Municipality
Akureyri
Population on 1 January 2026
20,284
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.17%
- Share of country
- 5.04%Against the UN national estimate
- Country
- Iceland
- Coordinates
- 65.68, -18.09
- Births
- 184
- Deaths
- 147
- Net migration
- 195
Population by year
Age distribution
- 00–041,114 · 5.5%
- 05–091,126 · 5.6%
- 10–141,294 · 6.4%
- 15–191,462 · 7.2%
- 20–241,441 · 7.1%
- 25–291,422 · 7.0%
- 30–341,416 · 7.0%
- 35–391,435 · 7.1%
- 40–441,243 · 6.1%
- 45–491,198 · 5.9%
- 50–541,202 · 5.9%
- 55–591,184 · 5.8%
- 60–641,140 · 5.6%
- 65–691,063 · 5.2%
- 70–74929 · 4.6%
- 75–79730 · 3.6%
- 80–84492 · 2.4%
- 85+393 · 1.9%
Nearby cities
| # | City | Population | km |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur | 5172026 | 7 |
| 2 | Hörgársveit | 9372026 | 19 |
| 3 | Grýtubakkahreppur | 3732026 | 33 |
| 4 | Dalvík | 1,9252026 | 38 |
| 5 | Eyjafjarðarsveit | 1,2062026 | 39 |
| 6 | Þingeyjarsveit | 1,4712026 | 41 |
| 7 | Fjallabyggð | 1,9692026 | 52 |
| 8 | Tjörneshreppur | 542026 | 63 |