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Capital of Iceland
The capital of Iceland is Reykjavík. The largest, Reykjavík, has around 138,772 residents in the city proper — a small capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALReykjavík
POPULATION138,772
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Reykjavík138,772 people
In context
Where Reykjavíksits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250kReykjavík is here
<50k
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