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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Italy	Iceland	Italy
1960	175,574	50,199,700	-	-
1961	179,029	50,536,350	1.97%	0.67%
1962	182,378	50,879,450	1.87%	0.68%
1963	185,653	51,252,000	1.8%	0.73%
1964	188,983	51,675,350	1.79%	0.83%
1965	192,286	52,112,350	1.75%	0.85%
1966	195,570	52,519,000	1.71%	0.78%
1967	198,751	52,900,500	1.63%	0.73%
1968	201,488	53,235,750	1.38%	0.63%
1969	203,369	53,537,950	0.93%	0.57%
1970	204,438	53,821,850	0.53%	0.53%
1971	206,098	54,073,490	0.81%	0.47%
1972	209,137	54,381,345	1.47%	0.57%
1973	212,317	54,751,406	1.52%	0.68%
1974	215,209	55,110,868	1.36%	0.66%
1975	217,979	55,441,001	1.29%	0.6%
1976	220,154	55,718,260	1%	0.5%
1977	221,799	55,955,411	0.75%	0.43%
1978	223,537	56,155,143	0.78%	0.36%
1979	225,735	56,317,749	0.98%	0.29%
1980	228,138	56,433,883	1.06%	0.21%
1981	230,755	56,501,675	1.15%	0.12%
1982	233,860	56,543,548	1.35%	0.07%
1983	236,977	56,564,074	1.33%	0.04%
1984	239,511	56,576,718	1.07%	0.02%
1985	241,405	56,593,071	0.79%	0.03%
1986	243,180	56,596,155	0.74%	0.005%
1987	245,859	56,601,931	1.1%	0.01%
1988	249,740	56,629,288	1.58%	0.05%
1989	252,852	56,671,781	1.25%	0.08%
1990	254,826	56,719,240	0.78%	0.08%
1991	257,797	56,758,521	1.17%	0.07%
1992	261,057	56,797,087	1.26%	0.07%
1993	263,725	56,831,821	1.02%	0.06%
1994	266,021	56,843,400	0.87%	0.02%
1995	267,468	56,844,303	0.54%	0.002%
1996	268,916	56,860,281	0.54%	0.03%
1997	271,128	56,890,372	0.82%	0.05%
1998	274,047	56,906,744	1.08%	0.03%
1999	277,381	56,916,317	1.22%	0.02%
2000	281,205	56,942,108	1.38%	0.05%
2001	284,968	56,976,981	1.34%	0.06%
2002	287,523	57,089,824	0.9%	0.2%
2003	289,521	57,399,184	0.69%	0.54%
2004	292,074	57,828,179	0.88%	0.75%
2005	296,734	58,166,682	1.6%	0.59%
2006	303,782	58,399,861	2.38%	0.4%
2007	311,566	58,756,247	2.56%	0.61%
2008	317,414	59,211,181	1.88%	0.77%
2009	318,499	59,555,454	0.34%	0.58%
2010	318,041	59,819,407	-0.14%	0.44%
2011	319,014	60,026,841	0.31%	0.35%
2012	320,716	60,191,247	0.53%	0.27%
2013	323,764	60,311,613	0.95%	0.2%
2014	327,386	60,320,707	1.12%	0.02%
2015	330,815	60,229,605	1.05%	-0.15%
2016	335,439	60,115,223	1.4%	-0.19%
2017	343,400	60,002,252	2.37%	-0.19%
2018	352,721	60,148,658	2.71%	0.24%
2019	360,563	59,729,081	2.22%	-0.7%
2020	366,463	59,438,851	1.64%	-0.49%
2021	372,520	59,133,173	1.65%	-0.51%
2022	382,003	59,013,667	2.55%	-0.2%
2023	385,663	58,984,216	0.96%	-0.05%
2024	386,506	58,952,704	0.22%	-0.05%
2025	391,286	58,757,388	1.24%	-0.33%
2026	395,277	58,538,738	1.02%	-0.37%
2027	398,729	58,302,912	0.87%	-0.4%
2028	401,867	58,061,557	0.79%	-0.41%
2029	404,639	57,818,364	0.69%	-0.42%
2030	407,090	57,565,087	0.61%	-0.44%
2031	409,307	57,300,892	0.54%	-0.46%
2032	411,279	57,038,998	0.48%	-0.46%
2033	413,059	56,780,656	0.43%	-0.45%
2034	414,660	56,516,874	0.39%	-0.46%
2035	416,153	56,247,746	0.36%	-0.48%
2036	417,573	55,978,207	0.34%	-0.48%
2037	418,847	55,705,993	0.31%	-0.49%
2038	419,997	55,429,408	0.27%	-0.5%
2039	421,032	55,146,340	0.25%	-0.51%
2040	421,924	54,858,102	0.21%	-0.52%
2041	422,688	54,570,785	0.18%	-0.52%
2042	423,370	54,276,735	0.16%	-0.54%
2043	424,023	53,966,605	0.15%	-0.57%
2044	424,570	53,649,281	0.13%	-0.59%
2045	424,909	53,327,530	0.08%	-0.6%
2046	425,115	52,995,336	0.05%	-0.62%
2047	425,264	52,650,393	0.03%	-0.65%
2048	425,359	52,294,685	0.02%	-0.68%
2049	425,409	51,929,700	0.01%	-0.7%
2050	425,404	51,549,925	-0.001%	-0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iceland increased by 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth), while Italy gained 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iceland gained 59,875 (a 17.8% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2006 and is 173rd in 2026. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2006 and ranked 26th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Iceland's population will grow by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd. The population of Italy will decrease by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people and rank change from 26th to 40th.