Demographics of Edinburgh

The demography of Edinburgh, the capital city and second largest city of Scotland, is analysed by the National Records of Scotland. The population of the council area of Edinburgh was  in.

Country of birth
The proportion of people residing in Edinburgh born outside the UK was 23.5% in 2022, compared with 15.9% in 2011 and 8.3% in 2001. Below are the largest overseas-born groups in Edinburgh according to the 2022 census, alongside the two previous censuses.

Religion
The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001, 2011 and 2022 censuses in Edinburgh.

National identity
The 2022 census found that of the 514,543 people residing in Edinburgh, 47.9% identified with the Scottish identity only, 16.6% identified with the British identity only and 8.9% identified with both identities. 5.0% identified with other UK identities (including English identity), 16.5% identified with an other identity only and the final 0.9% identified with at least one UK identity and an other identity.