
Iceland: All Urban Settlements
Municipalities
The population of the municipalities of Iceland according to official estimates.
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 | |
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Akrahreppur | Municipality | 224 | 214 | 209 | 194 | 205 | → |
Akranes (Akraneskaupstaður) | Municipality | 5,340 | 5,657 | 6,549 | 6,767 | 7,534 | → |
Akureyri | Municipality | 15,456 | 16,568 | 17,573 | 18,191 | 19,025 | → |
Árborg (Sveitarfélagið Árborg) | Municipality | 5,691 | 6,530 | 7,811 | 8,052 | 10,055 | → |
Árneshreppur | Municipality | 67 | 57 | 50 | 54 | 43 | → |
Ásahreppur | Municipality | 129 | 149 | 190 | 216 | 251 | → |
Bláskógabyggð | Municipality | 816 | 893 | 935 | 961 | 1,163 | → |
Blönduóssbær | Municipality | 996 | 917 | 882 | 861 | 938 | → |
Bolungarvík | Municipality | 1,001 | 930 | 970 | 923 | 955 | → |
Borgarbyggð | Municipality | 3,296 | 3,446 | 3,542 | 3,539 | 3,852 | → |
Borgarfjarðarhreppur | Municipality | 142 | 137 | 134 | 135 | 122 | → |
Dalabyggð | Municipality | 775 | 711 | 694 | 680 | 639 | → |
Dalvíkurbyggð | Municipality | 2,050 | 1,944 | 1,949 | 1,861 | 1,903 | → |
Djúpavogshreppur | Municipality | 504 | 480 | 443 | 422 | 501 | → |
Eyjafjarðarsveit | Municipality | 964 | 993 | 1,025 | 1,032 | 1,077 | → |
Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur | Municipality | 115 | 139 | 139 | 144 | 124 | → |
Fjallabyggð | Municipality | 2,633 | 2,371 | 2,066 | 2,037 | 2,006 | → |
Fjarðabyggð (incl. Breiðdalshreppur) | Municipality | 4,434 | 4,386 | 4,851 | 4,933 | 5,072 | → |
Fljótsdalshérað | Municipality | 2,781 | 3,368 | 3,467 | 3,454 | 3,619 | → |
Fljótsdalshreppur | Municipality | 90 | 260 | 89 | 75 | 86 | → |
Flóahreppur | Municipality | 469 | 517 | 602 | 616 | 687 | → |
Garðabær (incl. Álftanes) | Municipality | 9,378 | 11,085 | 13,166 | 14,453 | 16,924 | → |
Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur | Municipality | 350 | 346 | 415 | 431 | 497 | → |
Grindavíkurbær | Municipality | 2,242 | 2,494 | 2,837 | 2,995 | 3,512 | → |
Grundarfjarðarbær | Municipality | 952 | 938 | 904 | 900 | 876 | → |
Grýtubakkahreppur | Municipality | 374 | 387 | 337 | 364 | 370 | → |
Hafnarfjörður | Municipality | 19,158 | 22,000 | 25,913 | 27,875 | 29,971 | → |
Helgafellssveit | Municipality | 56 | 47 | 63 | 53 | 64 | → |
Hörgársveit (Hörgárbyggð & Arnarneshreppur) | Municipality | 580 | 572 | 607 | 567 | 623 | → |
Hornafjörður (Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður) | Municipality | 2,395 | 2,220 | 2,086 | 2,150 | 2,434 | → |
Hrunamannahreppur | Municipality | 718 | 754 | 788 | 794 | 818 | → |
Húnaþing vestra (incl. Bæjarhreppur) | Municipality | 1,334 | 1,278 | 1,212 | 1,171 | 1,211 | → |
Húnavatnshreppur | Municipality | 512 | 486 | 431 | 414 | 371 | → |
Hvalfjarðarsveit | Municipality | 547 | 560 | 624 | 635 | 625 | → |
Hveragerði | Municipality | 1,760 | 2,021 | 2,291 | 2,384 | 2,699 | → |
Ísafjarðarbær | Municipality | 4,280 | 4,134 | 3,899 | 3,629 | 3,809 | → |
Kaldrananeshreppur | Municipality | 144 | 117 | 112 | 112 | 109 | → |
Kjósarhreppur | Municipality | 142 | 143 | 197 | 216 | 245 | → |
Kópavogur | Municipality | 22,693 | 25,803 | 30,357 | 33,205 | 37,959 | → |
Langanesbyggð | Municipality | 601 | 548 | 521 | 513 | 482 | → |
Mosfellsbær | Municipality | 5,869 | 6,817 | 8,553 | 9,300 | 12,073 | → |
Mýrdalshreppur | Municipality | 520 | 508 | 510 | 480 | 719 | → |
Norðurþing | Municipality | 3,390 | 3,094 | 2,926 | 2,806 | 3,115 | → |
Ölfus (Sveitarfélagið Ölfus) | Municipality | 1,659 | 1,724 | 1,952 | 1,885 | 2,276 | → |
Rangárþing eystra | Municipality | 1,667 | 1,651 | 1,745 | 1,749 | 1,961 | → |
Rangárþing ytra | Municipality | 1,378 | 1,446 | 1,543 | 1,548 | 1,682 | → |
Reykhólahreppur | Municipality | 299 | 262 | 291 | 268 | 262 | → |
Reykjanesbær | Municipality | 10,624 | 10,952 | 14,091 | 14,924 | 19,421 | → |
Reykjavík (Reykjavíkurborg) | Municipality | 109,887 | 113,848 | 118,326 | 121,822 | 131,136 | → |
Seltjarnarnes | Municipality | 4,665 | 4,548 | 4,395 | 4,411 | 4,726 | → |
Seyðisfjörður | Municipality | 828 | 714 | 706 | 653 | 680 | → |
Skaftárhreppur | Municipality | 585 | 507 | 445 | 460 | 627 | → |
Skagabyggð | Municipality | 102 | 101 | 106 | 99 | 90 | → |
Skagafjörður (Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður) | Municipality | 4,187 | 4,145 | 4,131 | 3,910 | 4,034 | → |
Skagaströnd (Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd) | Municipality | 615 | 558 | 519 | 488 | 473 | → |
Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur | Municipality | 532 | 529 | 517 | 518 | 609 | → |
Skorradalshreppur | Municipality | 45 | 64 | 61 | 62 | 65 | → |
Skútustaðahreppur | Municipality | 451 | 437 | 374 | 395 | 507 | → |
Snæfellsbær | Municipality | 1,719 | 1,719 | 1,702 | 1,679 | 1,674 | → |
Strandabyggð | Municipality | 577 | 518 | 508 | 473 | 457 | → |
Stykkishólmur | Municipality | 1,217 | 1,141 | 1,092 | 1,107 | 1,209 | → |
Súðavíkurhreppur | Municipality | 255 | 235 | 202 | 204 | 208 | → |
Suðurnesjabær (incl. Garður, Sandgerði) | Municipality | 2,508 | 2,727 | 3,225 | 3,005 | 3,588 | → |
Svalbarðshreppur | Municipality | 121 | 116 | 111 | 98 | 93 | → |
Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur | Municipality | 341 | 366 | 413 | 414 | 483 | → |
Tálknafjarðarhreppur | Municipality | 367 | 325 | 299 | 305 | 251 | → |
Þingeyjarsveit | Municipality | 1,048 | 962 | 942 | 920 | 862 | → |
Tjörneshreppur | Municipality | 73 | 64 | 56 | 59 | 54 | → |
Vestmannaeyjar | Municipality | 4,581 | 4,215 | 4,135 | 4,272 | 4,355 | → |
Vesturbyggð | Municipality | 1,229 | 1,019 | 935 | 1,002 | 1,021 | → |
Vogar (Sveitarfélagið Vogar) | Municipality | 732 | 937 | 1,206 | 1,102 | 1,308 | → |
Vopnafjarðarhreppur | Municipality | 789 | 728 | 683 | 674 | 659 | → |
Ísland [Iceland] | Country | 279,049 | 293,577 | 317,630 | 329,100 | 364,134 |
Contents: Urban Localities
The population of all urban settlements (so-called "nuclei") in Iceland according to official estimates.
Name | Status | Municipality | 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 | |
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Akranes | Urban Settlement | Akranes | 5,340 | 5,653 | 6,534 | 6,754 | 7,525 | → |
Akureyri | Urban Settlement | Akureyri | 15,143 | 16,264 | 17,253 | 17,916 | 18,775 | → |
Álftanes | Urban Settlement | Garðabær | 1,439 | 1,995 | 2,498 | 2,512 | 2,582 | → |
Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi | Urban Settlement | Ölfus | 49 | 67 | 61 | 69 | 62 | → |
Árnes | Urban Settlement | Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57 | → |
Bakkafjörður | Urban Settlement | Langanesbyggð | 125 | 108 | 75 | 86 | 60 | → |
Bifröst | Urban Settlement | Borgarbyggð | 69 | 234 | 207 | 212 | 167 | → |
Bíldudalur | Urban Settlement | Vesturbyggð | 290 | 222 | 182 | 203 | 219 | → |
Blönduós | Urban Settlement | Blönduóssbær | 924 | 850 | 818 | 792 | 861 | → |
Bolungarvík | Urban Settlement | Bolungarvík | 1,001 | 908 | 948 | 906 | 930 | → |
Borgarfjörður eystri | Urban Settlement | Borgarfjarðarhreppur | 98 | 92 | 91 | 89 | 93 | → |
Borgarnes | Urban Settlement | Borgarbyggð | 1,733 | 1,751 | 1,819 | 1,867 | 2,115 | → |
Borg í Grímsnesi | Urban Settlement | Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur | ... | ... | 68 | 87 | 123 | → |
Brautarholt á Skeiðum | Urban Settlement | Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur | ... | ... | 40 | 57 | 61 | → |
Breiðdalsvík | Urban Settlement | Fjarðabyggð | 188 | 160 | 141 | 128 | 130 | → |
Brúnahlíð í Eyjafirði | Urban Settlement | Eyjafjarðarsveit | ... | 71 | 67 | 60 | 80 | → |
Búðardalur | Urban Settlement | Dalabyggð | 247 | 241 | 255 | 276 | 254 | → |
Byggðakjarni í Mosfellsdal | Urban Settlement | Mosfellsbær | ... | 154 | 200 | 227 | 229 | → |
Byggðakjarni í Þykkvabæ | Urban Settlement | Rangárþing ytra | ... | 106 | 89 | 64 | 77 | → |
Dalvík | Urban Settlement | Dalvíkurbyggð | 1,485 | 1,375 | 1,400 | 1,371 | 1,384 | → |
Djúpivogur | Urban Settlement | Djúpavogshreppur | 382 | 365 | 331 | 331 | 389 | → |
Drangsnes | Urban Settlement | Kaldrananeshreppur | 105 | 83 | 72 | 83 | 70 | → |
Egilsstaðir | Urban Settlement | Fljótsdalshérað | 1,607 | 1,725 | 2,237 | 2,319 | 2,522 | → |
Eskifjörður | Urban Settlement | Fjarðabyggð | 1,003 | 986 | 1,050 | 1,082 | 1,034 | → |
Eyrarbakki | Urban Settlement | Árborg | 543 | 568 | 553 | 493 | 553 | → |
Fáskrúðsfjörður | Urban Settlement | Fjarðabyggð | 585 | 612 | 665 | 671 | 697 | → |
Fellabær | Urban Settlement | Fljótsdalshérað | 360 | 416 | 425 | 404 | 411 | → |
Flateyri | Urban Settlement | Ísafjarðarbær | 305 | 270 | 236 | 206 | 208 | → |
Flúðir | Urban Settlement | Hrunamannahreppur | 267 | 360 | 415 | 420 | 455 | → |
Garðabær | Urban Settlement | Garðabær | 7,939 | 9,022 | 10,618 | 11,866 | 14,276 | → |
Garður | Urban Settlement | Suðurnesjabær | 1,183 | 1,331 | 1,516 | 1,426 | 1,701 | → |
Grenivík | Urban Settlement | Grýtubakkahreppur | 264 | 290 | 249 | 275 | 301 | → |
Grímsey | Urban Settlement | Akureyri | 98 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 61 | → |
Grindavík | Urban Settlement | Grindavíkurbær | 2,242 | 2,483 | 2,830 | 2,991 | 3,508 | → |
Grundarfjörður | Urban Settlement | Grundarfjarðarbær | 855 | 864 | 842 | 852 | 838 | → |
Grundarhverfi á Kjalarnesi | Urban Settlement | Reykjavík | 331 | 538 | 507 | 525 | 535 | → |
Hafnarfjörður | Urban Settlement | Hafnarfjörður | 19,158 | 21,999 | 25,909 | 27,873 | 29,971 | → |
Hafnir | Urban Settlement | Reykjanesbær | 112 | 109 | 115 | 100 | 108 | → |
Hauganes | Urban Settlement | Dalvíkurbyggð | 164 | 143 | 128 | 110 | 109 | → |
Hella | Urban Settlement | Rangárþing ytra | 592 | 696 | 799 | 840 | 886 | → |
Hellissandur | Urban Settlement | Snæfellsbær | 407 | 384 | 388 | 378 | 368 | → |
Hnífsdalur | Urban Settlement | Ísafjarðarbær | 310 | 257 | 242 | 194 | 212 | → |
Höfn í Hornafirði | Urban Settlement | Hornafjörður | 1,769 | 1,690 | 1,611 | 1,666 | 1,750 | → |
Hofsós (Hafsós) | Urban Settlement | Skagafjörður | 192 | 167 | 180 | 161 | 158 | → |
Hólar í Hjaltadal | Urban Settlement | Skagafjörður | 76 | 91 | 107 | 65 | 104 | → |
Hólmavík | Urban Settlement | Strandabyggð | 396 | 384 | 377 | 338 | 329 | → |
Hrafnagil | Urban Settlement | Eyjafjarðarsveit | 102 | 147 | 260 | 280 | 296 | → |
Hrísey | Urban Settlement | Akureyri | 215 | 166 | 188 | 172 | 166 | → |
Húsavík | Urban Settlement | Norðurþing | 2,439 | 2,320 | 2,226 | 2,189 | 2,414 | → |
Hvammstangi | Urban Settlement | Húnaþing vestra | 590 | 575 | 574 | 543 | 614 | → |
Hvanneyri | Urban Settlement | Borgarbyggð | 154 | 184 | 269 | 260 | 305 | → |
Hveragerði | Urban Settlement | Hveragerði | 1,760 | 2,017 | 2,289 | 2,382 | 2,697 | → |
Hvolsvöllur | Urban Settlement | Rangárþing eystra | 644 | 757 | 872 | 932 | 1,036 | → |
Innnes | Urban Settlement | Hvalfjarðarsveit | ... | 52 | 53 | 54 | 65 | → |
Ísafjörður | Urban Settlement | Ísafjarðarbær | 2,828 | 2,762 | 2,659 | 2,525 | 2,685 | → |
Keflavík og Njarðvík | Urban Settlement | Reykjanesbær | 10,512 | 10,806 | 13,972 | 14,821 | 19,311 | → |
Kirkjubæjarklaustur | Urban Settlement | Skaftárhreppur | 146 | 131 | 109 | 140 | 208 | → |
Kleppjárnsreykir | Urban Settlement | Borgarbyggð | 32 | 52 | 55 | 51 | 42 | → |
Kópasker | Urban Settlement | Norðurþing | 165 | 139 | 126 | 114 | 120 | → |
Kópavogur | Urban Settlement | Kópavogur | 22,693 | 25,785 | 30,327 | 33,178 | 37,938 | → |
Kristnes | Urban Settlement | Eyjafjarðarsveit | 48 | 73 | 49 | 56 | 43 | → |
Laugar | Urban Settlement | Þingeyjarsveit | 92 | 110 | 111 | 128 | 110 | → |
Laugarás | Urban Settlement | Bláskógabyggð | 124 | 112 | 116 | 103 | 119 | → |
Laugarvatn | Urban Settlement | Bláskógabyggð | 154 | 179 | 186 | 164 | 197 | → |
Litli-Árskógssandur | Urban Settlement | Dalvíkurbyggð | 130 | 120 | 137 | 108 | 109 | → |
Lónsbakki | Urban Settlement | Hörgársveit | ... | 90 | 117 | 100 | 118 | → |
Melahverfi í Hvalfirði | Urban Settlement | Hvalfjarðarsveit | 41 | 81 | 111 | 122 | 109 | → |
Mosfellsbær | Urban Settlement | Mosfellsbær | 5,648 | 6,545 | 8,202 | 8,951 | 11,734 | → |
Nesjahverfi í Hornafirði | Urban Settlement | Hornafjörður | 99 | 82 | 75 | 83 | 111 | → |
Neskaupstaður | Urban Settlement | Fjarðabyggð | 1,458 | 1,410 | 1,450 | 1,453 | 1,462 | → |
Ólafsfjörður | Urban Settlement | Fjallabyggð | 1,076 | 938 | 823 | 782 | 795 | → |
Ólafsvík | Urban Settlement | Snæfellsbær | 973 | 1,008 | 1,005 | 976 | 995 | → |
Patreksfjörður | Urban Settlement | Vesturbyggð | 779 | 663 | 640 | 684 | 696 | → |
Raufarhöfn | Urban Settlement | Norðurþing | 368 | 242 | 217 | 183 | 161 | → |
Reyðarfjörður | Urban Settlement | Fjarðabyggð | 647 | 671 | 1,082 | 1,178 | 1,374 | → |
Reykhólar | Urban Settlement | Reykhólahreppur | 121 | 112 | 129 | 132 | 128 | → |
Reykholt í Biskupstungum | Urban Settlement | Bláskógabyggð | 123 | 197 | 201 | 230 | 271 | → |
Reykholt í Borgarfirði | Urban Settlement | Borgarbyggð | 27 | 28 | 41 | ... | 58 | → |
Reykjahlíð | Urban Settlement | Skútustaðahreppur | 218 | 198 | 161 | 172 | 256 | → |
Reykjavík | Urban Settlement | Reykjavík | 109,268 | 112,979 | 117,465 | 120,905 | 129,770 | → |
Rif | Urban Settlement | Snæfellsbær | 142 | 144 | 143 | 163 | 140 | → |
Sandgerði | Urban Settlement | Suðurnesjabær | 1,325 | 1,359 | 1,666 | 1,539 | 1,852 | → |
Sauðárkrókur | Urban Settlement | Skagafjörður | 2,600 | 2,632 | 2,640 | 2,542 | 2,633 | → |
Selfoss | Urban Settlement | Árborg | 4,483 | 5,267 | 6,494 | 6,771 | 8,624 | → |
Seltjarnarnes | Urban Settlement | Seltjarnarnes | 4,665 | 4,548 | 4,395 | 4,411 | 4,726 | → |
Seyðisfjörður | Urban Settlement | Seyðisfjörður | 828 | 676 | 682 | 629 | 659 | → |
Siglufjörður | Urban Settlement | Fjallabyggð | 1,557 | 1,373 | 1,199 | 1,219 | 1,174 | → |
Skagaströnd | Urban Settlement | Skagaströnd | 615 | 549 | 510 | 481 | 462 | → |
Sólheimar í Grímsnesi | Urban Settlement | Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur | 67 | 80 | 91 | 112 | 88 | → |
Stöðvarfjörður | Urban Settlement | Fjarðabyggð | 276 | 250 | 220 | 198 | 175 | → |
Stokkseyri | Urban Settlement | Árborg | 462 | 492 | 482 | 441 | 515 | → |
Stykkishólmur | Urban Settlement | Stykkishólmur | 1,217 | 1,137 | 1,087 | 1,103 | 1,206 | → |
Súðavík | Urban Settlement | Súðavíkurhreppur | 209 | 180 | 163 | 171 | 170 | → |
Suðureyri | Urban Settlement | Ísafjarðarbær | 319 | 299 | 299 | 278 | 276 | → |
Svalbarðseyri | Urban Settlement | Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur | 198 | 215 | 217 | 211 | 262 | → |
Tálknafjörður | Urban Settlement | Tálknafjarðarhreppur | 346 | 295 | 279 | 286 | 236 | → |
Þingeyri | Urban Settlement | Ísafjarðarbær | 344 | 335 | 267 | 252 | 264 | → |
Þorlákshöfn | Urban Settlement | Ölfus | 1,319 | 1,356 | 1,565 | 1,460 | 1,730 | → |
Þórshöfn | Urban Settlement | Langanesbyggð | 414 | 380 | 388 | 358 | 359 | → |
Tjarnabyggð | Urban Settlement | Árborg | ... | ... | 60 | 106 | 114 | → |
Varmahlíð | Urban Settlement | Skagafjörður | 130 | 136 | 140 | 119 | 123 | → |
Vestmannaeyjar | Urban Settlement | Vestmannaeyjar | 4,581 | 4,213 | 4,133 | 4,272 | 4,355 | → |
Vík í Mýrdal | Urban Settlement | Mýrdalshreppur | 297 | 291 | 311 | 299 | 486 | → |
Vogar | Urban Settlement | Vogar | 639 | 841 | 1,114 | 1,030 | 1,225 | → |
Vopnafjörður | Urban Settlement | Vopnafjarðarhreppur | 612 | 561 | 532 | 522 | 522 | → |
Source: Statistics Iceland (web).