Island populations

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.