,010 Town Renfrewshire 36 Bathgate 21,070 Town West Lothian 37 Bellshill 20,650 Town North Lanarkshire 38 Alloa 20,390 Town Clackmannanshire 39 Dumbarton 19,950 Town West Dunbartonshire 40 Kirkintilloch 19,630 Town East Dunbartonshire 41 Peterhead 18,450 Town Aberdeenshire 42 Barrhead 17,620 Town East Renfrewshire 43 Grangemouth 17,280 Town Falkirk 44 Blantyre 17,090 Town South Lanarkshire 45 St Andrews 16,800 Town Fife 46 Kilwinning 16,420 Town North Ayrshire 47 Johnstone 16,390 Town Renfrewshire 48 Bonnyrigg 16,360 Town Midlothian 49 Penicuik 16,110 Town Midlothian 50 Viewpark 16,020 Area North Lanarkshire 51 Erskine 15,530 Town Renfrewshire 52 Broxburn 15,360 Town West Lothian 53 Port Glasgow 15,190 Town Inverclyde 54 Larkhall 15,020 Town South Lanarkshire