| Counties of Scotland until 1890 |
| Counties of Scotland from 1890 to 1974 |
| Counties of Scotland from 1974 to 1995 |
| Counties of Scotland from 1996 |
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| 1. Strathclyde 2. Dumfries and Galloway 3. Borders 4. Lothian 5. Central 6. Fife 7. Tayside 8. Grampian 9. Highland 10. Western Isles Not shown: Shetland Orkney |
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| 1. Caithness 2. Sutherland 3. Ross 4. Cromarty 5. Inverness 6. Nairn 7. Elgin 8. Banff 9. Aberdeen 10. Kincardine 11. Forfar 12. Perth 13. Argyll 14. Bute 15. Ayr 16. Renfrew 17. Dumbarton 18. Stirling |
| 19. Clackmannan 20. Kinross 21. Fife 22. Linlithgow 23. Edinburgh 24. Haddington 25. Berwick 26. Roxburgh 27. Dumfries 28. Kirkcudbright 29. Wigtown 30. Lanark 31. Selkirk 32. Peebles Not shown: Zetland (Shetland) Orkney |
| 1. Caithness 2. Sutherland 3. Ross and Cromarty 4. Inverness-shire 5. Nairnshire 6. County of Moray 7. Banffshire 8. Aberdeenshire 9. Kincardineshire 10. Angus (Forfarshire until 1928) 11. Perthshire 12. Argyll 13. County of Bute 14. Ayrshire 15. Renfrewshire 16. Dunbartonshire 17. Stirlingshire 18. Clackmannanshire 19. Kinross-shire |
| 20. Fife 21. East Lothian (Haddingtonshire until 1921) 22. Midlothian (County of Edinburgh until 1921) 23. West Lothian (Linlithgowshire until 1921) 24. Lanarkshire 25. Peeblesshire 26. Selkirkshire 27. Berwickshire 28. Roxburghshire 29. Dumfriesshire 30. Kirkcudbrightshire 31. Wigtownshire Not shown: Zetland (Shetland) Orkney |
| 1. Strathclyde 2. Dumfries and Galloway 3. Borders 4. Lothian 5. Central 6. Fife 7. Tayside 8. Grampian 9. Highland 10. Western Isles Not shown: Shetland Orkney |
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