East Lothian · Scotland
Dirleton population
496people · latest estimate
Dirleton has a population of 496, making it the 19th largest place in East Lothian. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 496, a rise of 0.0% since.
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, 2001–2024.
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 |