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Gaelic speakers in Scotland (1755–2022)

Year	Scottish population	Monolingual Gaelic speakers		Gaelic and English bilinguals		Total Gaelic language group
1755	1,265,380	Unknown		Unknown		289,798	22.9%
1800	1,608,420	Unknown		Unknown		297,823	18.5%
1881	3,735,573	Unknown		Unknown		231,594	6.1%
1891	4,025,647	43,738	1.1%	210,677	5.2%	254,415	6.3%
1901	4,472,103	28,106	0.6%	202,700	4.5%	230,806	5.1%
1911	4,760,904	8,400	0.2%	183,998	3.9%	192,398	4.2%
1921	4,573,471	9,829	0.2%	148,950	3.3%	158,779	3.5%
1931	4,588,909	6,716	0.2%	129,419	2.8%	136,135	3.0%
1951	5,096,415	2,178	0.1%	93,269	1.8%	95,447	1.9%
1961	5,179,344	974	<0.1%	80,004	1.5%	80,978	1.5%
1971	5,228,965	477	<0.1%	88,415	1.7%	88,892	1.7%
1981	5,035,315	—	—	82,620	1.6%	82,620	1.6%
1991	5,083,000	—	—	65,978	1.4%	65,978	1.4%
2001	5,062,011	—	—	58,652	1.2%	58,652	1.2%
2011	5,295,403	—	—	57,602	1.1%	57,602	1.1%
2022	5,447,700	—	—	69,701	1.3%	69,701	1.3%