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View of Reykjavík from Hallgrímskirkja, Iceland
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Tables
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Sources
161
SEL Fields
52
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2021 (register-based). Included in HERA.
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Datasets (11)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

3 further sources (Ethnic Power Relations Dataset, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

ISL Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands) ISL-HAGSTOFA_CENSUS Census
63 rows · 2 tables · 2026 Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands) 0 1 2 3 6 SEL ▶
Iceland Register Census (Eurostat demo_r_pjangrp3) ISL-EUROSTAT-CENSUS Census
5 rows · 4 tables · 2023 Eurostat 0 1 2 3 16 SEL 8 ext ▶
ISL World Bank Open Data ISL-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
ISL UNHCR Refugee Data Finder ISL-UNHCR Migration
63 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
ISL OpenFactBook ISL-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
14 rows · 14 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 90 SEL 1 CCL 531 ext ▶
ISL LandScan Global (ORNL) ISL-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
10 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
ISL NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) ISL-NGA_GNS Language
9 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 22 ext ▶
ISL Glottolog Language Catalog ISL-GLOTTOLOG Language
3 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
ISL D-PLACE ISL-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
2 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
ISL GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) ISL-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
1 row · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
ISL INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) ISL-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 17,300 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
Icelandic (isl) 6,179 98.3% —
English (eng) 102 1.6% —
+ 6 further languages (6 names, each under 0.05%)

15,652 distinct features · 8 languages · 0 scripts · 1 conventional English name
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 6,287 names that carry a language code; the remaining 11,013 of 17,300 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (11)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
Eurostat official_nso api
Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands) official_nso api
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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