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Iceland: cities by population

Iceland has a population of 353,574, with Reykjavik as its capital. The 50 largest of its 50 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Reykjavík	Capital Region	118,918
2	Kópavogur	Capital Region	40,040
3	Hafnarfjörður	Capital Region	31,525
4	Reykjanesbær	Southern Peninsula	19,724
5	Akureyri	Northeast	19,219
6	Keflavík	Southern Peninsula	15,930
7	Mosfellsbær	Capital Region	13,715
8	Garðabær	Capital Region	11,421
9	Selfoss	South	9,000
10	Akranes	West	7,411
11	Seltjarnarnes	Capital Region	4,726
12	Vestmannaeyjar	South	4,639
13	Norðurþing	Northeast	3,234
14	Grindavík	Southern Peninsula	2,856
15	Ísafjörður	Westfjords	2,736
16	Hveragerði	South	2,657
17	Sauðárkrókur	Northwest	2,614
18	Egilsstaðir	East	2,572
19	Álftanes	Capital Region	2,484
20	Þorlákshöfn	South	2,037
21	Borgarnes	West	1,875
22	Borgarnes	West	1,875
23	Höfn	East	1,690
24	Sandgerði	Southern Peninsula	1,609
25	Neskaupstaður	East	1,481
26	Garður	Southern Peninsula	1,409
27	Reyðarfjörður	East	1,368
28	Dalvík	Northeast	1,359
29	Stykkishólmur	West	1,200
30	Siglufjörður	Northeast	1,164
31	Hvolsvöllur	South	1,108
32	Eskifjörður	East	1,043
33	Vogar	Southern Peninsula	1,029
34	Ólafsvík	West	1,010
35	Laugar	Northeast	1,001
36	Bolungarvík	Westfjords	955
37	Blönduós	Northwest	895
38	Grundarfjörður	West	872
39	Hella	South	865
40	Flúðir	South	818
41	Ólafsfjörður	Northeast	785
42	Vík í Mýrdal	South	750
43	Patreksfjörður	Westfjords	720
44	Vopnafjörður	East	695
45	Seyðisfjörður	East	676
46	Fáskrúðsfjörður	East	654
47	Hvammstangi	Northwest	546
48	Hellissandur	West	544
49	Eyrarbakki	South	531
50	Grundarhverfi	Capital Region	528

Twenty years earlier: Iceland in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 294,947.