Vesturland

Region in Iceland

Contents: Subdivision

The population development in Vesturland as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2000-01-01	Population Estimate 2005-01-01	Population Estimate 2010-01-01	Population Estimate 2015-01-01	Population Estimate 2020-01-01	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Vesturland [Western Region]	Region	14,062	14,422	15,370	15,384	16,281	17,997
Akranes (Akraneskaupstaður)	Municipality	5,340	5,657	6,549	6,703	7,408	8,440	→
Borgarbyggð	Municipality	3,296	3,446	3,542	3,496	3,730	4,082	→
Dalabyggð	Municipality	775	711	694	677	624	653	→
Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur	Municipality	115	139	139	140	123	119	→
Grundarfjarðarbær	Municipality	952	938	904	876	841	857	→
Hvalfjarðarsveit	Municipality	547	560	624	631	622	805	→
Skorradalshreppur	Municipality	45	64	61	56	63	72	→
Snæfellsbær	Municipality	1,719	1,719	1,702	1,654	1,628	1,669	→
Stykkishólmur (Sveitarfélagið Stykkishólmur; incl. Helgafellssveit)	Municipality	1,273	1,188	1,155	1,151	1,242	1,300	→
Ísland [Iceland]	Country	279,049	293,577	317,630	323,024	354,042	394,324

Source: Statistics Iceland.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2026)
Males	9,342
Females	8,647
Non-binary/Other	8

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	4,076
18-64 years	10,578
65+ years	3,343

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	116
80-89 years	617
70-79 years	1,556
60-69 years	2,080
50-59 years	1,994
40-49 years	2,227
30-39 years	2,523
20-29 years	2,367
10-19 years	2,367
0-9 years	2,150

Citizenship (E 2026)
Iceland	15,250
Foreign Citizenship	2,770