Population in Iceland

551 indicators covering population for Iceland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Immigration by age group, sex and citizenship 9,946 Number 2024 up 85.3% 41st
Immigration by age, sex and group of citizenship 9,946 Number 2024 up 85.3% 41st
Households - level of internet access 98.4% 2021 up 6.2% 8th
Emigration by age group, sex and citizenship 5,700 Number 2024 up 40.7% 40th
Immigration by age group, sex and country of previous residence 9,946 Number 2024 up 85.3% 41st
Standardised inflows of temporary migrants — Migration flows by 0 Persons 2022 16th
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population 11.3% 2020 up 56.9% 30th
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by age, sex and 30.5% 2020 down 8.7% 24th
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 24.0% 2025 down 29.0% 12th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 24.3% 2025 down 25.2% 7th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 24.3% 2025 down 25.2% 7th
Emigration by age group, sex and country of next usual residence 5,700 Number 2024 up 40.7% 40th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 63.5% 2025 down 2.3% 20th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 289.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 25.8% 45th
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 24.0% 2025 down 29.0% 12th
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 24.0% 2025 down 29.0% 12th
At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 15.9% 2020 down 31.5% 43rd
Early leavers from education and training by country of birth 16.7% 2025 down 11.2% 2nd
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 34.1% 2020 up 3.3% 45th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 20.5% 2020 down 10.1% 45th
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 12.3% 2020 down 23.1% 24th
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 11.5% 2020 down 19.0% 23rd
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without 11.6% 2020 up 73.1% 29th
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by tenure status 30.5% 2020 down 8.7% 24th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by age and 0.7 Thousand 2020 down 50.0% 47th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by most 4.4% 2020 down 4.3% 36th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by 4.1% 2020 down 10.9% 37th
Distribution of households with children by number of children 41.7% 2020 down 14.4% 45th
Distribution of population by sex and age 100.0% 2020 unchanged 1st
Distribution of population aged 18 and over by educational attainment 21.4% 2020 down 30.7% 9th
Distribution of population aged 65 and over by type of household 56.7% 2020 up 3.5% 3rd
Distribution of population over 18 years by most frequent activity 100.0% 2020 unchanged 1st
Average household size 2.5 Average 2020 up 4.2% 13th
Distribution of households by household size 29.2% 2020 down 6.1% 33rd
Share of children (aged less than 18) living with their parents by 56.7% 2020 up 1.6% 35th
Distribution of households by household type from 2003 onwards 100.0% 2020 unchanged 1st
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and sex 33.5% 2020 up 25.5% 5th
Live births by mother's age and newborn's sex 4,311 Number 2024 down 1.5% 57th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type 49.4% 2020 up 12.8% 15th
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population 12.9% 2020 up 55.4% 32nd
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by degree of 25.8% 2020 down 9.2% 21st
Distribution of population aged 18 and over by health status, age 42.2% 2020 down 7.7% 7th
Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population 7.5% 2020 up 63.0% 28th
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by country of birth of their 12.3% 2020 down 20.6% 44th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by tenure 4.5% 2020 down 21.1% 38th
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, work intensity of the 2.0% 2022 down 9.1% 28th
Live births (total) by other typologies 2,823 Number 2024 down 1.4% 36th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and degree of 36.3% 2020 up 25.6% 6th
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by educational attainment level 7.3% 2020 down 80.6% 47th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and tenure status 32.6% 2020 up 14.4% 7th
Children living in households with very low work intensity by 14.2% 2020 up 9.2% 42nd
Other types of childcare by age group and duration - % over the 84.5% 2020 up 24.3% 9th
Children cared only by their parents by age group - % over the 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 45th
Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and other typologies 249,054 2025 up 17.9% 36th
Children in formal childcare or education by age group and duration 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 45th
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents 18.4% 2020 down 14.4% 41st
Vaccination against influenza of population aged 65 and over 56.8% 2025 up 32.1% 13th
Population connected to wastewater treatment plants 61.02 Thousand 1999 up 302.2% 38th
Live births by mother's age and citizenship 4,311 Number 2024 down 1.5% 52nd
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 3.0% 2022 up 100.0% 46th