Iceland
Population growth in Iceland
Population growth in Iceland: 2.29% a year in 1950 and 1.64% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.64% a year
- Since 1950
- −0.64 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 66 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.5% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.5% a year in 2100, between -3.34% a year and 1.56% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 2.94% a year in 2017, the lowest -0.55% a year in 2009.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Iceland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.64 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 2.11 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.98 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.28 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1.98 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 2.42 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 2.94 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.73 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 1.04 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 1.05 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 1.18 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.71 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.35 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.26 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -0.55 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 1.24 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 2.5 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 2.55 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 2.13 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 1.03 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.73 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.65 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 1.13 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.53 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.21 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 1.21 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.93 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.71 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.37 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 0.73 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 1.01 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 1.02 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 1.5 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 0.82 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.75 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 1.75 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 1.38 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.81 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 0.66 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 0.92 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.22 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.44 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.23 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 1.04 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 1.07 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.88 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 0.68 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 0.8 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 1.17 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.38 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.32 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.7 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.23 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 0.41 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 0.67 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.18 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.54 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.69 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 1.67 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 1.8 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 1.82 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 1.77 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 1.93 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 1.95 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2.16 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.97 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2.5 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 2 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 2.18 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.29 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.33 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.65 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.54 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.29 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Iceland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.350.51–2.32 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 1.11-0.03–2.33 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 0.92-0.46–2.28 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 0.82-0.65–2.18 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.75-0.77–2.17 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 0.63-0.86–2.14 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 0.58-0.98–2.27 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 0.51-1.09–2.06 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.45-1.14–2.03 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 0.41-1.19–2.06 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.36-1.23–1.96 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.36-1.37–2.11 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.32-1.33–1.98 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.29-1.39–1.86 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.26-1.56–2 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.23-1.58–1.92 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.2-1.59–1.91 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.17-1.61–1.9 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.16-1.57–1.94 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.15-1.56–1.86 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.11-1.53–1.83 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.05-1.77–1.68 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.05-1.77–1.81 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.03-1.81–1.75 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.02-1.84–1.81 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.01-1.85–1.74 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -0.01-1.94–1.81 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.01-1.95–1.68 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.05-2.07–1.7 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.05-1.94–1.67 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.05-1.94–1.77 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.09-2.01–1.73 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.11-2.11–1.63 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.13-2.12–1.66 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.13-2.16–1.59 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.15-2.26–1.55 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.18-2.22–1.52 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.17-2.29–1.68 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.22-2.27–1.53 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.21-2.36–1.49 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.21-2.23–1.65 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.24-2.28–1.51 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.24-2.26–1.58 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.28-2.32–1.64 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.26-2.32–1.7 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.28-2.34–1.62 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.31-2.42–1.56 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.32-2.57–1.47 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.36-2.54–1.51 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.34-2.48–1.61 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.36-2.51–1.57 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.39-2.73–1.52 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.42-2.68–1.53 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.48-2.84–1.4 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.46-2.77–1.49 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.49-2.73–1.57 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.51-2.84–1.5 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.51-2.85–1.48 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.5-2.9–1.43 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.53-2.93–1.54 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.53-2.91–1.7 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.54-3.02–1.58 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.54-3.08–1.51 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.56-3.09–1.55 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.57-3.29–1.53 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.53-3.19–1.44 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.53-3.27–1.42 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.56-3.29–1.54 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.56-3.29–1.42 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.53-3.22–1.49 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.52-3.22–1.54 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.52-3.29–1.65 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.52-3.3–1.52 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.5-3.41–1.58 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.5-3.48–1.51 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.49-3.31–1.62 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.5-3.34–1.56 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$0 in 2025
- Military spending per person$0 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel0 people in 2020
- National power0% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports50 million TIV in 2011
- Arms exports5 million TIV in 1993