Edinburgh
130 km²
Reykjavik
97 km²
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Edinburgh covers 130 km² of contiguous built-up land, 1.3× the built-up area of Reykjavik (97 km²).
| Edinburgh | Reykjavik | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Edinburgh | Reykjavik |
| Population (2025) | 530,165 | 206,895 |
| Built-up area | 130 km² | 97 km² |
| Density | 4,078 /km² | 2,133 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.