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Regions

The population of the regions of Iceland according to official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Area A (km²)	Population Estimate (E) 2000-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2005-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2010-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2024-01-01
Austurland [Eastern Region]	AUU	16,412	9,568	10,073	10,373	10,247	10,572	11,085	1641200	→
Höfuðborgarsvæði [Capital Region]	HOF	1,062	171,792	184,244	200,907	206,690	226,169	244,177	106200	→
Norðurland eystra [Northeastern Region]	NUE	21,968	28,082	28,394	28,900	28,981	30,020	31,574	2196800	→
Norðurland vestra [Northwestern Region]	NUV	12,737	7,970	7,699	7,490	7,070	7,210	7,294	1273700	→
Suðurland [Southern Region]	SUL	30,835	23,250	24,010	25,965	26,158	30,042	34,076	3083500	→
Suðurnes [Southern Peninsula]	SDN	829	16,106	17,110	21,359	21,662	26,835	30,933	82900	→
Vestfirðir [Westfjords]	VFJ	9,409	8,219	7,597	7,266	6,832	6,913	7,168	940900	→
Vesturland [Western Region]	VUL	9,554	14,062	14,422	15,370	15,384	16,281	17,419	955400	→
Iceland	ISL	102,800	279,049	293,577	317,630	323,024	354,042	383,726		→

Statistics Iceland.

Major Localities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2024-01-01
1	Reykjavík	HOF	239,733
2	Keflavík og Njarðvík	SDN	21,847
3	Akureyri	NUE	19,847
4	Selfoss	SUL	9,871
5	Akranes	VUL	8,159
6	Vestmannaeyjar	SUL	4,444
7	Grindavík	SDN	3,575
8	Hveragerði	SUL	3,277

Contents: Localities

The population of all Icelander localities with more than 500 inhabitants according to official estimates.

Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2000-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2005-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2010-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2024-01-01	Area
Akranes	VUL	5,390	5,705	6,587	6,744	7,465	8,159	348	→
Akureyri	NUE	15,080	16,354	17,370	17,860	18,634	19,847	1030	→
Álftanes	HOF	1,388	1,891	2,498	2,480	2,546	2,487	130	→
Blönduós	NUV	921	850	818	783	852	834	68	→
Bolungarvík	VFJ	974	908	948	887	903	971	67	→
Borgarnes	VUL	1,725	1,751	1,819	1,848	2,038	2,147	146	→
Dalvík	NUE	1,453	1,375	1,400	1,361	1,360	1,360	80	→
Egilsstaðir	AUU	1,567	1,725	2,237	2,301	2,502	2,632	186	→
Eskifjörður	AUU	986	986	1,050	1,067	1,018	1,089	78	→
Eyrarbakki	SUL	538	568	553	485	541	604	47	→
Fáskrúðsfjörður	AUU	583	612	665	661	679	735	58	→
Flúðir	SUL	313	360	412	417	441	499	82	→
Garður	SDN	1,179	1,331	1,516	1,411	1,666	1,860	214	→
Grindavík [→ due to volcanic eruptions, no one dwelled in Grindavík on 1 January 2024]	SDN	2,236	2,483	2,830	2,951	3,415	3,575	224	→
Grundarfjörður	VUL	873	864	842	829	806	777	71	→
Grundarhverfi (Kjalarnesi)	HOF	324	538	507	519	526	530	25	→
Hella	SUL	604	696	799	823	871	1,015	68	→
Höfn í Hornafirði	AUU	1,767	1,690	1,611	1,652	1,712	1,764	115	→
Húsavík	NUE	2,427	2,320	2,226	2,160	2,355	2,449	143	→
Hvammstangi	NUV	587	575	569	540	600	607	108	→
Hveragerði	SUL	1,762	2,025	2,304	2,355	2,664	3,277	184	→
Hvolsvöllur	SUL	668	757	872	924	1,018	1,078	83	→
Ísafjörður	VFJ	2,799	2,762	2,659	2,476	2,623	2,679	140	→
Keflavík og Njarðvík	SDN	10,483	10,806	13,972	14,556	18,514	21,847	1101	→
Neskaupstaður	AUU	1,458	1,410	1,450	1,444	1,449	1,460	93	→
Ólafsfjörður	NUE	1,030	938	823	779	792	762	55	→
Ólafsvík	VUL	973	1,008	1,005	967	970	960	71	→
Patreksfjörður	VUL	779	663	640	674	684	756	58	→
Reyðarfjörður	AUU	616	671	1,081	1,168	1,346	1,368	105	→
Reykjavík (Stór-Reykjavík)	HOF	168,848	180,878	196,916	202,677	221,815	239,733	7306	→
Sandgerði	SDN	1,288	1,359	1,658	1,511	1,826	1,990	114	→
Sauðárkrókur	NUV	2,599	2,632	2,640	2,528	2,604	2,609	171	→
Selfoss	SUL	4,541	5,334	6,555	6,767	8,564	9,871	477	→
Seyðisfjörður	AUU	790	670	676	617	633	648	79	→
Siglufjörður	NUE	1,538	1,373	1,199	1,207	1,160	1,165	83	→
Skagaströnd	NUV	603	549	510	478	455	447	45	→
Stokkseyri	SDN	484	492	482	432	501	535	95	→
Stykkishólmur	VUL	1,213	1,137	1,087	1,094	1,177	1,170	96	→
Þorlákshöfn	SUL	1,319	1,356	1,565	1,443	1,692	2,037	120	→
Vestmannaeyjar	SUL	4,578	4,213	4,133	4,239	4,264	4,444	200	→
Vík í Mýrdal	SUL	297	291	311	298	462	639	86	→
Vogar	SDN	633	841	1,114	1,018	1,190	1,388	56	→
Vopnafjörður	AUU	602	561	532	519	517	510	48	→

Statistics Iceland.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2024)
Males	196,552
Females	187,015
Non-binary/Other	159

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	84,787
18-64 years	239,175
65+ years	59,764

Age Distribution (E 2024)
90+ years	2,522
80-89 years	11,198
70-79 years	27,174
60-69 years	40,091
50-59 years	44,660
40-49 years	50,471
30-39 years	58,735
20-29 years	54,407
10-19 years	49,261
0-9 years	45,207

Citizenship (E 2023)
Iceland	322,710
Foreign Citizenship	65,090