Island populations

Time for a Scottish islands typology?

Author / Creator: Kirsten Gow

Media type: Article

Date published:

From the outside, life in a Scottish island might seem like a common experience. How different could living in Burray be to living in Barra, you might wonder? How much difference is there really between neighbouring islands like Coll and Tiree?


Scottish island regions 2023: overview

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Report

Date published: 2024

Report describes a new geography which could be used as a basis to reframe existing data or collect new data.


Japan island depopulation: lessons for Scotland

Author / Creator: Jane Atterton

Media type: Research Report

Date published: 2022

Explores policy approaches to depopulation on Japan's islands, and proposes a series of recommendations which may help inform the development of future island depopulation.


A Scotland for the future: opportunities and challenges of Scotland's changing population

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Report

Date published: 2021

Scotland’s first national population strategy, framing the diverse and cross-cutting demographic challenges that Scotland faces at national and local level, and setting out a programme of work to address these challenges and harness new opportunities.