The latest news about Iceland is that in the forth quarter of 2018, Iceland had an increase of 1,420 in population. A majority portion of its land is uninhabited or far-less populated. The graphic indicates how it looks like by showing more populated area in stronger red and less populated in paler pink via mapping out the population data and the municipality spatial data.

Looking at the population density map of the Capital Region, the town of the highest density was Seltjarnarnes, an affluent town located North to Reykjavik.

Talking about population density in Iceland is complicated yet simple to some extent. Iceland is home to vast area of wilderness and nature where moss fields covered lava land, including the most populated Capital Region. It makes the population density topic more complicated than the number shows since, cities, for example Reykjavik, also host enormous area where some forestry and planation grow. The population density indicated in the map is just an average figure. However, the simple to look at this is that the property / nature structure was very similar across municipalities. The inhabitants usually choose to reside in a compact area. So the error mixing averaged density with the actual space where people live can apply across municipalities. We can still trust the numbers before we move further to investigate other correlated subjects, such as crime rate, housing prices, cost of living, prices of goods, and featured industries.

The satellite maps show the property / nature structure of each town. Before compiling and anlysizing real estate data but to be only based on heard experience, Hafnarfjordur is an ideal place for young professionals to put their downpayment for their first home since it has both lower housing price and vast nature leading to a balanced life.

Further more, Iceland has become more diverse than many people thought. The map animation below clearly shows that Iceland, right now, is home to people of diverse origins.

Let’s end this blog by a very interesting map showing how diverse the population of Iceland was in 2018.