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
Austurland [Eastern Region]	Region	11,963	12,293	12,459	12,496	13,173	→
Borgarfjarðarhreppur	Municipality	142	137	134	135	122	→
Djúpavogshreppur	Municipality	504	480	443	422	501	→
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	→
Hornafjörður (Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður)	Municipality	2,395	2,220	2,086	2,150	2,434	→
Seyðisfjörður	Municipality	828	714	706	653	680	→
Vopnafjarðarhreppur	Municipality	789	728	683	674	659	→
Höfuðborgarsvæð [Capital Region]	Region	171,792	184,244	200,907	211,282	233,034	→
Garðabær (incl. Álftanes)	Municipality	9,378	11,085	13,166	14,453	16,924	→
Hafnarfjörður	Municipality	19,158	22,000	25,913	27,875	29,971	→
Kjósarhreppur	Municipality	142	143	197	216	245	→
Kópavogur	Municipality	22,693	25,803	30,357	33,205	37,959	→
Mosfellsbær	Municipality	5,869	6,817	8,553	9,300	12,073	→
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	→
Norðurland eystra [Northeastern Region]	Region	28,082	28,422	28,900	29,257	30,600	→
Akureyri	Municipality	15,456	16,568	17,573	18,191	19,025	→
Dalvíkurbyggð	Municipality	2,050	1,944	1,949	1,861	1,903	→
Eyjafjarðarsveit	Municipality	964	993	1,025	1,032	1,077	→
Fjallabyggð	Municipality	2,633	2,371	2,066	2,037	2,006	→
Grýtubakkahreppur	Municipality	374	387	337	364	370	→
Hörgársveit (Hörgárbyggð & Arnarneshreppur)	Municipality	580	572	607	567	623	→
Langanesbyggð	Municipality	601	548	521	513	482	→
Norðurþing	Municipality	3,390	3,094	2,926	2,806	3,115	→
Skútustaðahreppur	Municipality	451	437	374	395	507	→
Svalbarðshreppur	Municipality	121	116	111	98	93	→
Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur	Municipality	341	366	413	414	483	→
Þingeyjarsveit	Municipality	1,048	962	942	920	862	→
Tjörneshreppur	Municipality	73	64	56	59	54	→
Norðurland vestra [Northwestern Region]	Region	7,970	7,699	7,490	7,137	7,322	→
Akrahreppur	Municipality	224	214	209	194	205	→
Blönduóssbær	Municipality	996	917	882	861	938	→
Húnaþing vestra (incl. Bæjarhreppur)	Municipality	1,334	1,278	1,212	1,171	1,211	→
Húnavatnshreppur	Municipality	512	486	431	414	371	→
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	→
Suðurland [Southern Region]	Region	20,855	21,790	23,879	24,366	28,399	→
Árborg (Sveitarfélagið Árborg)	Municipality	5,691	6,530	7,811	8,052	10,055	→
Ásahreppur	Municipality	129	149	190	216	251	→
Bláskógabyggð	Municipality	816	893	935	961	1,163	→
Flóahreppur	Municipality	469	517	602	616	687	→
Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur	Municipality	350	346	415	431	497	→
Hrunamannahreppur	Municipality	718	754	788	794	818	→
Hveragerði	Municipality	1,760	2,021	2,291	2,384	2,699	→
Mýrdalshreppur	Municipality	520	508	510	480	719	→
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	→
Skaftárhreppur	Municipality	585	507	445	460	627	→
Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur	Municipality	532	529	517	518	609	→
Vestmannaeyjar	Municipality	4,581	4,215	4,135	4,272	4,355	→
Suðurnes [Southern Peninsula]	Region	16,106	17,110	21,359	22,026	27,829	→
Grindavíkurbær	Municipality	2,242	2,494	2,837	2,995	3,512	→
Reykjanesbær	Municipality	10,624	10,952	14,091	14,924	19,421	→
Suðurnesjabær (incl. Garður, Sandgerði)	Municipality	2,508	2,727	3,225	3,005	3,588	→
Vogar (Sveitarfélagið Vogar)	Municipality	732	937	1,206	1,102	1,308	→
Vestfirðir [Westfjords]	Region	8,219	7,597	7,266	6,970	7,115	→
Árneshreppur	Municipality	67	57	50	54	43	→
Bolungarvík	Municipality	1,001	930	970	923	955	→
Ísafjarðarbær	Municipality	4,280	4,134	3,899	3,629	3,809	→
Kaldrananeshreppur	Municipality	144	117	112	112	109	→
Reykhólahreppur	Municipality	299	262	291	268	262	→
Strandabyggð	Municipality	577	518	508	473	457	→
Súðavíkurhreppur	Municipality	255	235	202	204	208	→
Tálknafjarðarhreppur	Municipality	367	325	299	305	251	→
Vesturbyggð	Municipality	1,229	1,019	935	1,002	1,021	→
Vesturland [Western Region]	Region	14,062	14,422	15,370	15,566	16,662	→
Akranes (Akraneskaupstaður)	Municipality	5,340	5,657	6,549	6,767	7,534	→
Borgarbyggð	Municipality	3,296	3,446	3,542	3,539	3,852	→
Dalabyggð	Municipality	775	711	694	680	639	→
Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur	Municipality	115	139	139	144	124	→
Grundarfjarðarbær	Municipality	952	938	904	900	876	→
Helgafellssveit	Municipality	56	47	63	53	64	→
Hvalfjarðarsveit	Municipality	547	560	624	635	625	→
Skorradalshreppur	Municipality	45	64	61	62	65	→
Snæfellsbær	Municipality	1,719	1,719	1,702	1,679	1,674	→
Stykkishólmur	Municipality	1,217	1,141	1,092	1,107	1,209	→
Ísland [Iceland]	Country	279,049	293,577	317,630	329,100	364,134

Source: Statistics Iceland (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2020)
Males	186,941
Females	177,193

Age Groups (E 2020)
0-17 years	81,364
18-64 years	230,297
65+ years	52,473

Age Distribution (E 2020)
0-9 years	44,589
10-19 years	45,873
20-29 years	56,337
30-39 years	53,461
40-49 years	46,976
50-59 years	43,992
60-69 years	37,414
70-79 years	22,890
80-89 years	10,292
90+ years	2,310

Nationality (E 2020)
Iceland	314,760
Other country	49,500