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Iceland: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
392,746people
Change on 2024
+1.5%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.9%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20310.417Forecast
20300.409Forecast
20290.407Forecast
20280.404Forecast
20270.401Forecast
20260.397Forecast
20250.393
20240.387
20230.38
20220.37
20210.362
20200.356
20190.352
20180.346
20170.337
20160.329

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Jónsson, Magnússon & Snorrason1870–2016
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1960–2014
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Iceland documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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