Iceland Population

Current and historical population data for Iceland, including latest value (386,506), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Iceland
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Iceland · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 17.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 13.9 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 10.5 / 15
Structural stability 6.9 / 10
Future capacity 8.9 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.1 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 19602024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Iceland · total population by country.

1960–2024
386,506 people
385,663 people
361,609 people
70 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
population rate reference line

Countries by population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 1.45 bn high
China 1.41 bn high
United States 340.11 m high
Indonesia 283.49 m high
Pakistan 251.27 m high
Nigeria 232.68 m medium
Brazil 212 m medium
Bangladesh 173.56 m medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 83.52 m
France 68.55 m
United Kingdom 69.23 m
United States 340.11 m
China 1.41 bn

Related indicators

internal links
GDP per Capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Nominal GDP NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Urban Population SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Life Expectancy SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Fertility Rate SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.POP.TOTL

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00

Iceland Snapshot

country profile
Population 386,506
GDP 33.26 bn
Debt/GDP 80.16%
Inflation 5.86%
Unemployment 3.63%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Iceland Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Population for Iceland. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: iceland population rate, population data iceland, iceland population statistics, iceland people.