Population regions with projections in Iceland

Iceland: Population regions with projections was 362,584 in 2100. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2100)
362,584
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
181st
of 239 countries
All-time high
432,999
in 2049
All-time low
49,538
in 1700
Years of data
318
1000–2100

Population regions with projections in Iceland, 1000–2100

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Iceland recorded 362,584 for population regions with projections in 2100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population regions with projections in Iceland peaked at 432,999 in 2049 and was at its lowest, 49,538, in 1700.

That places Iceland 181st out of 239 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Population regions with projections in Iceland, year by year

Annual values for Population regions with projections in Iceland, 1000 to 2100.
Year Value Change
1000 50,000 —
1100 70,000 +40.0%
1200 70,000 +0.0%
1300 70,000 +0.0%
1400 60,000 -14.3%
1500 60,000 +0.0%
1600 50,000 -16.7%
1700 49,538 -0.9%
1710 50,548 +2.0%
1720 51,580 +2.0%
1730 52,633 +2.0%
1740 53,707 +2.0%
1750 54,803 +2.0%
1760 55,921 +2.0%
1770 57,063 +2.0%
1780 58,227 +2.0%
1790 59,416 +2.0%
1800 61,428 +3.4%
1801 61,428 +0.0%
1802 61,428 +0.0%
1803 61,428 +0.0%
1804 61,428 +0.0%
1805 61,428 +0.0%
1806 61,428 +0.0%
1807 61,428 +0.0%
1808 61,428 +0.0%
1809 61,428 +0.0%
1810 61,428 +0.0%
1811 61,428 +0.0%
1812 61,428 +0.0%
1813 61,428 +0.0%
1814 61,428 +0.0%
1815 61,428 +0.0%
1816 61,428 +0.0%
1817 61,428 +0.0%
1818 61,428 +0.0%
1819 61,382 -0.1%
1820 61,291 -0.1%
1821 61,153 -0.2%
1822 60,971 -0.3%
1823 60,743 -0.4%
1824 60,517 -0.4%
1825 60,291 -0.4%
1826 60,065 -0.4%
1827 59,841 -0.4%
1828 59,618 -0.4%
1829 59,395 -0.4%
1830 59,173 -0.4%
1831 58,952 -0.4%
1832 58,732 -0.4%
1833 58,513 -0.4%
1834 58,295 -0.4%
1835 58,077 -0.4%
1836 57,860 -0.4%
1837 57,644 -0.4%
1838 57,429 -0.4%
1839 57,296 -0.2%
1840 57,247 -0.1%
1841 57,280 +0.1%
1842 57,395 +0.2%
1843 57,593 +0.3%
1844 57,792 +0.3%
1845 57,992 +0.3%
1846 58,192 +0.3%
1847 58,393 +0.3%
1848 58,595 +0.3%
1849 58,908 +0.5%
1850 59,333 +0.7%
1851 59,869 +0.9%
1852 60,521 +1.1%
1853 61,291 +1.3%
1854 62,071 +1.3%
1855 62,861 +1.3%
1856 63,660 +1.3%
1857 64,470 +1.3%
1858 65,291 +1.3%
1859 66,009 +1.1%
1860 66,623 +0.9%
1861 67,132 +0.8%
1862 67,533 +0.6%
1863 67,824 +0.4%
1864 68,117 +0.4%
1865 68,411 +0.4%
1866 68,707 +0.4%
1867 69,003 +0.4%
1868 69,301 +0.4%
1869 69,579 +0.4%
1870 69,835 +0.4%
1871 70,071 +0.3%
1872 70,285 +0.3%
1873 70,478 +0.3%
1874 70,672 +0.3%
1875 70,866 +0.3%
1876 71,061 +0.3%
1877 71,257 +0.3%
1878 71,453 +0.3%
1879 71,588 +0.2%
1880 71,664 +0.1%
1881 71,679 +0.0%
1882 71,635 -0.1%
1883 71,529 -0.1%
1884 71,424 -0.1%
1885 71,319 -0.1%
1886 71,214 -0.1%
1887 71,110 -0.1%
1888 71,005 -0.1%
1889 71,055 +0.1%
1890 71,259 +0.3%
1891 71,619 +0.5%
1892 72,137 +0.7%
1893 72,813 +0.9%
1894 73,496 +0.9%
1895 74,185 +0.9%
1896 74,880 +0.9%
1897 75,582 +0.9%
1898 76,291 +0.9%
1899 77,048 +1.0%
1900 77,854 +1.0%
1901 78,711 +1.1%
1902 79,619 +1.2%
1903 80,579 +1.2%
1904 81,551 +1.2%
1905 82,535 +1.2%
1906 83,531 +1.2%
1907 84,538 +1.2%
1908 85,558 +1.2%
1909 86,567 +1.2%
1910 87,565 +1.2%
1911 88,552 +1.1%
1912 89,526 +1.1%
1913 90,488 +1.1%
1914 91,461 +1.1%
1915 92,444 +1.1%
1916 93,438 +1.1%
1917 94,442 +1.1%
1918 95,464 +1.1%
1919 96,495 +1.1%
1920 97,534 +1.1%
1921 98,582 +1.1%
1922 99,639 +1.1%
1923 100,704 +1.1%
1924 101,781 +1.1%
1925 102,870 +1.1%
1926 103,970 +1.1%
1927 105,082 +1.1%
1928 106,206 +1.1%
1929 107,337 +1.1%
1930 108,477 +1.1%
1931 109,624 +1.1%
1932 110,779 +1.1%
1933 111,942 +1.0%
1934 113,117 +1.0%
1935 114,305 +1.1%
1936 115,505 +1.0%
1937 116,718 +1.1%
1938 117,943 +1.0%
1939 119,333 +1.2%
1940 120,892 +1.3%
1941 122,625 +1.4%
1942 124,535 +1.6%
1943 126,627 +1.7%
1944 128,755 +1.7%
1945 130,918 +1.7%
1946 133,118 +1.7%
1947 135,354 +1.7%
1948 137,628 +1.7%
1949 140,059 +1.8%
1950 142,684 +1.9%
1951 145,432 +1.9%
1952 147,778 +1.6%
1953 150,750 +2.0%
1954 154,272 +2.3%
1955 157,751 +2.3%
1956 161,091 +2.1%
1957 164,767 +2.3%
1958 168,490 +2.3%
1959 172,008 +2.1%
1960 175,572 +2.1%
1961 179,014 +2.0%
1962 182,360 +1.9%
1963 185,658 +1.8%
1964 189,043 +1.8%
1965 192,344 +1.7%
1966 195,604 +1.7%
1967 198,796 +1.6%
1968 201,519 +1.4%
1969 203,383 +0.9%
1970 204,489 +0.5%
1971 206,171 +0.8%
1972 209,209 +1.5%
1973 212,385 +1.5%
1974 215,273 +1.4%
1975 218,029 +1.3%
1976 220,196 +1.0%
1977 221,842 +0.7%
1978 223,580 +0.8%
1979 225,765 +1.0%
1980 228,147 +1.1%
1981 230,754 +1.1%
1982 233,852 +1.3%
1983 236,968 +1.3%
1984 239,513 +1.1%
1985 241,414 +0.8%
1986 243,195 +0.7%
1987 245,864 +1.1%
1988 249,734 +1.6%
1989 252,861 +1.3%
1990 254,842 +0.8%
1991 257,817 +1.2%
1992 261,087 +1.3%
1993 263,760 +1.0%
1994 266,063 +0.9%
1995 267,516 +0.5%
1996 268,967 +0.5%
1997 271,194 +0.8%
1998 274,121 +1.1%
1999 277,450 +1.2%
2000 281,293 +1.4%
2001 285,058 +1.3%
2002 287,609 +0.9%
2003 289,616 +0.7%
2004 292,172 +0.9%
2005 296,852 +1.6%
2006 303,883 +2.4%
2007 311,662 +2.6%
2008 317,519 +1.9%
2009 318,619 +0.3%
2010 318,163 -0.1%
2011 319,139 +0.3%
2012 320,851 +0.5%
2013 323,891 +0.9%
2014 327,517 +1.1%
2015 330,962 +1.1%
2016 335,571 +1.4%
2017 343,537 +2.4%
2018 352,860 +2.7%
2019 360,709 +2.2%
2020 366,626 +1.6%
2021 372,647 +1.6%
2022 380,368 +2.1%
2023 387,559 +1.9%
2024 393,404 +1.5%
2025 398,270 +1.2%
2026 402,332 +1.0%
2027 405,846 +0.9%
2028 409,039 +0.8%
2029 411,860 +0.7%
2030 414,356 +0.6%
2031 416,611 +0.5%
2032 418,620 +0.5%
2033 420,431 +0.4%
2034 422,060 +0.4%
2035 423,581 +0.4%
2036 425,026 +0.3%
2037 426,322 +0.3%
2038 427,493 +0.3%
2039 428,546 +0.2%
2040 429,455 +0.2%
2041 430,231 +0.2%
2042 430,925 +0.2%
2043 431,591 +0.2%
2044 432,148 +0.1%
2045 432,493 +0.1%
2046 432,702 +0.0%
2047 432,854 +0.0%
2048 432,950 +0.0%
2049 432,999 +0.0%
2050 432,997 -0.0%
2051 432,987 -0.0%
2052 432,897 -0.0%
2053 432,699 -0.0%
2054 432,501 -0.0%
2055 432,184 -0.1%
2056 431,757 -0.1%
2057 431,243 -0.1%
2058 430,674 -0.1%
2059 430,070 -0.1%
2060 429,368 -0.2%
2061 428,623 -0.2%
2062 427,796 -0.2%
2063 426,892 -0.2%
2064 425,999 -0.2%
2065 425,041 -0.2%
2066 424,009 -0.2%
2067 422,907 -0.3%
2068 421,793 -0.3%
2069 420,666 -0.3%
2070 419,434 -0.3%
2071 418,105 -0.3%
2072 416,670 -0.3%
2073 415,207 -0.4%
2074 413,768 -0.3%
2075 412,221 -0.4%
2076 410,557 -0.4%
2077 408,724 -0.4%
2078 406,804 -0.5%
2079 404,869 -0.5%
2080 402,855 -0.5%
2081 400,800 -0.5%
2082 398,779 -0.5%
2083 396,750 -0.5%
2084 394,677 -0.5%
2085 392,570 -0.5%
2086 390,444 -0.5%
2087 388,299 -0.5%
2088 386,091 -0.6%
2089 383,975 -0.5%
2090 381,943 -0.5%
2091 379,879 -0.5%
2092 377,757 -0.6%
2093 375,704 -0.5%
2094 373,751 -0.5%
2095 371,832 -0.5%
2096 369,919 -0.5%
2097 368,042 -0.5%
2098 366,205 -0.5%
2099 364,400 -0.5%
2100 362,584 -0.5%

Iceland compared with similar countries

  • Iceland's 362,584 is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.08 million, 17% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • Iceland's 362,584 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.94 million, 7% of the median. (56 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Population regions with projections in Iceland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1100 +40.0% 50,000 70,000

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1000s 50,000 50,000 50,000 1
1100s 70,000 70,000 70,000 1
1200s 70,000 70,000 70,000 1
1300s 70,000 70,000 70,000 1
1400s 60,000 60,000 60,000 1
1500s 60,000 60,000 60,000 1
1600s 50,000 50,000 50,000 1
1700s 49,538 49,538 49,538 1
1710s 50,548 50,548 50,548 1
1720s 51,580 51,580 51,580 1
1730s 52,633 52,633 52,633 1
1740s 53,707 53,707 53,707 1
1750s 54,803 54,803 54,803 1
1760s 55,921 55,921 55,921 1
1770s 57,063 57,063 57,063 1
1780s 58,227 58,227 58,227 1
1790s 59,416 59,416 59,416 1
1800s 61,428 61,428 61,428 10
1810s 61,423 61,382 61,428 10
1820s 60,388 59,395 61,291 10
1830s 58,197 57,296 59,173 10
1840s 57,939 57,247 58,908 10
1850s 62,538 59,333 66,009 10
1860s 68,223 66,623 69,579 10
1870s 70,757 69,835 71,588 10
1880s 71,363 71,005 71,679 10
1890s 73,931 71,259 77,048 10
1900s 82,104 77,854 86,567 10
1910s 91,988 87,565 96,495 10
1920s 102,370 97,534 107,337 10
1930s 113,774 108,477 119,333 10
1940s 130,051 120,892 140,059 10
1950s 156,502 142,684 172,008 10
1960s 190,329 175,572 203,383 10
1970s 215,694 204,489 225,765 10
1980s 240,230 228,147 252,861 10
1990s 266,282 254,842 277,450 10
2000s 298,428 281,293 318,619 10
2010s 333,320 318,163 360,709 10
2020s 392,795 366,626 411,860 10
2030s 422,305 414,356 428,546 10
2040s 431,835 429,455 432,999 10
2050s 432,001 430,070 432,997 10
2060s 425,309 420,666 429,368 10
2070s 412,636 404,869 419,434 10
2080s 393,524 383,975 402,855 10
2090s 372,943 364,400 381,943 10
2100s 362,584 362,584 362,584 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is population regions with projections in Iceland?
Population regions with projections in Iceland was 362,584 in 2100, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest population regions with projections recorded in Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 432,999 in 2049.
What is the lowest population regions with projections recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 49,538 in 1700.
How does Iceland rank for population regions with projections?
Iceland ranks 181st out of 239 countries with data for 2100.
Is population regions with projections rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Iceland data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Population regions with projections. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Population regions with projections
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Coverage
239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
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