Iceland - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Iceland was 344,101 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 344,101 in 2020 and a minimum value of 140,986 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 140,986
1961 144,661
1962 148,268
1963 151,829
1964 155,450
1965 159,059
1966 162,665
1967 166,198
1968 169,365
1969 171,812
1970 173,568
1971 175,738
1972 179,084
1973 182,557
1974 185,790
1975 188,920
1976 191,538
1977 193,688
1978 195,917
1979 198,545
1980 201,355
1981 204,294
1982 207,668
1983 211,056
1984 213,929
1985 216,226
1986 218,415
1987 221,413
1988 225,500
1989 228,892
1990 231,255
1991 234,420
1992 237,854
1993 240,747
1994 243,303
1995 245,081
1996 246,857
1997 249,329
1998 252,455
1999 255,931
2000 259,836
2001 263,687
2002 266,425
2003 268,644
2004 271,378
2005 276,072
2006 283,000
2007 290,623
2008 296,449
2009 297,832
2010 297,604
2011 298,556
2012 300,190
2013 303,150
2014 306,653
2015 309,974
2016 314,424
2017 322,016
2018 330,898
2019 338,406
2020 344,101

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Iceland was 93.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.90 in 2020, while its lowest value was 80.30 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 80.30
1961 80.80
1962 81.30
1963 81.78
1964 82.26
1965 82.72
1966 83.18
1967 83.62
1968 84.06
1969 84.48
1970 84.90
1971 85.27
1972 85.63
1973 85.98
1974 86.33
1975 86.67
1976 87.00
1977 87.33
1978 87.64
1979 87.96
1980 88.26
1981 88.53
1982 88.80
1983 89.06
1984 89.32
1985 89.57
1986 89.82
1987 90.06
1988 90.29
1989 90.52
1990 90.75
1991 90.93
1992 91.11
1993 91.29
1994 91.46
1995 91.63
1996 91.80
1997 91.96
1998 92.12
1999 92.27
2000 92.40
2001 92.53
2002 92.66
2003 92.79
2004 92.91
2005 93.04
2006 93.16
2007 93.28
2008 93.40
2009 93.51
2010 93.57
2011 93.59
2012 93.60
2013 93.63
2014 93.67
2015 93.70
2016 93.74
2017 93.77
2018 93.81
2019 93.86
2020 93.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization