Statistics about Iceland

Statistics about Iceland

Population of Iceland in January 2017

Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338,349

Reykjavík City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,246

Kópavogur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,246

Hafnarfjörður . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,703

Akureyri (Capital of the North) . . . 18,488

Westman Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,292

Ísafjörður (in the West Fjords) . . . . .2,571

Egilsstaðir (in the East). . . . . . . . . . .2,393

Grímsey Island (in the North) . . . . . . . .67

Number of Tourists 1980-2016

2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.792,201

2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.289,100

2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998,600

2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .807,349

2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .672,773

2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565,611

2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488,622

2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493,900

2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502,000

2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485,000

2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422,280

All airports and Smyril Line. Excluding cruise ships – approx. 100,000 in 2016

Iceland's waters. Photo by Olga

Main Nationalities Visiting Iceland in 2016

USA. . . . . . . . . 23.5% Canada 4.7%

UK . . . . . . . . . . 17.9% China. . .3.8%

Germany. . . . . . .7.5% Sweden 3.1%

France. . . . . . . . 4.8% Norway 2.9%

Country km2

Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102,775

Glaciers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23,805

Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,757

Highlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,700

Ring Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,332 km

All roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,955 km

Coastline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,970 km

Highest Waterfalls m

Foss, Morsárjökli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Glymur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Hengifoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Seljalandsfoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Skógafoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Dettifoss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Gullfoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Goðafoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Biggest Glaciers km²

Vatnajökull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,300

Langjökull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .953

Hofsjökull. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .925

Mýrdalsjökull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .596

Drangajökull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Eyjafjallajökull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Tungnafellsjökull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Þórisjökull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Eiríksjökull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Þrándarjökull. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Power of Iceland

Welcome to the land of renewable energy

Iceland’s nature isn’t just amazingly pretty, it’s powerful too. Iceland meets virtually all of its needs for electricity and heating with renewable resources and is a world leader in sustainable energy development.

All of Iceland’s electricity – 100% – comes from renewable resources; hydro, wind and geothermal. For over one hundred years, Iceland has made use of these forces to generate clean energy. 70% of the nation’s electricity are generated by hydro power and 30% by geothermal power. In addition, geothermal energy provides heating and hot water for approximately 90% of all buildings in Iceland. There are also plans for increased development in wind power.

The forces of nature inspire pure innovation for numerous entrepreneurial companies in various fields, such as genetics, health-related tourism and fish farming. They’re also essential to growing vegetables all-year-round in geothermal greenhouses. And, last but not least, they provide us with many geothermal pools in Iceland.