Population in Denmark compared to Iceland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Denmark and Iceland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Iceland	Denmark	Iceland
1960	4,579,603	175,574	-	-
1961	4,611,687	179,029	0.7%	1.97%
1962	4,647,727	182,378	0.78%	1.87%
1963	4,684,483	185,653	0.79%	1.8%
1964	4,722,072	188,983	0.8%	1.79%
1965	4,759,012	192,286	0.78%	1.75%
1966	4,797,381	195,570	0.81%	1.71%
1967	4,835,354	198,751	0.79%	1.63%
1968	4,864,883	201,488	0.61%	1.38%
1969	4,891,860	203,369	0.55%	0.93%
1970	4,928,757	204,438	0.75%	0.53%
1971	4,963,126	206,098	0.7%	0.81%
1972	4,991,596	209,137	0.57%	1.47%
1973	5,021,861	212,317	0.61%	1.52%
1974	5,045,297	215,209	0.47%	1.36%
1975	5,059,862	217,979	0.29%	1.29%
1976	5,072,596	220,154	0.25%	1%
1977	5,088,419	221,799	0.31%	0.75%
1978	5,104,248	223,537	0.31%	0.78%
1979	5,116,801	225,735	0.25%	0.98%
1980	5,123,027	228,138	0.12%	1.06%
1981	5,121,572	230,755	-0.03%	1.15%
1982	5,117,810	233,860	-0.07%	1.35%
1983	5,114,297	236,977	-0.07%	1.33%
1984	5,111,619	239,511	-0.05%	1.07%
1985	5,113,691	241,405	0.04%	0.79%
1986	5,120,534	243,180	0.13%	0.74%
1987	5,127,024	245,859	0.13%	1.1%
1988	5,129,516	249,740	0.05%	1.58%
1989	5,132,594	252,852	0.06%	1.25%
1990	5,140,939	254,826	0.16%	0.78%
1991	5,154,298	257,797	0.26%	1.17%
1992	5,171,370	261,057	0.33%	1.26%
1993	5,188,628	263,725	0.33%	1.02%
1994	5,206,180	266,021	0.34%	0.87%
1995	5,233,373	267,468	0.52%	0.54%
1996	5,263,074	268,916	0.57%	0.54%
1997	5,284,991	271,128	0.42%	0.82%
1998	5,304,219	274,047	0.36%	1.08%
1999	5,321,799	277,381	0.33%	1.22%
2000	5,339,616	281,205	0.33%	1.38%
2001	5,358,783	284,968	0.36%	1.34%
2002	5,375,931	287,523	0.32%	0.9%
2003	5,390,574	289,521	0.27%	0.69%
2004	5,404,523	292,074	0.26%	0.88%
2005	5,419,432	296,734	0.28%	1.6%
2006	5,437,272	303,782	0.33%	2.38%
2007	5,461,438	311,566	0.44%	2.56%
2008	5,493,621	317,414	0.59%	1.88%
2009	5,523,095	318,499	0.54%	0.34%
2010	5,547,683	318,041	0.45%	-0.14%
2011	5,570,572	319,014	0.41%	0.31%
2012	5,591,572	320,716	0.38%	0.53%
2013	5,614,932	323,764	0.42%	0.95%
2014	5,643,475	327,386	0.51%	1.12%
2015	5,683,483	330,815	0.71%	1.05%
2016	5,728,010	335,439	0.78%	1.4%
2017	5,764,980	343,400	0.65%	2.37%
2018	5,793,636	352,721	0.5%	2.71%
2019	5,814,422	360,563	0.36%	2.22%
2020	5,831,404	366,463	0.29%	1.64%
2021	5,856,733	372,520	0.43%	1.65%
2022	5,903,037	382,003	0.79%	2.55%
2023	5,946,952	393,349	0.74%	2.97%
2024	5,976,992	404,610	0.51%	2.86%
2025	6,002,090	409,614	0.42%	1.24%
2026	6,023,091	413,792	0.35%	1.02%
2027	6,041,010	417,406	0.3%	0.87%
2028	6,056,755	420,691	0.26%	0.79%
2029	6,070,186	423,592	0.22%	0.69%
2030	6,081,559	426,158	0.19%	0.61%
2031	6,091,513	428,479	0.16%	0.54%
2032	6,099,943	430,544	0.14%	0.48%
2033	6,107,156	432,406	0.12%	0.43%
2034	6,113,785	434,083	0.11%	0.39%
2035	6,119,365	435,646	0.09%	0.36%
2036	6,123,874	437,132	0.07%	0.34%
2037	6,127,386	438,466	0.06%	0.31%
2038	6,130,437	439,670	0.05%	0.27%
2039	6,132,752	440,754	0.04%	0.25%
2040	6,134,223	441,687	0.02%	0.21%
2041	6,135,120	442,487	0.01%	0.18%
2042	6,135,315	443,200	0.003%	0.16%
2043	6,135,244	443,884	-0.001%	0.15%
2044	6,134,789	444,457	-0.007%	0.13%
2045	6,134,218	444,812	-0.009%	0.08%
2046	6,133,182	445,028	-0.02%	0.05%
2047	6,131,427	445,183	-0.03%	0.03%
2048	6,129,548	445,283	-0.03%	0.02%
2049	6,127,293	445,335	-0.04%	0.01%
2050	6,124,397	445,330	-0.05%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.