Vestfirðir

Area of Vestfirðir	8,848 km²
Population	5,869
Male Population	3,007 (51.2%)
Female Population	2,862 (48.8%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	-41.7%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	-20%
Median Age	37 years old
Male Median Age	36.7 years old
Female Median Age	37.4 years old
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time

The Westfjords or West Fjords is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative district. Source: Wikipedia

Vestfirðir Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	10,063	8,502	7,339	5,869
Population Density	1.14 / km²	0.96 / km²	0.83 / km²	0.66 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Westfjords Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 20% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Vestfirðir	-41.7%	-31%	-20%
Iceland	+53.4%	+30.4%	+17.9%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Vestfirðir Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	192	195	387
5-9	177	189	367
10-14	222	199	421
15-19	231	242	473
20-24	222	187	409
25-29	221	181	403
30-34	176	156	332
35-39	181	172	354
40-44	190	179	370
45-49	230	232	463
50-54	239	209	449
55-59	185	175	360
60-64	157	136	294
65-69	112	96	208
70-74	84	100	185
75-79	86	99	186
80-84	66	64	131
85 Plus	35	50	86

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Vestfirðir Population Density

Population Density: 0.66 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Vestfirðir	5,869	8,848 km²	0.66 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Vestfirðir Historical Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2015

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
0	1,010	n/a	n/a
100	1,031	0.2%	2
200	1,052	0.2%	2
300	1,073	0.2%	2
400	1,095	0.2%	2
500	1,118	0.2%	2
600	1,140	0.2%	2
700	1,164	0.2%	2
800	1,187	0.2%	2
900	2,968	9.6%	178
1000	5,935	7.2%	296
1100	8,308	3.4%	237
1200	8,308	0%	0
1300	8,308	0%	0
1400	7,122	-1.5%	-118
1500	7,122	0%	0
1600	5,935	-1.8%	-118
1700	5,881	-0.1%	-5
1800	7,238	2.1%	135
1900	9,975	3.3%	273
1910	10,151	1.8%	176
1920	12,786	26%	2,635
1930	12,623	-1.3%	-163
1940	12,548	-0.6%	-75
1950	9,993	-20.4%	-2,555
1960	9,497	-5%	-496
1970	9,816	3.4%	319
1990	8,502	-6.9%	-657
2000	7,339	-13.7%	-1,163

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Vestfirðir CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Vestfirðir	75,656 t	12.9 t	8.55 t/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Top places in Vestfirðir

Places in Vestfirðir

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður	106.8 km²	809	7.58 / km²
Isafjordur Airport	2,380.6 km²	3,238	1.36 / km²
Kaldrananeshreppur	460.4 km²	93	0.2 / km²
Reykhólahreppur	1,092.8 km²	266	0.24 / km²
Strandabyggð	1,838.8 km²	412	0.22 / km²
Sudavik	749.4 km²	86	0.11 / km²
Tálknafjarðarhreppur	175.6 km²	266	1.51 / km²
Vesturbyggð	1,340.1 km²	682	0.51 / km²
Árneshreppur	702.4 km²	43	0.06 / km²

Other places in Iceland

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Austurland	15,734.4 km²	9,887	0.63 / km²
Capital Region	1,022.5 km²	208,852	204.3 / km²
Northeast	22,733.7 km²	25,910	1.14 / km²
Northwest	13,089.7 km²	6,768	0.52 / km²
South	31,036.9 km²	26,680	0.86 / km²
Southern Peninsula	842.3 km²	22,858	27.1 / km²
Vesturland	9,525.7 km²	14,330	1.5 / km²

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