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# Mulathing

Mulathing is a city in Iceland. Its population was 5,235 at the start of 2026. The foreign population count was 825 at the start of 2026.

## Facts

| Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 825 people | city | 2026-01-01 | 2026-07-18 | fresh | verified | [1] |
| Population | `population_total` | 5,235 people | municipality | 2026-01-01 | 2026-07-12 | fresh | verified | [2] |
| Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 0.561 % | city | 2026-08-27 | 2026-08-27 | fresh | verified | [3] |
| Population Female | `population_female` | 2,549 people | city | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-07 | fresh | verified | [2] |
| Population Male | `population_male` | 2,684 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 Mulathing 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: 5,235 (100.0%)
- Andorra: 0 (0.0%)
- United Arab Emirates: 0 (0.0%)
- Afghanistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Antigua and Barbuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Albania: 1 (0.0%)
- Armenia: 0 (0.0%)
- Angola: 0 (0.0%)
- Argentina: 5 (0.1%)
- Austria: 3 (0.1%)
- Australia: 3 (0.1%)
- Aruba: 0 (0.0%)
- Azerbaijan: 1 (0.0%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6 (0.1%)
- Barbados: 0 (0.0%)
- Bangladesh: 0 (0.0%)
- Belgium: 3 (0.1%)
- Burkina Faso: 0 (0.0%)
- Bulgaria: 2 (0.0%)
- Bahrain: 0 (0.0%)
- Burundi: 0 (0.0%)
- Benin: 0 (0.0%)
- Bermuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Brunei Darussalam: 0 (0.0%)
- Bolivia: 0 (0.0%)
- Brazil: 9 (0.2%)
- Bahamas: 0 (0.0%)
- Botswana: 0 (0.0%)
- Belarus: 1 (0.0%)
- Belize: 0 (0.0%)
- Canada: 4 (0.1%)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: 0 (0.0%)
- Central African Republic: 0 (0.0%)
- Congo, Republic of: 0 (0.0%)
- Switzerland: 3 (0.1%)
- Côte d'Ivoire: 0 (0.0%)
- Chile: 1 (0.0%)
- Cameroon: 0 (0.0%)
- China: 3 (0.1%)
- Colombia: 1 (0.0%)
- Costa Rica: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbia and Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Cuba: 0 (0.0%)
- Cabo Verde: 1 (0.0%)
- Curacao: 0 (0.0%)
- Cyprus: 1 (0.0%)
- Czechia: 57 (1.1%)
- Germany: 35 (0.7%)
- Djibouti: 0 (0.0%)
- Denmark: 33 (0.6%)
- Dominica: 0 (0.0%)
- Dominican Republic: 1 (0.0%)
- Algeria: 0 (0.0%)
- Ecuador: 1 (0.0%)
- Estonia: 12 (0.2%)
- Egypt: 0 (0.0%)
- Western Sahara: 0 (0.0%)
- Eritrea: 0 (0.0%)
- Spain: 39 (0.7%)
- Ethiopia: 0 (0.0%)
- Finland: 4 (0.1%)
- Fiji: 0 (0.0%)
- Faroe Islands: 17 (0.3%)
- France: 7 (0.1%)
- Gabon: 0 (0.0%)
- United Kingdom: 24 (0.5%)
- Grenada: 0 (0.0%)
- Georgia: 1 (0.0%)
- Guernsey: 0 (0.0%)
- Ghana: 0 (0.0%)
- Gibraltar: 0 (0.0%)
- Greenland: 2 (0.0%)
- Gambia: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Equatorial Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Greece: 14 (0.3%)
- Guatemala: 1 (0.0%)
- Guam: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea-Bissau: 0 (0.0%)
- Guyana: 0 (0.0%)
- Hong Kong: 0 (0.0%)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Honduras: 9 (0.2%)
- Croatia: 16 (0.3%)
- Haiti: 0 (0.0%)
- Hungary: 23 (0.4%)
- Indonesia: 5 (0.1%)
- Ireland: 2 (0.0%)
- Israel: 0 (0.0%)
- India: 3 (0.1%)
- Iraq: 0 (0.0%)
- Iran: 0 (0.0%)
- Iceland: 4,256 (81.3%)
- Italy: 11 (0.2%)
- Jersey: 0 (0.0%)
- Jamaica: 0 (0.0%)
- Jordan: 0 (0.0%)
- Japan: 1 (0.0%)
- Kenya: 1 (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%)
- Kuwait: 0 (0.0%)
- Cayman Islands: 0 (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: 1 (0.0%)
- Liberia: 0 (0.0%)
- Lesotho: 0 (0.0%)
- Lithuania: 31 (0.6%)
- Luxembourg: 0 (0.0%)
- Latvia: 11 (0.2%)
- Libya: 0 (0.0%)
- Morocco: 0 (0.0%)
- Monaco: 0 (0.0%)
- Moldova: 16 (0.3%)
- Montenegro: 1 (0.0%)
- Madagascar: 0 (0.0%)
- North Macedonia: 1 (0.0%)
- Mali: 0 (0.0%)
- Myanmar: 0 (0.0%)
- Mongolia: 0 (0.0%)
- Martinique: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritania: 0 (0.0%)
- Malta: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritius: 0 (0.0%)
- Maldives: 0 (0.0%)
- Malawi: 0 (0.0%)
- Mexico: 1 (0.0%)
- Malaysia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mozambique: 0 (0.0%)
- Namibia: 0 (0.0%)
- Niger: 0 (0.0%)
- Nigeria: 0 (0.0%)
- Nicaragua: 2 (0.0%)
- Netherlands: 6 (0.1%)
- Norway: 14 (0.3%)
- Nepal: 0 (0.0%)
- Nauru: 0 (0.0%)
- New Zealand: 1 (0.0%)
- Oman: 0 (0.0%)
- Panama: 0 (0.0%)
- Peru: 1 (0.0%)
- Papua New Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Philippines: 55 (1.1%)
- Pakistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Poland: 261 (5.0%)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0 (0.0%)
- Puerto Rico: 0 (0.0%)
- Palestine: 0 (0.0%)
- Portugal: 19 (0.4%)
- Paraguay: 2 (0.0%)
- Qatar: 0 (0.0%)
- Czech Republic and Slovakia, unspecified: 1 (0.0%)
- Romania: 24 (0.5%)
- Serbia: 14 (0.3%)
- Russia: 5 (0.1%)
- Rwanda: 0 (0.0%)
- Saudi Arabia: 0 (0.0%)
- Solomon Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Seychelles: 0 (0.0%)
- Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Sweden: 10 (0.2%)
- Singapore: 1 (0.0%)
- Slovenia: 8 (0.2%)
- Slovakia: 26 (0.5%)
- Sierra Leone: 0 (0.0%)
- San Marino: 2 (0.0%)
- Senegal: 0 (0.0%)
- Somalia: 0 (0.0%)
- Suriname: 0 (0.0%)
- South Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Sao Tome and Principe: 0 (0.0%)
- Former Soviet Union: 0 (0.0%)
- El Salvador: 4 (0.1%)
- Syria: 1 (0.0%)
- Chad: 0 (0.0%)
- Togo: 0 (0.0%)
- Thailand: 9 (0.2%)
- Tajikistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Timor-Leste: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkmenistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tunisia: 0 (0.0%)
- Tonga: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkey: 1 (0.0%)
- Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (0.0%)
- Taiwan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tanzania: 0 (0.0%)
- Ukraine: 48 (0.9%)
- Uganda: 2 (0.0%)
- United States: 25 (0.5%)
- Uruguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Uzbekistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 (0.0%)
- Venezuela: 3 (0.1%)
- Viet Nam: 0 (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: 2 (0.0%)
- Countries in former Yugoslavia, unspecified: 0 (0.0%)
- Yemen: 0 (0.0%)
- Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): 0 (0.0%)
- South Africa: 1 (0.0%)
- Zambia: 0 (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: 5,235 (100.0%)
- Andorra: 0 (0.0%)
- Afghanistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Antigua and Barbuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Albania: 0 (0.0%)
- Armenia: 0 (0.0%)
- Angola: 0 (0.0%)
- Argentina: 0 (0.0%)
- Austria: 3 (0.1%)
- Australia: 0 (0.0%)
- Azerbaijan: 0 (0.0%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6 (0.1%)
- Barbados: 0 (0.0%)
- Bangladesh: 0 (0.0%)
- Belgium: 4 (0.1%)
- Burkina Faso: 0 (0.0%)
- Bulgaria: 3 (0.1%)
- Benin: 0 (0.0%)
- Brunei Darussalam: 0 (0.0%)
- Bolivia: 0 (0.0%)
- Brazil: 4 (0.1%)
- Bahamas: 0 (0.0%)
- Botswana: 0 (0.0%)
- Belarus: 0 (0.0%)
- Belize: 0 (0.0%)
- Canada: 1 (0.0%)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: 0 (0.0%)
- Congo, Republic of: 0 (0.0%)
- Switzerland: 2 (0.0%)
- Côte d'Ivoire: 0 (0.0%)
- Chile: 0 (0.0%)
- Cameroon: 0 (0.0%)
- China: 0 (0.0%)
- Colombia: 1 (0.0%)
- Costa Rica: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbia and Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Cuba: 0 (0.0%)
- Cabo Verde: 1 (0.0%)
- Cyprus: 1 (0.0%)
- Czechia: 56 (1.1%)
- Germany: 34 (0.6%)
- Djibouti: 0 (0.0%)
- Denmark: 15 (0.3%)
- Dominica: 0 (0.0%)
- Dominican Republic: 0 (0.0%)
- Algeria: 0 (0.0%)
- Ecuador: 1 (0.0%)
- Estonia: 13 (0.2%)
- Egypt: 0 (0.0%)
- Western Sahara: 0 (0.0%)
- Eritrea: 0 (0.0%)
- Spain: 45 (0.9%)
- Ethiopia: 0 (0.0%)
- Finland: 0 (0.0%)
- Fiji: 0 (0.0%)
- France: 7 (0.1%)
- Gabon: 0 (0.0%)
- United Kingdom: 19 (0.4%)
- Grenada: 0 (0.0%)
- Georgia: 2 (0.0%)
- Ghana: 0 (0.0%)
- Gambia: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Equatorial Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Greece: 13 (0.2%)
- Guatemala: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea-Bissau: 0 (0.0%)
- Guyana: 0 (0.0%)
- Honduras: 3 (0.1%)
- Croatia: 15 (0.3%)
- Haiti: 0 (0.0%)
- Hungary: 25 (0.5%)
- Indonesia: 2 (0.0%)
- Ireland: 1 (0.0%)
- Israel: 0 (0.0%)
- India: 0 (0.0%)
- Iraq: 0 (0.0%)
- Iran: 0 (0.0%)
- Iceland: 4,410 (84.2%)
- Italy: 20 (0.4%)
- Jamaica: 0 (0.0%)
- Jordan: 0 (0.0%)
- Japan: 1 (0.0%)
- Kenya: 3 (0.1%)
- Kyrgyzstan: 0 (0.0%)
- Cambodia: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, North-: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, South-: 0 (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: 0 (0.0%)
- Liberia: 0 (0.0%)
- Lesotho: 0 (0.0%)
- Lithuania: 31 (0.6%)
- Luxembourg: 0 (0.0%)
- Latvia: 11 (0.2%)
- Libya: 0 (0.0%)
- Morocco: 0 (0.0%)
- Moldova: 5 (0.1%)
- Montenegro: 1 (0.0%)
- Madagascar: 0 (0.0%)
- North Macedonia: 1 (0.0%)
- Mali: 0 (0.0%)
- Myanmar: 0 (0.0%)
- Mongolia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritania: 0 (0.0%)
- Malta: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritius: 0 (0.0%)
- Maldives: 0 (0.0%)
- Malawi: 0 (0.0%)
- Mexico: 1 (0.0%)
- Malaysia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mozambique: 0 (0.0%)
- Namibia: 0 (0.0%)
- Niger: 0 (0.0%)
- Nigeria: 0 (0.0%)
- Nicaragua: 0 (0.0%)
- Netherlands: 6 (0.1%)
- Norway: 6 (0.1%)
- Nepal: 0 (0.0%)
- Nauru: 0 (0.0%)
- New Zealand: 1 (0.0%)
- Oman: 0 (0.0%)
- Panama: 0 (0.0%)
- Peru: 0 (0.0%)
- Papua New Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Philippines: 48 (0.9%)
- Pakistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Poland: 244 (4.7%)
- Puerto Rico: 0 (0.0%)
- Palestine: 0 (0.0%)
- Portugal: 21 (0.4%)
- Paraguay: 1 (0.0%)
- Romania: 37 (0.7%)
- Serbia: 9 (0.2%)
- Russia: 2 (0.0%)
- Rwanda: 0 (0.0%)
- Saudi Arabia: 0 (0.0%)
- Solomon Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Seychelles: 0 (0.0%)
- Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Sweden: 1 (0.0%)
- Singapore: 0 (0.0%)
- Slovenia: 9 (0.2%)
- Slovakia: 22 (0.4%)
- Sierra Leone: 0 (0.0%)
- San Marino: 2 (0.0%)
- Senegal: 0 (0.0%)
- Somalia: 0 (0.0%)
- Suriname: 0 (0.0%)
- South Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Former Soviet Union: 0 (0.0%)
- El Salvador: 4 (0.1%)
- Syria: 0 (0.0%)
- Chad: 0 (0.0%)
- Togo: 0 (0.0%)
- Thailand: 3 (0.1%)
- Tajikistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Timor-Leste: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkmenistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tunisia: 0 (0.0%)
- Tonga: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkey: 2 (0.0%)
- Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (0.0%)
- Taiwan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tanzania: 0 (0.0%)
- Ukraine: 45 (0.9%)
- Uganda: 3 (0.1%)
- United States: 6 (0.1%)
- Uruguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Uzbekistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 (0.0%)
- Venezuela: 0 (0.0%)
- Viet Nam: 0 (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: 0 (0.0%)
- Stateless: 0 (0.0%)
- Yemen: 0 (0.0%)
- Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): 0 (0.0%)
- South Africa: 1 (0.0%)
- Zambia: 0 (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/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. island.is — Official source — https://island.is/en/o/directorate-of-labour/measurement-table-and-statistics

## Cite

This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately.

### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Mulathing, Iceland: jobs, population [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/mulathing/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_mulathing-iceland-jobs-population_5bdc8d8e9780,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Mulathing, Iceland: jobs, population},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/mulathing/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Mulathing, Iceland: jobs, population](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/mulathing/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12.

- Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1`
- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/mulathing/
- Title: Mulathing, Iceland: jobs, population
- Author: ImmigrationDB
- Publisher: ImmigrationDB
- Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0`
- Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0`
- Retrieved: 2026-09-12
- Built: 2026-09-12
- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## Data

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- JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/is/mulathing.json
- Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/is/mulathing.md
- MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/is/mulathing
- Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json
- City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json
- Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json