How many local authority wards have a population of over 15,500 residents, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) population.

I have asked Janet Egdell, Chief Executive of National Records of Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
Of the 355 wards in Scotland, 162 had a population over 15,500 as at 30 June 2021. The following table shows the number of electoral wards with a population over 15,500, by local authority.
Number of electoral wards with a population over 15,500, by local authority, as at 30 June 2021
Local authority
Number of wards with over 15,500 residents
Number of wards with up to 15,500 residents
Total number of wards
Scotland
162
193
355
Aberdeen City
11
2
13
Aberdeenshire
6
13
19
Angus
4
4
8
Argyll and Bute
0
11
11
City of Edinburgh
17
0
17
Clackmannanshire
0
5
5
Dumfries and Galloway
0
12
12
Dundee City
8
0
8
East Ayrshire
2
7
9
East Dunbartonshire
3
4
7
East Lothian
5
1
6
East Renfrewshire
5
0
5
Falkirk
8
1
9
Fife
15
7
22
Glasgow City
23
0
23
Highland
1
20
21
Inverclyde
0
7
7
Midlothian
3
3
6
Moray
1
7
8
Na h-Eileanan Siar
0
11
11
North Ayrshire
4
5
9
North Lanarkshire
12
9
21
Orkney Islands
0
6
6
Perth and Kinross
3
9
12
Renfrewshire
6
6
12
Scottish Borders
0
11
11
Shetland Islands
0
7
7
South Ayrshire
2
6
8
South Lanarkshire
10
10
20
Stirling
2
5
7
West Dunbartonshire
2
4
6
West Lothian
9
0
9
Source: Electoral Ward Population Estimates, published by National Records of Scotland.
The population of each ward is published in ‘Electoral Ward Population Estimates’,
on the National Records of Scotland website: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/2011-based-special-area-population-estimates/electoral-ward-population-estimates