scotland fact pack in figures population 5 062 011 2001 area 78 132 sq km gdp 72 989 million 2002 per head 14 440 labour force 2 573 000 apr jun 04 employment 413 ave weekly wage 436 80 03 gave the world logarithms capitalism street lighting steam engine telegraph television photocopier theory of combustion helium radar dolly cloned sheep hypodermic syringe anaesthesia penicillin insulin golf bowling green fountain pens finger printing traffic cone employee jobs by industry employees thousands agriculture forestry & fishing 30 0 mining quarrying industries 21 8 energy water supply 19 9 manufacturing 249 construction 149 retail wholesale 359 3 hotels catering 162 transport storage and communication 121 financial services 100 4 real estate business 270 public administration education health 614 other 127 6 total march 2004 227 source scottish executive b7 quarterly sex s aerospace already boasts four major airports among them uk largest freight airport
