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# Akureyrarbaer

Akureyrarbaer is in Iceland; its population was 20,284 at the start of 2026. For Akureyrarbaer, the foreign population count was 1,941 at the start of 2026.

## Population

The city covered 135 km² in 2010.

## Facts

| Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 1,941 people | city | 2026-01-01 | 2026-07-18 | fresh | verified | [1] |
| Population | `population_total` | 20,284 people | municipality | 2026-01-01 | 2026-07-12 | fresh | verified | [2] |
| Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 4.52 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-26 | stale | verified | [3] |
| City area | `city_area_km2` | 135 km² | city | 2010-01-01 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [4] |
| Population Female | `population_female` | 10,020 people | city | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-07 | fresh | verified | [2] |
| Population Male | `population_male` | 10,251 people | city | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-07 | fresh | verified | [2] |

Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed.

## Language courses and integration

- [Directorate of Labour Icelandic courses for registered foreign jobseekers](https://island.is/en/o/directorate-of-labour/courses-directorate-of-labour) — State Language Course · Directorate of Labour · Icelandic · checked 2026-08-10
- [Recognised Icelandic teaching provider grant route](https://island.is/en/islenskukennsla-fyrir-utlendinga) — Other · Rannís and the Icelandic authorities · Icelandic · checked 2026-08-10

These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city.

## Public employment service

- [Directorate of Labour](https://vinnumalastofnun.is/en) — Job Search

This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city.

## Healthcare access

Migrants can receive medical care in Akureyrarbaer when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility.

- Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://island.is/umsokn-um-sjukratryggingu)

## Country-wide rules

Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Iceland country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/iceland/).

## International community

Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions.

### Country of birth

- Total: 20,284 (100.0%)
- Andorra: 0 (0.0%)
- United Arab Emirates: 0 (0.0%)
- Afghanistan: 5 (0.0%)
- Antigua and Barbuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Albania: 1 (0.0%)
- Armenia: 0 (0.0%)
- Angola: 2 (0.0%)
- Argentina: 0 (0.0%)
- Austria: 11 (0.1%)
- Australia: 8 (0.0%)
- Aruba: 0 (0.0%)
- Azerbaijan: 4 (0.0%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4 (0.0%)
- Barbados: 0 (0.0%)
- Bangladesh: 0 (0.0%)
- Belgium: 9 (0.0%)
- Burkina Faso: 0 (0.0%)
- Bulgaria: 22 (0.1%)
- Bahrain: 1 (0.0%)
- Burundi: 0 (0.0%)
- Benin: 0 (0.0%)
- Bermuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Brunei Darussalam: 0 (0.0%)
- Bolivia: 0 (0.0%)
- Brazil: 17 (0.1%)
- Bahamas: 0 (0.0%)
- Botswana: 0 (0.0%)
- Belarus: 12 (0.1%)
- Belize: 0 (0.0%)
- Canada: 16 (0.1%)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: 0 (0.0%)
- Central African Republic: 0 (0.0%)
- Congo, Republic of: 1 (0.0%)
- Switzerland: 8 (0.0%)
- Côte d'Ivoire: 0 (0.0%)
- Chile: 8 (0.0%)
- Cameroon: 6 (0.0%)
- China: 22 (0.1%)
- Colombia: 13 (0.1%)
- Costa Rica: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbia and Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Cuba: 3 (0.0%)
- Cabo Verde: 6 (0.0%)
- Curacao: 0 (0.0%)
- Cyprus: 1 (0.0%)
- Czechia: 76 (0.4%)
- Germany: 109 (0.5%)
- Djibouti: 0 (0.0%)
- Denmark: 166 (0.8%)
- Dominica: 0 (0.0%)
- Dominican Republic: 2 (0.0%)
- Algeria: 1 (0.0%)
- Ecuador: 0 (0.0%)
- Estonia: 16 (0.1%)
- Egypt: 2 (0.0%)
- Western Sahara: 0 (0.0%)
- Eritrea: 0 (0.0%)
- Spain: 55 (0.3%)
- Ethiopia: 1 (0.0%)
- Finland: 9 (0.0%)
- Fiji: 0 (0.0%)
- Faroe Islands: 16 (0.1%)
- France: 31 (0.2%)
- Gabon: 0 (0.0%)
- United Kingdom: 66 (0.3%)
- Grenada: 0 (0.0%)
- Georgia: 1 (0.0%)
- Guernsey: 0 (0.0%)
- Ghana: 9 (0.0%)
- Gibraltar: 0 (0.0%)
- Greenland: 5 (0.0%)
- Gambia: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Equatorial Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Greece: 15 (0.1%)
- Guatemala: 7 (0.0%)
- Guam: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea-Bissau: 1 (0.0%)
- Guyana: 0 (0.0%)
- Hong Kong: 3 (0.0%)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Honduras: 1 (0.0%)
- Croatia: 42 (0.2%)
- Haiti: 0 (0.0%)
- Hungary: 32 (0.2%)
- Indonesia: 4 (0.0%)
- Ireland: 9 (0.0%)
- Israel: 2 (0.0%)
- India: 18 (0.1%)
- Iraq: 11 (0.1%)
- Iran: 4 (0.0%)
- Iceland: 17,556 (86.6%)
- Italy: 35 (0.2%)
- Jersey: 0 (0.0%)
- Jamaica: 2 (0.0%)
- Jordan: 2 (0.0%)
- Japan: 2 (0.0%)
- Kenya: 13 (0.1%)
- Kyrgyzstan: 0 (0.0%)
- Cambodia: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, North-: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, South-: 1 (0.0%)
- Kuwait: 0 (0.0%)
- Cayman Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Kazakhstan: 0 (0.0%)
- Laos: 0 (0.0%)
- Lebanon: 1 (0.0%)
- Saint Lucia: 0 (0.0%)
- Liechtenstein: 0 (0.0%)
- Sri Lanka: 7 (0.0%)
- Liberia: 0 (0.0%)
- Lesotho: 0 (0.0%)
- Lithuania: 59 (0.3%)
- Luxembourg: 1 (0.0%)
- Latvia: 53 (0.3%)
- Libya: 0 (0.0%)
- Morocco: 18 (0.1%)
- Monaco: 0 (0.0%)
- Moldova: 4 (0.0%)
- Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Madagascar: 0 (0.0%)
- North Macedonia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mali: 0 (0.0%)
- Myanmar: 0 (0.0%)
- Mongolia: 0 (0.0%)
- Martinique: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritania: 0 (0.0%)
- Malta: 1 (0.0%)
- Mauritius: 1 (0.0%)
- Maldives: 0 (0.0%)
- Malawi: 0 (0.0%)
- Mexico: 3 (0.0%)
- Malaysia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mozambique: 0 (0.0%)
- Namibia: 3 (0.0%)
- Niger: 0 (0.0%)
- Nigeria: 13 (0.1%)
- Nicaragua: 0 (0.0%)
- Netherlands: 17 (0.1%)
- Norway: 82 (0.4%)
- Nepal: 0 (0.0%)
- Nauru: 0 (0.0%)
- New Zealand: 1 (0.0%)
- Oman: 0 (0.0%)
- Panama: 2 (0.0%)
- Peru: 7 (0.0%)
- Papua New Guinea: 1 (0.0%)
- Philippines: 78 (0.4%)
- Pakistan: 12 (0.1%)
- Poland: 545 (2.7%)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0 (0.0%)
- Puerto Rico: 0 (0.0%)
- Palestine: 6 (0.0%)
- Portugal: 11 (0.1%)
- Paraguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Qatar: 0 (0.0%)
- Czech Republic and Slovakia, unspecified: 1 (0.0%)
- Romania: 65 (0.3%)
- Serbia: 17 (0.1%)
- Russia: 20 (0.1%)
- Rwanda: 1 (0.0%)
- Saudi Arabia: 1 (0.0%)
- Solomon Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Seychelles: 0 (0.0%)
- Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Sweden: 100 (0.5%)
- Singapore: 0 (0.0%)
- Slovenia: 2 (0.0%)
- Slovakia: 31 (0.2%)
- Sierra Leone: 1 (0.0%)
- San Marino: 0 (0.0%)
- Senegal: 2 (0.0%)
- Somalia: 19 (0.1%)
- Suriname: 0 (0.0%)
- South Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Sao Tome and Principe: 0 (0.0%)
- Former Soviet Union: 5 (0.0%)
- El Salvador: 0 (0.0%)
- Syria: 28 (0.1%)
- Chad: 0 (0.0%)
- Togo: 0 (0.0%)
- Thailand: 85 (0.4%)
- Tajikistan: 1 (0.0%)
- Timor-Leste: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkmenistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tunisia: 1 (0.0%)
- Tonga: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkey: 5 (0.0%)
- Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (0.0%)
- Taiwan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tanzania: 1 (0.0%)
- Ukraine: 290 (1.4%)
- Uganda: 7 (0.0%)
- United States: 89 (0.4%)
- Uruguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Uzbekistan: 1 (0.0%)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 (0.0%)
- Venezuela: 54 (0.3%)
- Viet Nam: 3 (0.0%)
- Kosovo: 0 (0.0%)
- Europe, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Americas, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Africa, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Asia, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Oceania, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Foreign country not specified: 11 (0.1%)
- Countries in former Yugoslavia, unspecified: 6 (0.0%)
- Yemen: 0 (0.0%)
- Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): 0 (0.0%)
- South Africa: 3 (0.0%)
- Zambia: 2 (0.0%)
- Zaire: 0 (0.0%)
- Zimbabwe: 1 (0.0%)
- Population universe: Population resident at 1 January 2026; total sex; Statistics Iceland population table
- Period: 2026-01-01
- Source: https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/api/v1/en/Ibuar/mannfjoldi/3_bakgrunnur/Faedingarland/MAN12104.px

### Citizenship

- Total: 20,284 (100.0%)
- Andorra: 0 (0.0%)
- Afghanistan: 7 (0.0%)
- Antigua and Barbuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Albania: 1 (0.0%)
- Armenia: 0 (0.0%)
- Angola: 0 (0.0%)
- Argentina: 0 (0.0%)
- Austria: 7 (0.0%)
- Australia: 3 (0.0%)
- Azerbaijan: 1 (0.0%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1 (0.0%)
- Barbados: 0 (0.0%)
- Bangladesh: 0 (0.0%)
- Belgium: 9 (0.0%)
- Burkina Faso: 0 (0.0%)
- Bulgaria: 22 (0.1%)
- Benin: 0 (0.0%)
- Brunei Darussalam: 0 (0.0%)
- Bolivia: 0 (0.0%)
- Brazil: 11 (0.1%)
- Bahamas: 0 (0.0%)
- Botswana: 0 (0.0%)
- Belarus: 3 (0.0%)
- Belize: 0 (0.0%)
- Canada: 6 (0.0%)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: 0 (0.0%)
- Congo, Republic of: 1 (0.0%)
- Switzerland: 4 (0.0%)
- Côte d'Ivoire: 0 (0.0%)
- Chile: 2 (0.0%)
- Cameroon: 5 (0.0%)
- China: 6 (0.0%)
- Colombia: 9 (0.0%)
- Costa Rica: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbia and Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Cuba: 1 (0.0%)
- Cabo Verde: 1 (0.0%)
- Cyprus: 0 (0.0%)
- Czechia: 69 (0.3%)
- Germany: 64 (0.3%)
- Djibouti: 0 (0.0%)
- Denmark: 40 (0.2%)
- Dominica: 0 (0.0%)
- Dominican Republic: 1 (0.0%)
- Algeria: 1 (0.0%)
- Ecuador: 0 (0.0%)
- Estonia: 18 (0.1%)
- Egypt: 1 (0.0%)
- Western Sahara: 0 (0.0%)
- Eritrea: 0 (0.0%)
- Spain: 56 (0.3%)
- Ethiopia: 0 (0.0%)
- Finland: 6 (0.0%)
- Fiji: 0 (0.0%)
- France: 29 (0.1%)
- Gabon: 0 (0.0%)
- United Kingdom: 38 (0.2%)
- Grenada: 0 (0.0%)
- Georgia: 1 (0.0%)
- Ghana: 6 (0.0%)
- Gambia: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Equatorial Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Greece: 18 (0.1%)
- Guatemala: 4 (0.0%)
- Guinea-Bissau: 0 (0.0%)
- Guyana: 0 (0.0%)
- Honduras: 0 (0.0%)
- Croatia: 28 (0.1%)
- Haiti: 0 (0.0%)
- Hungary: 35 (0.2%)
- Indonesia: 2 (0.0%)
- Ireland: 8 (0.0%)
- Israel: 0 (0.0%)
- India: 3 (0.0%)
- Iraq: 6 (0.0%)
- Iran: 3 (0.0%)
- Iceland: 18,343 (90.4%)
- Italy: 39 (0.2%)
- Jamaica: 2 (0.0%)
- Jordan: 2 (0.0%)
- Japan: 2 (0.0%)
- Kenya: 10 (0.0%)
- Kyrgyzstan: 0 (0.0%)
- Cambodia: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, North-: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, South-: 1 (0.0%)
- Kazakhstan: 0 (0.0%)
- Laos: 0 (0.0%)
- Lebanon: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Lucia: 0 (0.0%)
- Liechtenstein: 0 (0.0%)
- Sri Lanka: 2 (0.0%)
- Liberia: 0 (0.0%)
- Lesotho: 0 (0.0%)
- Lithuania: 67 (0.3%)
- Luxembourg: 0 (0.0%)
- Latvia: 56 (0.3%)
- Libya: 0 (0.0%)
- Morocco: 8 (0.0%)
- Moldova: 1 (0.0%)
- Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Madagascar: 0 (0.0%)
- North Macedonia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mali: 0 (0.0%)
- Myanmar: 0 (0.0%)
- Mongolia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritania: 0 (0.0%)
- Malta: 1 (0.0%)
- Mauritius: 0 (0.0%)
- Maldives: 0 (0.0%)
- Malawi: 0 (0.0%)
- Mexico: 2 (0.0%)
- Malaysia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mozambique: 0 (0.0%)
- Namibia: 1 (0.0%)
- Niger: 0 (0.0%)
- Nigeria: 16 (0.1%)
- Nicaragua: 0 (0.0%)
- Netherlands: 12 (0.1%)
- Norway: 15 (0.1%)
- Nepal: 0 (0.0%)
- Nauru: 0 (0.0%)
- New Zealand: 0 (0.0%)
- Oman: 0 (0.0%)
- Panama: 0 (0.0%)
- Peru: 0 (0.0%)
- Papua New Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Philippines: 31 (0.2%)
- Pakistan: 11 (0.1%)
- Poland: 535 (2.6%)
- Puerto Rico: 0 (0.0%)
- Palestine: 7 (0.0%)
- Portugal: 13 (0.1%)
- Paraguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Romania: 55 (0.3%)
- Serbia: 4 (0.0%)
- Russia: 7 (0.0%)
- Rwanda: 1 (0.0%)
- Saudi Arabia: 0 (0.0%)
- Solomon Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Seychelles: 0 (0.0%)
- Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Sweden: 18 (0.1%)
- Singapore: 0 (0.0%)
- Slovenia: 1 (0.0%)
- Slovakia: 27 (0.1%)
- Sierra Leone: 0 (0.0%)
- San Marino: 0 (0.0%)
- Senegal: 1 (0.0%)
- Somalia: 19 (0.1%)
- Suriname: 0 (0.0%)
- South Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Former Soviet Union: 0 (0.0%)
- El Salvador: 0 (0.0%)
- Syria: 19 (0.1%)
- Chad: 0 (0.0%)
- Togo: 0 (0.0%)
- Thailand: 24 (0.1%)
- Tajikistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Timor-Leste: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkmenistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tunisia: 0 (0.0%)
- Tonga: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkey: 4 (0.0%)
- Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (0.0%)
- Taiwan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tanzania: 0 (0.0%)
- Ukraine: 295 (1.5%)
- Uganda: 3 (0.0%)
- United States: 33 (0.2%)
- Uruguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Uzbekistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 (0.0%)
- Venezuela: 49 (0.2%)
- Viet Nam: 2 (0.0%)
- Vanuatu: 0 (0.0%)
- Kosovo: 0 (0.0%)
- Europe, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Foreign country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Countries in former Yugoslavia, unspecified: 1 (0.0%)
- Stateless: 3 (0.0%)
- Yemen: 0 (0.0%)
- Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): 0 (0.0%)
- South Africa: 3 (0.0%)
- Zambia: 1 (0.0%)
- Zaire: 0 (0.0%)
- Zimbabwe: 0 (0.0%)
- Population universe: Population resident at 1 January 2026; total sex; Statistics Iceland population table
- Period: 2026-01-01
- Source: https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/api/v1/en/Ibuar/mannfjoldi/3_bakgrunnur/Rikisfang/MAN04203.px

## Sources

1. IS official material for foreign_population_total — Official source — https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/api/v1/en/Ibuar/mannfjoldi/3_bakgrunnur/Rikisfang/MAN04208.px
2. Iceland official denominator source — Official source — https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/api/v1/en/Ibuar/mannfjoldi/2_byggdir/sveitarfelog/MAN02005.px
3. px.hagstofa.is — Official source — https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__manntal__2021__4_vinnumarkadur/CEN1401.px
4. IS official material for city_area_km2 — Official source — https://hagstofas3bucket.hagstofa.is/hagstofan/media/public/5d8485c6-cc0f-4438-8f60-02a0f6e1211e/pub_doc_aojkSbb.pdf

## Cite

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 14). Akureyrarbaer, Iceland: jobs, population [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab; version approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/akureyrarbaer/ Retrieved 2026-09-14. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_akureyrarbaer-iceland-jobs-population_9e72ed33cbb4,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Akureyrarbaer, Iceland: jobs, population},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-14},
  version = {approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab},
  snapshot = {approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/akureyrarbaer/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-14. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Akureyrarbaer, Iceland: jobs, population](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/akureyrarbaer/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab; version approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab; retrieved 2026-09-14; built 2026-09-14.

- Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1`
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- Title: Akureyrarbaer, Iceland: jobs, population
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- Snapshot: `approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab`
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- Retrieved: 2026-09-14
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