Population statistics for Tiree 1747-2001

Year

Population

Source

1747

1,500

Argyll Estate Instructions edited by Eric Cregeen

c.1750

1,509

                  "

c.1765

1,793

                  "

1768

1,676

                  "

1776

1,997

                  "

1779

1,881

                  "

1787

2,306

                  "

1792

2,443

                  "

1802

2,776

                  "

1808

3,200

                  "

1831

4,453

                  "

1841

4,961

Poor Law Inquiry, 1843

1851

3,699

Tiree census hand count

1861

3,217

                  "

1871

2,836

                  "

1881

2,755

                  "

1891

2,402

                  "

1901

2,187

                  "

1911

1,825

General Register Office of Scotland

1921

1,716

                  "

1931

1,451

                  "

1941

(no census during war)

1951

1,219

General Register Office of Scotland

1961

993

Argyll & Bute Council national census statistics

1971

875

                  "

1981

757

                  "

1991

748

                  "

2001

770

                  "