Reykjavik · Population

Question: What is the population of Reykjavik? Answer: Reykjavik (Reykjavík), Iceland (Administrative unit: Capital Region) - last known population is ≈ 120 900 (year 2015). This was 36.694% of total Iceland population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2015 (+0.57%/year), Reykjavik population in 2024 would be: 127 198*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1960-1980] +0.77 %/year
[1980-2000] +1.34 %/year
[2000-2005] +0.68 %/year
[2005-2010] +0.78 %/year
[2010-2015] +0.57 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 64.135, -21.895

Local time in Reykjavik: 11:04 Thursday GMT0.

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Reykjavik on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Population for places near Reykjavik

• Kopavogur 3 km,

198°
• Hafnarfjordur 8 km,

195°
• Akureyri 259 km,

46°
• Garðabaer 5 km,

194°
• Mosfellsbaer 11 km,

69°
• Selfoss 51 km,

117°
• Akranes 23 km,

337°
• Sauðarkrokur 213 km,

30°
• Isafjordur 225 km,

344°
• Borgarnes 45 km,

358°

Sources, Notices

1960c, 1980c, 2000e, 2005e, 2010e, 2015e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• Statistics Iceland
• Statistical Abstract of Iceland 1984.
• Landshagir, Statistical yearbook of Iceland (ISSN 1017-6683)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).