West Lothian · Scotland
Armadale population
12,720people · latest estimate
Photo: Dr John Wells CC-BY West Lothian Archaeology, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Armadale has a population of 12,720, making it the 5th largest place in West Lothian. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 9,026, a rise of 40.9% since.
The other populations of Armadale
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. |
12,720 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
9,026 | 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.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: West Lothian population trends, 2001–2024.
Armadale in context
4 km
north-east to Bathgate, the nearest larger town
86,515
people live within 10 km
#1,037
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.
Common questions
What is the population of Armadale?
The populated place itself holds 12,720 residents. The wider West Lothian council area recorded 186,440 in 2024. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.
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Nearby in West Lothian
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bathgate | 23,600 |
| 2 | Broxburn | 15,970 |
| 3 | Linlithgow | 12,840 |
| 4 | Whitburn | 11,490 |
| 5 | Blackburn | 5,480 |
| 6 | Fauldhouse | 4,840 |