Overview of The Regions
| Nr. | landsvæði | (English) | Population 2008-07-01 |
Area (km²) |
Pop./ km² |
ISO 3166 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Höfuðborgarsvæði | Capital Region | 200,969 | 1,062 | 167.61 | IS-1* |
| 2 | Suðurnes (formerly Reykjanes) | Southern Peninsula | 21,431 | 829 | 20.18 | IS-2 |
| 3 | Vesturland | West | 15,601 | 9,554 | 1.51 | IS-3 |
| 4 | Vestfirðir | Westfjords | 7,279 | 9,409 | 0.85 | IS-4 |
| 5 | Norðurland vestra | Northwest | 7,392 | 12,737 | 0.73 | IS-5 |
| 6 | Norðurland eystra | Northeast | 28,925 | 21,968 | 1.21 | IS-6 |
| 7 | Austurland | East | 13,786 | 22,721 | 0.52 | IS-7 |
| 8 | Suðurland | South | 23,972 | 24,526 | 0.87 | IS-8 |
| Ísland | Iceland | 319,355 | 102,928 | 3.1 |
* Note: Reykjavík, although it is part of Capital region, has the ISO code IS-0.
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