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The regions of Iceland are eight areas of Iceland that roughly follow the arrangement of parliamentary constituencies as they were between 1957 and 2003. Iceland only has two levels of administration, the national government and 69 municipalities. The municipalities have organized themselves into eight regional associations and those boundaries are also recognized by Statistics Iceland to report statistics.

The municipalities have also been grouped together into 7-9 wider ad hoc regions for various administrative purposes such as health care, policing and district courts. These mostly follow the eight region model with some exceptions and so does the postal code system.

Overview

No.	English name	Native name	Population (2021)	Area(km²)	Population density (per km²)	ISO 3166-2	Number of municipalities	Largest town
1	Capital Region	Höfuðborgarsvæðið	236,528	1,046	221,13	IS-1	7	Reykjavík
2	Southern Peninsula	Suðurnes	28,195	813	34,68	IS-2	4	Reykjanesbær
3	Western Region	Vesturland	16,752	9,527	1.76	IS-3	11	Akranes
4	Westfjords	Vestfirðir	7,066	8,842	0.80	IS-4	8	Ísafjörður
5	Northwestern Region	Norðurland vestra	7,400	13,108	0.56	IS-5	7	Sauðárkrókur
6	Northeastern Region	Norðurland eystra	30,613	22,677	1.35	IS-6	13	Akureyri
7	Eastern Region	Austurland	10,850	15,706	0.69	IS-7	4	Egilsstaðir
8	Southern Region	Suðurland	31,388	30,983	1,01	IS-8	15	Selfoss
	Iceland	Ísland	368,792	102,702	3.59	IS	69	Reykjavík

See also

• Administrative divisions of Iceland
• Farthings of Iceland
• Municipalities of Iceland
• Constituencies of Iceland
• Subdivisions of the Nordic countries
• ISO 3166-2:IS

References

1. Population by municipality, age and sex 1998-2021 - Division into municipalites as of 1 January 2021

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