Demographics of Iceland
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 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.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 142,657 | - |
1955 | 157,641 | 2.26 |
1960 | 175,584 | 2.09 |
1965 | 192,315 | 1.57 |
1970 | 204,423 | 1.21 |
1975 | 218,079 | 1.16 |
1980 | 228,256 | 0.95 |
1985 | 241,587 | 1.16 |
1990 | 255,044 | 1.04 |
1995 | 267,627 | 0.94 |
2000 | 280,439 | 0.93 |
2005 | 294,976 | 1.33 |
2010 | 320,342 | 1.36 |
2015 | 330,237 | 0.50 |
2016 | 332,209 | 0.60 |
2017 | 334,395 | 0.66 |
2018 | 336,712 | 0.69 |
2019 | 339,037 | 0.69 |
2020 | 341,250 | 0.65 |
2021 | 343,360 | 0.62 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 1,092 | 3,887 | 7.58 | 27.16 |
1955 | 1,141 | 4,515 | 7.21 | 28.48 |
1960 | 1,222 | 4,804 | 6.96 | 27.39 |
1965 | 1,342 | 4,576 | 7.00 | 23.91 |
1970 | 1,460 | 4,389 | 7.12 | 21.38 |
1975 | 1,459 | 4,353 | 6.72 | 20.03 |
1980 | 1,524 | 4,237 | 6.65 | 18.50 |
1985 | 1,677 | 4,238 | 6.95 | 17.55 |
1990 | 1,742 | 4,410 | 6.84 | 17.29 |
1995 | 1,834 | 4,390 | 6.85 | 16.41 |
2000 | 1,838 | 4,125 | 6.56 | 14.72 |
2005 | 1,864 | 4,376 | 6.26 | 14.69 |
2010 | 2,015 | 4,627 | 6.35 | 14.60 |
2015 | 2,165 | 4,282 | 6.54 | 12.93 |
2020 | 2,314 | 4,006 | 6.79 | 11.74 |
2021 | 2,341 | 3,990 | 6.82 | 11.62 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 103,856 | 38,803 | - | 72.800 |
1955 | 121,006 | 36,636 | 3.28 | 76.760 |
1960 | 141,000 | 34,592 | 2.96 | 80.300 |
1965 | 159,082 | 33,231 | 2.14 | 82.720 |
1970 | 173,558 | 30,868 | 1.71 | 84.900 |
1975 | 188,999 | 29,071 | 1.56 | 86.669 |
1980 | 201,464 | 26,798 | 1.30 | 88.260 |
1985 | 216,386 | 25,196 | 1.45 | 89.570 |
1990 | 231,452 | 23,591 | 1.29 | 90.750 |
1995 | 245,228 | 22,401 | 1.13 | 91.630 |
2000 | 259,125 | 21,310 | 1.07 | 92.401 |
2005 | 274,440 | 20,539 | 1.47 | 93.037 |
2010 | 299,745 | 20,583 | 1.41 | 93.574 |
2015 | 309,438 | 20,805 | 0.58 | 93.700 |
2020 | 322,286 | 20,942 | 0.83 | 93.898 |
2021 | 324,826 | 20,938 | 0.79 | 93.944 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio