East Lothian · Scotland
Dirleton population
496people · latest estimate
Dirleton has a population of 496, making it the 19th largest place in East Lothian. The World Gazetteer published 496 for Dirleton in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.
496
in 2005
#19
of 19 in East Lothian
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: East Lothian population trends, 2001–2025.
Dirleton in context
3 km
west to Gullane, the nearest larger town
21,106
people live within 10 km
#5,317
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
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Nearby in East Lothian
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gifford | 780 |
| 2 | West Barns | 680 |
| 3 | Elphinstone | 540 |