It has been suggested that they would have had a mean population of about 2,000, but many would be much smaller than 1,000 and the largest, edinburgh, probably had a population of over 10,000 at the beginning of the modern era [127] and by 1750, with its suburbs it had reached 57,000. The population of scotland grew steadily in the 19th century, from 1,608,000 in the census of 1801 to 2,889,000 in 1851 and 4,472,000 in 1901 [250] even with the development of industry there were insufficient good jobs 1750 in scotland 1750s in scotland years of the 18th century in scotland 1750 in europe 1750 by country 1750 in great britain Scotland in 1750 was still a poor rural, agricultural society with a population of 1.3 million [20] some progress was visible, such as the sales of linen and cattle to england, the cash flows from military service, and the tobacco trade that was dominated by glasgow after 1740.
Perhaps ten per cent of the population lived in one of the many burghs that had grown up in the later medieval period, mainly in the east and south of the country By 1750, with its suburbs, edinburgh had reached a population of 57,000. [18] furthermore, scotland's economy had been ravaged by the darien scheme According to some estimates, half of all the circulating wealth in scotland went into the scheme. Pages in category 1750s in scotland the following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total This list may not reflect recent changes.
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