Scottish people

Scottish people or Scots are people native to Scotland or who are descended from a native of Scotland.^[16] They almost all speak Scottish English, but some of those living in the Lowlands and the islands may speak the Scots (a Anglic language) as well.

Scots

Kenneth MacAlpin Macbeth St. Margaret Duns Scotus William Wallace Robert the Bruce Mary, Queen of Scots James VI and I David Hume Adam Smith James Hutton Joseph Black James Watt Robert Burns David Livingstone James Clerk Maxwell Andrew Carnegie Alexander Graham Bell William Ramsay James Frazer Alexander Fleming Henrietta Watson Mairi Chisholm Deborah Kerr Alasdair MacIntyre Sean Connery Alex Ferguson Annie Lennox Ewan McGregor Andy Murray
Total population
c. 28–40 million worldwideA[1]
Regions with significant populations
Scotland   4,446,000 (2011) (Scottish descent only)[2]
United StatesB	6,006,955 Scottish 5,393,554 Scotch-Irish[3][4]
CanadaC	4,719,850[5]
Australia	1,792,600[6]
EnglandD	795,000
Northern IrelandE	760,620[7]
Argentina	100,000
Chile	80,000
France	45,000
Poland	15,000
New ZealandF	12,792[8]
Isle of Man	2,403[9]
Hong KongG	1,459[10][11]
Languages
English (Scottish English) Scottish Gaelic • Scots
Religion
Presbyterianism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Episcopalianism; other minority groups; agnostics, deists and atheists.
A These figures are estimates based on official  census data of populations and official surveys of  identity.[12][13][14][15] B Scottish Americans and Scotch-Irish Americans. C Scottish Canadians. D Scottish born people in England only E Ulster-Scots F missing G Number of people born in Scotland.

Robert Burns is the national poet of Scotland.