News
Tuesday - 22 December 2009
No. 215/2009
Population 1 December 2009
The population of Iceland was 317,593 on 1 December 2009. This is a decrease of 0.7% from previous year. The population of the East region decreased by 3.3% from previous year. The decrease in population is mostly due to lower number of foreign citizens. The number of these was 3,099 lower in December 2009 compared to 1 December 2008.
On 1 December the number of persons, 16 years and older, affiliated to the Lutheran Evangelical Church of Iceland was 194,903, compared to 195,576 on 1 December 2008.
| Population by region and citizenship | ||||||
| 2008 | 2009 | |||||
| Total | Icelandic citizens | Foreign citizens | Total | Icelandic citizens | Foreign citizens | |
| Total | 319,756 | 294,736 | 25,020 | 317,593 | 295,672 | 21,921 |
| Capital region | 201,585 | 185,412 | 16,173 | 200,852 | 186,628 | 14,224 |
| Southwest | 21,564 | 19,423 | 2,141 | 21,348 | 19,314 | 2,034 |
| West | 15,720 | 14,431 | 1,289 | 15,385 | 14,297 | 1,088 |
| Westfjords | 7,374 | 6,674 | 700 | 7,363 | 6,651 | 712 |
| Northwest | 7,395 | 7,063 | 332 | 7,404 | 7,064 | 340 |
| Northeast | 29,060 | 27,869 | 1,191 | 28,909 | 27,846 | 1,063 |
| East | 12,882 | 11,469 | 1,413 | 12,451 | 11,526 | 925 |
| South | 24,176 | 22,395 | 1,781 | 23,881 | 22,346 | 1,535 |