Of the total 6,570 children in primary schools in Iceland with a foreign language as their mother tongue in 2022, most had Polish as their native language. 2,000 pupils had Polish as their mother tongue. English native-speakers was the second largest group with 480 pupils. The total number of children in primary schools in Iceland in 2021 was 46,859.
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Statistics Iceland. (April 18, 2023). Number of pupils in primary schools in Iceland with another mother tongue in 2022, by language [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266711/pupils-primary-schools-iceland-with-another-mother-tongue/
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