Scotland's Share of World Population: ~0.07%

Scotland's population (~5.5 million) is approximately 0.07% of the world's 8 billion (not 0.8% as sometimes misquoted).

• World: ~8,000 million
• Scotland: ~5.5 million
• Calculation: 5.5 / 8,000 = 0.0006875 ≈ 0.069%

Scotland is a country within the United Kingdom, not a sovereign state in the UN system, but its population is counted in UK totals.