List of cities in Iceland
The list of cities in Iceland provides an overview of the development of the population of the larger urban settlements in Iceland . An alphabetical list of all inhabited urban settlements in the country is also provided.
According to the number of inhabitants
By far the largest agglomeration in Iceland is Reykjavík ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið ) with a population of 191,612 (as of December 1, 2006). This means that over 60 percent of the country's population is concentrated in the capital region.
The following table shows the urban settlements with more than 1,000 inhabitants (not to be confused with the Icelandic municipalities ). These are the results of the population census (VZ) of December 1, 1980 and the official estimates of the State Office for Statistics of December 31, 2000, December 1, 2007 and January 1, 2010. The region to which the Settlement belongs. The population figures refer to the respective urban or local settlement in the narrower sense, not to the city or municipality in the political sense.
(VZ = population census, S = estimate)
rank | Surname | VZ 1980 | S 2000 | S 2007 | S 2010 | region |
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1. | Reykjavík | 83,766 | 110,852 | 116,820 | 117.505 | Höfuðborgarsvæðið |
2. | Kópavogur | 13,819 | 23,647 | 28,561 | 30,357 | Höfuðborgarsvæðið |
3. | Hafnarfjordur | 12.205 | 19,688 | 24,839 | 25,913 | Höfuðborgarsvæðið |
4th | Akureyri | 13,420 | 15,411 | 17,073 | 17,295 | Norðurland eystra |
5. | Garðabær | 4,909 | 8,066 | 9,913 | 10,643 | Höfuðborgarsvæðið |
6th | Keflavík | 6,622 | 7,862 | 8,169 | 8,934 | Suðurnes |
7th | Mosfellsbær | 2,753 | 5,891 | 7,966 | 8,346 | Höfuðborgarsvæðið |
8th. | Akranes | 5,200 | 5,450 | 6,345 | 6,549 | Vesturland |
9. | Selfoss | 3,409 | 4,648 | 6.253 | 6,493 | Southurland |
10. | Njarðvík | 2.008 | 2,877 | 4,398 | 5,038 | Suðurnes |
11. | Seltjarnarnes | 3,100 | 4,673 | 4,428 | 4,395 | Höfuðborgarsvæðið |
12. | Heimaey | 4,727 | 4,527 | 4,040 | 4.135 | Southurland |
13. | Grindavík | 1.929 | 2,314 | 2,760 | 2,837 | Suðurnes |
14th | Ísafjörður | 3,352 | 2,781 | 2,693 | 2,677 | Vestfirdir |
15th | Sauðárkrókur | 2,188 | 2,605 | 2,555 | 2,640 | Norðurland vestra |
16. | Álftanes | 480 | 1,545 | 2,361 | 2,523 | Höfuðborgarsvæðið |
17th | Hveragerdi | 1,254 | 1,816 | 2,274 | 2,291 | Southurland |
18th | Egilsstaðir | 1,140 | 2,226 | 2.148 | 2,277 | Austurland |
19th | Húsavík | 2,414 | 2,423 | 2,253 | 2,229 | Norðurland eystra |
20th | Borgarnes | 1,619 | 1,740 | 1,930 | 1,828 | Vesturland |
21st | Sandgerdi | 1,124 | 1,359 | 1,723 | 1,710 | Suðurnes |
22nd | Hofn | 1,455 | 1,769 | 1,631 | 1,614 | Austurland |
23. | Þorlákshöfn | 1.010 | 1,326 | 1,541 | 1,565 | Southurland |
24. | Gardur | 912 | 1,218 | 1,451 | 1,515 | Suðurnes |
25th | Neskaupstaður | 1,683 | 1,409 | 1,432 | 1,451 | Austurland |
26th | Dalvík | 1,269 | 1,480 | 1,414 | 1,435 | Norðurland eystra |
27. | Siglufjörður | 2.003 | 1,556 | 1,307 | 1,214 | Norðurland eystra |
28. | Vogar | 447 | 681 | 1,131 | 1,122 | Suðurnes |
29 | Stykkishólmur | 1,205 | 1,228 | 1.103 | 1,092 | Vesturland |
30th | Reyðarfjörður | ... | 632 | 1,529 | 1,090 | Austurland |
31. | Vallarheiði | ... | ... | 1,090 | 1,083 | Suðurnes |
32. | Eskifjörður | 1,043 | 979 | 1,095 | 1,062 | Austurland |
33. | Ólafsvík | 990 | 905 | 1.003 | 1.005 | Vesturland |
Alphabetical overview
The following list contains all (currently inhabited) urban settlements as defined by the Icelandic Statistics Bureau. The population of the places (not municipalities) dates from January 1, 2012, published by the Icelandic State Office for Statistics on March 16, 2012.
There are also unrecorded farmsteads with the following population figures in the Icelandic regions :
- Höfuðborgarsvæðið : 735 inhabitants,
- Suðurnes : 123 inhabitants,
- Vesturland : 2,522 inhabitants,
- Vestfirðir : 739 inhabitants,
- Norðurland vestra : 2.435 inhabitants,
- Norðurland eystra : 3.296 inhabitants,
- Austurland : 1,765 inhabitants,
- South Urland : 4,932 inhabitants.
A.
- Akranes ( Vesturland region ), 7,411 inhabitants
- Akureyri (region Norðurland eystra ), 18,769 inhabitants
- Álftanes ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið region ), 2602 inhabitants
- Árbæjarhverfi (municipality of Ölfus , region of Suðurland ), 59 inhabitants *
B.
- Bakkafjörður (municipality of Langanesbyggð , region Norðurland eystra ), 69 inhabitants
- Bakkagerði ( Borgarfjörður municipality , Austurland region ), 85 inhabitants *
- Bifröst ( Borgarbyggð municipality , Vesturland region ), 164 inhabitants
- Bíldudalur ( Vesturbyggð municipality , Vestfirðir region ), 208 inhabitants
- Blönduós (Region Norðurland vestra ), 939 inhabitants
- Bolungarvík ( Vestfirðir region ), 953 inhabitants
- Borgarnes ( Borgarbyggð municipality , Vesturland region ), 2012 inhabitants
- Borg í Grímsnesi ( Sveitarfélagið Ölfus municipality , South Urland region ), 117 inhabitants
- Borðeyri (municipality of Húnaþing vestra , region of Norðurland vestra ), 16 residents *
- Breiðdalsvík (municipality Breiðdalur region Austurland ), 129 inhabitants
- Brautarholt á Skeiðum (municipality Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur , region Suðurland ), 72 inhabitants
- Brúnahlíð í Eyjafirði (municipality Eyjafjarðarsveit , region Norðurland eystra ), 72 inhabitants
- Búðardalur ( Dalabyggð municipality , Vesturland region ), 269 inhabitants
D.
- Dalvík ( Dalvíkurbyggð municipality , Norðurland eystra region ), 1381 inhabitants
- Djúpivogur (region of Austurland ), 364 inhabitants
- Drangsnes ( Kaldrananes municipality , Vestfirðir region ), 72 inhabitants
E.
- Egilsstaðir (municipality of Fljótsdalshérað , Austurland region ), 2501 inhabitants
- Eiðar ( Fljótsdalshérað municipality , Austurland region ), 34 inhabitants
- Eskifjörður ( Fjarðabyggð municipality , Austurland region ), 1040 inhabitants
- Eyrarbakki ( Árborg municipality , South Urland region ), 540 inhabitants
F.
- Fáskrúðsfjörður ( Fjarðabyggð municipality , Austurland region ), 702 inhabitants
- Fellabær ( Fljótsdalshérað municipality , Austurland region ), 398 inhabitants
- Flatey ( Stykkishólmur municipality , Vesturland region ), 10 residents *
- Flateyri ( Ísafjörður municipality , Vestfirðir region ), 201 inhabitants
- Flúðir (municipality of Hrunamannahreppur , region Suðurland ), 432 inhabitants
G
- Garðabær ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið region ), 16,299 inhabitants
- Garður ( Suðurnes region ), 1620 inhabitants
- Grenivík ( Grýtubakki municipality , Norðurland eystra region ), 301 inhabitants
- Grímsey , (Region Norðurland eystra ) 61 inhabitants
- Grindavík ( Suðurnes region ), 3423 inhabitants
- Grundarfjörður ( Vesturland region ), 823 inhabitants
- Grundarhverfi ( Reykjavíkurborg municipality , Höfuðborgarsvæðið region ), 614 inhabitants
H
- Hafnarfjörður ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið region ), 29,799 inhabitants
- Hafnir ( Reykjanesbær municipality , Suðurnes region ), 108 inhabitants
- Hallormsstaður (municipality of Fljótsdalshérað , region Austurland ), 48 inhabitants *
- Hauganes ( Dalvíkurbyggð municipality , Norðurland eystra region ), 118 inhabitants
- Hellissandur ( Snæfellsbær municipality , Vesturland region ), 355 inhabitants
- Hella ( Rangárþing ytra municipality , South Urland region ), 865 inhabitants
- Hjalteyri (municipality of Arnarnes , region Norðurland eystra ), 43 inhabitants *
- Hnífsdalur ( Ísafjörður municipality , Vestfirðir region ), 221 inhabitants
- Höfn ( Hornafjörður municipality , Austurland region ), 1710 inhabitants
- Hofsós (municipality of Skagafjörður , region Norðurland vestra ), 142 inhabitants
- Hólar í Hjaltadal (municipality of Skagafjörður , region of Norðurland vestra ), 93 inhabitants
- Hólmavík ( Vestfirðir region ), 322 inhabitants
- Hrafnagil (municipality Eyjafjarðarsveit , region Norðurland eystra ), 270 inhabitants
- Hrísey ( Akureyri municipality , Norðurland eystra region ), 167 inhabitants
- Húsavík (Region Norðurland eystra ), 2323 inhabitants
- Hvammstangi (municipality of Húnaþing vestra , region Norðurland vestra ), 573 inhabitants
- Hvanneyri ( Borgarbyggð municipality , Vesturland region ), 307 inhabitants
- Hveragerði (South Urland region ), 2657 inhabitants
- Hvolsvöllur ( Rangárþing eystra municipality , South Urland region ), 988 inhabitants
I.
- Ísafjörður ( Vestfirðir region ), 2703 inhabitants
K
- Keflavík ( Reykjanesbær municipality , Suðurnes region ), 8,934 inhabitants **
- Kirkjubæjarklaustur (municipality of Skaftárhreppur , region of Suðurland ), 196 inhabitants
- Kleppjárnsreykir ( Borgarbyggð municipality , Vesturland region ), 46 inhabitants
- Kópasker ( Norðurþing municipality , Norðurland eystra region ), 121 inhabitants
- Kópavogur ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið region ), 36,975 inhabitants
- Kristnes (municipality Eyjafjarðarsveit , region Norðurland eystra ), 47 inhabitants
- Krossholt ( Vesturbyggð municipality , Vestfirðir region ), 11 inhabitants
L.
- Laugar (municipality Þingeyjarsveit , region Norðurland eystra ), 115 inhabitants
- Laugarás (municipality Bláskógabyggð region Suðurland ) 121 inhabitants
- Laugarbakki (municipality of Húna ving vestra , region of Norðurland vestra ), 55 inhabitants
- Laugarvatn ( Bláskógabyggð municipality , South Urland region ), 192 inhabitants
- Litli-Árskógssandur ( Dalvíkurbyggð municipality , Norðurland eystra region ), 107 inhabitants
- Lónsbakki í Hörgárbyggð (municipality Hörgársveit , region Norðurland eystra ), 115 inhabitants *
M.
- Melahverfi í Hvalfirði ( Hvalfjarðarsveit municipality , Vesturland region ), 102 inhabitants
- Möðrudalur (municipality of Fljótsdalshérað ), 54 inhabitants
- Mosfellsbær ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið region ), 11,463 inhabitants
- Mosfellsdalur (municipality Mosfellsbær region Höfuðborgarsvæðið ) 222 inhabitants
N
- Nesjakauptún ( Hornafjörður municipality , Austurland region ), 95 inhabitants
- Neskaupstaður ( Fjarðabyggð municipality , Austurland region ), 1469 inhabitants
- Njarðvík ( Reykjanesbær municipality , Suðurnes region ), 5,038 inhabitants **
O
- Ólafsfjörður (municipality Fjallabyggð , region Norðurland eystra ), 787 inhabitants
- Ólafsvík ( Snæfellsbær municipality , Vesturland region ), 1000 inhabitants
P
- Patreksfjörður ( Vesturbyggð municipality , Vestfirðir region ), 675 inhabitants
R.
- Raufarhöfn (Region Norðurland eystra ), 168 inhabitants
- Rauðalækur (municipality Rangárþing ytra region Suðurland ), 60 residents
- Reyðarfjörður ( Fjarðabyggð municipality , Austurland region ), 1348 inhabitants
- Reykhólar ( Vestfirðir region ), 120 inhabitants
- Reykholt ( Borgarbyggð municipality , Vesturland region ), 61 inhabitants
- Reykholt ( Bláskógabyggð municipality , South Urland region ), 260 inhabitants
- Reykjahlíð (municipality of Skútustaðir , region Norðurland eystra ), 210 inhabitants
- Reykjavík ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið region ), 128,793 inhabitants
- Rif ( Snæfellsbær municipality , Vesturland region ), 138 inhabitants
S.
- Sandgerði ( Suðurnes region ), 1803 inhabitants
- Sauðárkrókur (municipality Skagafjörður, region Norðurland vestra ), 2612 inhabitants
- Selfoss (municipality of Árborg , region of South Urland ), 8068 inhabitants
- Seltjarnarnes ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið region ), 4664 inhabitants
- Seyðisfjörður ( Austurland region ), 673 inhabitants
- Siglufjörður (municipality Fjallabyggð , region Norðurland eystra ), 1184 inhabitants
- Skagaströnd (municipality of Skagaströnd, region Norðurland vestra ), 443 inhabitants
- Skógar ( Rangárþing eystra municipality , South Urland region ), 22 inhabitants *
- Sólheimar (municipality of Grímsnes og Grafningur , region Suðurland ), 85 inhabitants
- Stykkishólmur ( Vesturland region ), 1198 inhabitants
- Stokkseyri ( Árborg municipality , South Urland region ), 515 inhabitants
- Stöðvarfjörður ( Fjarðabyggð municipality , Austurland region ), 181 inhabitants
- Súðavík ( Vestfirðir region ), 168 inhabitants
- Suðureyri ( Ísafjörður municipality , Vestfirðir region ), 264 inhabitants
- Svalbarðseyri (municipality of Svalbarðsströnd , region Norðurland eystra ), 361 inhabitants
T
- Tálknafjörður ( Vestfirðir region ), 239 inhabitants
- Tjarnabyggð , (municipality of Árborg , region of South Urland ), 116 inhabitants
V
- Vallarheiði ( Reykjanesbær municipality , Suðurnes region), 1,043 inhabitants *
- Varmahlíð (municipality Skagafjörður , region Norðurland vestra ), 132 inhabitants
- Vestmannaeyjar ( Suðurland region ), 4301 inhabitants
- Vík í Mýrdal ( Mýrdalur municipality , South Urland region ), 454 inhabitants
- Vogar , (region of Suðurnes ), 1206 inhabitants
- Vopnafjörður ( Austurland region ), 527 inhabitants
Þ
- Þingeyri ( Ísafjörður municipality , Vestfirðir region ), 249 inhabitants
- Þorlákshöfn (municipality of Ölfus , region of Suðurland ), 1654 inhabitants
- Þórshöfn ( Langanesbyggð municipality , Norðurland eystra region ), 369 inhabitants
- Þykkvibær (municipality Rangárþing ytra region Suðurland ) 59 inhabitants
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Iceland: Population