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 2023-01-01
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	9,177
Females	8,362
Non-binary/Other	2

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-17 years	4,013
18-64 years	10,534
65+ years	2,994

Age Distribution (E 2023)
0-9 years	2,126
10-19 years	2,342
20-29 years	2,440
30-39 years	2,462
40-49 years	2,133
50-59 years	1,964
60-69 years	2,075
70-79 years	1,321
80-89 years	555
90+ years	123

Citizenship (E 2022)
Iceland	14,770
Foreign Citizenship	2,230