BMDs Scotland Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Scotland Scotland, 1855-1899 © Crown Copyright. Reproduced by kind permission of the ONS year live births marriages deaths est midyr popn 1855 93,349 19,680 62,004 2,978,100 1856 101,821 20,740 58,529 2,995,800 1857 103,415 21,369 61,906 3,012,300 1858 104,018 19,655 63,539 3,027,700 1859 106,543 21,201 61,714 3,041,800 1860 105,629 21,225 68,170 3,054,700 1861 107,009 20,896 62,341 3,069,400 1862 107,069 20,597 67,195 3,098,000 1863 109,341 22,234 71,481 3,126,900 1864 112,333 22,725 74,416 3,156,000 1865 113,070 23,611 70,891 3,185,400 1866 113,667 23,688 71,348 3,215,100 1867 114,044 22,618 69,068 3,245,100 1868 115,514 21,855 69,416 3,275,400 1869 113,354 22,144 75,875 3,305,900 1870 115,390 23,854 74,165 3,336,700 1871 116,128 24,019 74,712 3,368,900 1872 118,765 25,641 75,794 3,404,800 1873 119,700 26,748 76,946 3,441,100 1874 123,711 26,390 80,720 3,477,700 1875 123,578 25,974 81,767 3,514,700 1876 126,534 26,579 74,129 3,552,200 1877 126,822 25,817 73,937 3,590,000 1878 126,773 24,358 76,793 3,628,300 1879 125,730 23,519 73,347 3,666,900 1880 124,570 24,505 75,803 3,706,000 1881 126,171 26,004 72,325 3,742,600 1882 126,158 26,596 72,989 3,770,700 1883 124,458 26,869 76,891 3,799,000 1884 129,157 26,106 75,168 3,827,500 1885 126,100 25,304 74,607 3,856,200 1886 127,890 24,515 73,640 3,885,200 1887 124,418 24,876 74,546 3,914,300 1888 123,269 25,305 71,174 3,943,700 1889 122,783 26,344 73,238 3,973,300 1890 121,526 27,469 79,004 4,003,100 1891 125,986 27,969 83,573 4,036,200 1892 125,043 28,670 75,545 4,078,900 1893 127,110 27,145 79,670 4,122,000 1894 124,367 27,604 71,113 4,165,600 1895 126,494 28,422 81,852 4,209,600 1896 129,172 30,270 70,677 4,254,200 1897 128,877 31,050 79,144 4,299,100 1898 130,861 32,112 78,397 4,344,600 1899 130,733 32,978 79,593 4,390,500