Eilean Siar · Scotland
Stornoway population
7,500people · latest estimate
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Stornoway has a population of 7,500, making it the 2nd largest place in Eilean Siar. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 5,423, a rise of 38.3% since.
The other populations of Stornoway
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
7,500 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
5,423 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
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.
Stornoway in context
1 km
north to Isle of Lewis, the nearest larger town
27,147
people live within 10 km
#1,514
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.
Nearby in Eilean Siar
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isle of Lewis | 18,500 |
| 2 | Isle of South Uist | 1,818 |
| 3 | Isle of North Uist | 1,271 |
| 4 | Benbecula | 1,219 |
| 5 | Barra | 1,078 |