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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Iceland	Germany	Iceland
1960	72,814,900	175,574	-	-
1961	73,377,632	179,029	0.77%	1.97%
1962	74,025,784	182,378	0.88%	1.87%
1963	74,714,353	185,653	0.93%	1.8%
1964	75,318,337	188,983	0.81%	1.79%
1965	75,963,695	192,286	0.86%	1.75%
1966	76,600,311	195,570	0.84%	1.71%
1967	76,951,336	198,751	0.46%	1.63%
1968	77,294,314	201,488	0.45%	1.38%
1969	77,909,682	203,369	0.8%	0.93%
1970	78,169,289	204,438	0.33%	0.53%
1971	78,312,842	206,098	0.18%	0.81%
1972	78,688,452	209,137	0.48%	1.47%
1973	78,936,666	212,317	0.32%	1.52%
1974	78,967,433	215,209	0.04%	1.36%
1975	78,673,554	217,979	-0.37%	1.29%
1976	78,336,950	220,154	-0.43%	1%
1977	78,159,814	221,799	-0.23%	0.75%
1978	78,091,820	223,537	-0.09%	0.78%
1979	78,126,350	225,735	0.04%	0.98%
1980	78,288,576	228,138	0.21%	1.06%
1981	78,407,907	230,755	0.15%	1.15%
1982	78,333,366	233,860	-0.1%	1.35%
1983	78,128,282	236,977	-0.26%	1.33%
1984	77,858,685	239,511	-0.35%	1.07%
1985	77,684,873	241,405	-0.22%	0.79%
1986	77,720,436	243,180	0.05%	0.74%
1987	77,839,920	245,859	0.15%	1.1%
1988	78,144,619	249,740	0.39%	1.58%
1989	78,751,283	252,852	0.78%	1.25%
1990	79,433,029	254,826	0.87%	0.78%
1991	80,013,896	257,797	0.73%	1.17%
1992	80,624,598	261,057	0.76%	1.26%
1993	81,156,363	263,725	0.66%	1.02%
1994	81,438,348	266,021	0.35%	0.87%
1995	81,678,051	267,468	0.29%	0.54%
1996	81,914,831	268,916	0.29%	0.54%
1997	82,034,771	271,128	0.15%	0.82%
1998	82,047,195	274,047	0.02%	1.08%
1999	82,100,243	277,381	0.06%	1.22%
2000	82,211,508	281,205	0.14%	1.38%
2001	82,349,925	284,968	0.17%	1.34%
2002	82,488,495	287,523	0.17%	0.9%
2003	82,534,176	289,521	0.06%	0.69%
2004	82,516,260	292,074	-0.02%	0.88%
2005	82,469,422	296,734	-0.06%	1.6%
2006	82,376,451	303,782	-0.11%	2.38%
2007	82,266,372	311,566	-0.13%	2.56%
2008	82,110,097	317,414	-0.19%	1.88%
2009	81,902,307	318,499	-0.25%	0.34%
2010	81,776,930	318,041	-0.15%	-0.14%
2011	80,274,983	319,014	-1.84%	0.31%
2012	80,425,823	320,716	0.19%	0.53%
2013	80,645,605	323,764	0.27%	0.95%
2014	80,982,500	327,386	0.42%	1.12%
2015	81,686,611	330,815	0.87%	1.05%
2016	82,348,669	335,439	0.81%	1.4%
2017	82,657,002	343,400	0.37%	2.37%
2018	82,905,782	352,721	0.3%	2.71%
2019	83,092,962	360,563	0.23%	2.22%
2020	83,160,871	366,463	0.08%	1.64%
2021	83,196,078	372,520	0.04%	1.65%
2022	83,797,985	382,003	0.72%	2.55%
2023	83,901,923	393,349	0.12%	2.97%
2024	83,510,950	404,610	-0.47%	2.86%
2025	83,039,665	409,614	-0.56%	1.24%
2026	82,614,154	413,792	-0.51%	1.02%
2027	82,415,087	417,406	-0.24%	0.87%
2028	82,204,095	420,691	-0.26%	0.79%
2029	81,983,207	423,592	-0.27%	0.69%
2030	81,761,486	426,158	-0.27%	0.61%
2031	81,535,782	428,479	-0.28%	0.54%
2032	81,309,833	430,544	-0.28%	0.48%
2033	81,088,671	432,406	-0.27%	0.43%
2034	80,874,239	434,083	-0.26%	0.39%
2035	80,664,119	435,646	-0.26%	0.36%
2036	80,440,400	437,132	-0.28%	0.34%
2037	80,216,687	438,466	-0.28%	0.31%
2038	79,996,530	439,670	-0.27%	0.27%
2039	79,775,309	440,754	-0.28%	0.25%
2040	79,559,716	441,687	-0.27%	0.21%
2041	79,356,179	442,487	-0.26%	0.18%
2042	79,162,051	443,200	-0.24%	0.16%
2043	78,957,628	443,884	-0.26%	0.15%
2044	78,737,840	444,457	-0.28%	0.13%
2045	78,512,825	444,812	-0.29%	0.08%
2046	78,288,289	445,028	-0.29%	0.05%
2047	78,060,952	445,183	-0.29%	0.03%
2048	77,820,753	445,283	-0.31%	0.02%
2049	77,573,634	445,335	-0.32%	0.01%
2050	77,330,385	445,330	-0.31%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.