Demographics of Iceland

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Iceland is projected at 0.343 million, up by 0.62% compared with 0.341 million in 2020. Iceland is ranked 180th in terms of population and 147th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 3.99 thousand births in Iceland in 2021. That is 11 per day, which is ranked 184th. The crude birth rate is 11.62 per 1000 people. There are 2.34 thousand deaths in Iceland in 2021. That is 6 per day, which is ranked 178th. The crude death rate is 6.82 per 1000 people.

0.32 million people are living in urban areas, which is 93.94% of Iceland population. Iceland is ranked 22nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Iceland in 2021 is 100.96 males per 100 females. There are 0.173 million males and 0.171 million females in Iceland. The percentage of female population is 49.76% compare to 50.24% male population. Iceland has 1.65 thousand more males than females. Iceland is at 146th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Iceland population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950142,657-
1955157,6412.26
1960175,5842.09
1965192,3151.57
1970204,4231.21
1975218,0791.16
1980228,2560.95
1985241,5871.16
1990255,0441.04
1995267,6270.94
2000280,4390.93
2005294,9761.33
2010320,3421.36
2015330,2370.50
2016332,2090.60
2017334,3950.66
2018336,7120.69
2019339,0370.69
2020341,2500.65
2021343,3600.62
  • Total
  • Crude

Iceland death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,0923,8877.5827.16
19551,1414,5157.2128.48
19601,2224,8046.9627.39
19651,3424,5767.0023.91
19701,4604,3897.1221.38
19751,4594,3536.7220.03
19801,5244,2376.6518.50
19851,6774,2386.9517.55
19901,7424,4106.8417.29
19951,8344,3906.8516.41
20001,8384,1256.5614.72
20051,8644,3766.2614.69
20102,0154,6276.3514.60
20152,1654,2826.5412.93
20202,3144,0066.7911.74
20212,3413,9906.8211.62
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Iceland

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950103,85638,803-72.800
1955121,00636,6363.2876.760
1960141,00034,5922.9680.300
1965159,08233,2312.1482.720
1970173,55830,8681.7184.900
1975188,99929,0711.5686.669
1980201,46426,7981.3088.260
1985216,38625,1961.4589.570
1990231,45223,5911.2990.750
1995245,22822,4011.1391.630
2000259,12521,3101.0792.401
2005274,44020,5391.4793.037
2010299,74520,5831.4193.574
2015309,43820,8050.5893.700
2020322,28620,9420.8393.898
2021324,82620,9380.7993.944
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Iceland population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 10,363 9,706 20,069 5.84 106.769
05-09 11,304 11,005 22,309 6.50 102.717
10-14 12,052 11,328 23,380 6.81 106.391
15-19 11,085 10,743 21,828 6.36 103.183
20-24 11,119 10,738 21,857 6.37 103.548
25-29 13,040 12,301 25,341 7.38 106.008
30-34 12,077 11,647 23,724 6.91 103.692
35-39 12,073 11,561 23,634 6.88 104.429
40-44 11,167 10,987 22,154 6.45 101.638
45-49 10,763 10,488 21,251 6.19 102.622
50-54 10,293 10,395 20,688 6.03 99.019
55-59 10,438 10,823 21,261 6.19 96.443
60-64 10,282 10,414 20,696 6.03 98.732
65-69 8,833 8,802 17,635 5.14 100.352
70-74 7,268 7,154 14,422 4.20 101.594
75-79 4,790 5,221 10,011 2.92 91.745
80-84 2,886 3,418 6,304 1.84 84.435
85-89 1,756 2,491 4,247 1.24 70.494
90-94 742 1,245 1,987 0.58 59.598
95-99 161 347 508 0.15 46.398
100+ 12 42 54 0.02 28.571
Total 172,504 170,856 343,360 100.965