Iceland: Division

Contents: Regions and Municipalities

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

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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 2023-01-01
Austurland [Eastern Region]	Region	9,568	10,073	10,373	10,346	10,739	11,227	→
Fjarðabyggð (incl. Breiðdalshreppur)	Municipality	4,434	4,386	4,851	4,933	5,072	5,262	→
Fljótsdalshreppur	Municipality	90	260	89	75	86	96	→
Múlaþing (incl. Fljótsdalshérað)	Municipality	4,255	4,699	4,750	4,664	4,922	5,208	→
Vopnafjarðarhreppur	Municipality	789	728	683	674	659	661	→
Höfuðborgarsvæð [Capital Region]	Region	171,792	184,244	200,907	211,282	233,034	247,533	→
Garðabær (incl. Álftanes)	Municipality	9,378	11,085	13,166	14,453	16,924	18,891	→
Hafnarfjörður	Municipality	19,158	22,000	25,913	27,875	29,971	30,568	→
Kjósarhreppur	Municipality	142	143	197	216	245	285	→
Kópavogur	Municipality	22,693	25,803	30,357	33,205	37,959	39,810	→
Mosfellsbær	Municipality	5,869	6,817	8,553	9,300	12,073	13,430	→
Reykjavík (Reykjavíkurborg)	Municipality	109,887	113,848	118,326	121,822	131,136	139,875	→
Seltjarnarnes	Municipality	4,665	4,548	4,395	4,411	4,726	4,674	→
Norðurland eystra [Northeastern Region]	Region	28,082	28,422	28,900	29,257	30,600	31,792	→
Akureyri	Municipality	15,456	16,568	17,573	18,191	19,025	19,893	→
Dalvíkurbyggð	Municipality	2,050	1,944	1,949	1,861	1,903	1,906	→
Eyjafjarðarsveit	Municipality	964	993	1,025	1,032	1,077	1,171	→
Fjallabyggð	Municipality	2,633	2,371	2,066	2,037	2,006	1,977	→
Grýtubakkahreppur	Municipality	374	387	337	364	370	379	→
Hörgársveit (Hörgárbyggð & Arnarneshreppur)	Municipality	580	572	607	567	623	780	→
Langanesbyggð	Municipality	722	664	632	611	575	592	→
Norðurþing	Municipality	3,390	3,094	2,926	2,806	3,115	3,156	→
Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur	Municipality	341	366	413	414	483	485	→
Þingeyjarsveit	Municipality	1,499	1,399	1,316	1,315	1,369	1,393	→
Tjörneshreppur	Municipality	73	64	56	59	54	60	→
Norðurland vestra [Northwestern Region]	Region	7,970	7,699	7,490	7,137	7,322	7,432	→
Húnabyggð (incl. Blönduóssbær, Húnavatnshreppur)	Municipality	1,508	1,403	1,313	1,275	1,309	1,295	→
Húnaþing vestra (incl. Bæjarhreppur)	Municipality	1,334	1,278	1,212	1,171	1,211	1,258	→
Skagabyggð	Municipality	102	101	106	99	90	89	→
Skagafjörður (Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður; incl. Akrahreppur)	Municipality	4,411	4,359	4,340	4,104	4,239	4,306	→
Skagaströnd (Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd)	Municipality	615	558	519	488	473	484	→
Suðurland [Southern Region]	Region	23,250	24,010	25,965	26,516	30,833	33,805	→
Árborg (Sveitarfélagið Árborg)	Municipality	5,691	6,530	7,811	8,052	10,055	11,239	→
Ásahreppur	Municipality	129	149	190	216	251	295	→
Bláskógabyggð	Municipality	816	893	935	961	1,163	1,280	→
Flóahreppur	Municipality	469	517	602	616	687	708	→
Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur	Municipality	350	346	415	431	497	535	→
Hornafjörður (Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður)	Municipality	2,395	2,220	2,086	2,150	2,434	2,547	→
Hrunamannahreppur	Municipality	718	754	788	794	818	874	→
Hveragerði	Municipality	1,760	2,021	2,291	2,384	2,699	3,196	→
Mýrdalshreppur	Municipality	520	508	510	480	719	877	→
Ölfus (Sveitarfélagið Ölfus)	Municipality	1,659	1,724	1,952	1,885	2,276	2,573	→
Rangárþing eystra	Municipality	1,667	1,651	1,745	1,749	1,961	2,035	→
Rangárþing ytra	Municipality	1,378	1,446	1,543	1,548	1,682	1,866	→
Skaftárhreppur	Municipality	585	507	445	460	627	680	→
Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur	Municipality	532	529	517	518	609	577	→
Vestmannaeyjar	Municipality	4,581	4,215	4,135	4,272	4,355	4,523	→
Suðurnes [Southern Peninsula]	Region	16,106	17,110	21,359	22,026	27,829	31,049	→
Grindavíkurbær	Municipality	2,242	2,494	2,837	2,995	3,512	3,669	→
Reykjanesbær	Municipality	10,624	10,952	14,091	14,924	19,421	22,059	→
Suðurnesjabær (incl. Garður, Sandgerði)	Municipality	2,508	2,727	3,225	3,005	3,588	3,925	→
Vogar (Sveitarfélagið Vogar)	Municipality	732	937	1,206	1,102	1,308	1,396	→
Vestfirðir [Westfjords]	Region	8,219	7,597	7,266	6,970	7,115	7,379	→
Árneshreppur	Municipality	67	57	50	54	43	47	→
Bolungarvík	Municipality	1,001	930	970	923	955	997	→
Ísafjarðarbær	Municipality	4,280	4,134	3,899	3,629	3,809	3,864	→
Kaldrananeshreppur	Municipality	144	117	112	112	109	116	→
Reykhólahreppur	Municipality	299	262	291	268	262	242	→
Strandabyggð	Municipality	577	518	508	473	457	428	→
Súðavíkurhreppur	Municipality	255	235	202	204	208	235	→
Tálknafjarðarhreppur	Municipality	367	325	299	305	251	268	→
Vesturbyggð	Municipality	1,229	1,019	935	1,002	1,021	1,182	→
Vesturland [Western Region]	Region	14,062	14,422	15,370	15,566	16,662	17,541	→
Akranes (Akraneskaupstaður)	Municipality	5,340	5,657	6,549	6,767	7,534	7,997	→
Borgarbyggð	Municipality	3,296	3,446	3,542	3,539	3,852	4,090	→
Dalabyggð	Municipality	775	711	694	680	639	653	→
Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur	Municipality	115	139	139	144	124	114	→
Grundarfjarðarbær	Municipality	952	938	904	900	876	861	→
Hvalfjarðarsveit	Municipality	547	560	624	635	625	765	→
Skorradalshreppur	Municipality	45	64	61	62	65	75	→
Snæfellsbær	Municipality	1,719	1,719	1,702	1,679	1,674	1,678	→
Stykkishólmur (Sveitarfélagið Stykkishólmur; incl. Helgafellssveit)	Municipality	1,273	1,188	1,155	1,160	1,273	1,308	→
Ísland [Iceland]	Country	279,049	293,577	317,630	329,100	364,134	387,758

Source: Statistics Iceland (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2023)
Males	199,826
Females	187,800
Non-binary/Other	132

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-17 years	84,719
18-64 years	244,747
65+ years	58,292

Age Distribution (E 2023)
0-9 years	45,441
10-19 years	48,855
20-29 years	57,803
30-39 years	59,662
40-49 years	51,183
50-59 years	45,235
60-69 years	39,986
70-79 years	26,220
80-89 years	10,855
90+ years	2,518

Citizenship (E 2022)
Iceland	321,240
Foreign Citizenship	54,770