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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Luxembourg	Iceland	Luxembourg
1960	175,574	313,970	-	-
1961	179,029	316,845	1.97%	0.92%
1962	182,378	320,750	1.87%	1.23%
1963	185,653	324,100	1.8%	1.04%
1964	188,983	327,750	1.79%	1.13%
1965	192,286	331,500	1.75%	1.14%
1966	195,570	333,895	1.71%	0.72%
1967	198,751	334,995	1.63%	0.33%
1968	201,488	335,850	1.38%	0.26%
1969	203,369	337,500	0.93%	0.49%
1970	204,438	339,171	0.53%	0.5%
1971	206,098	342,421	0.81%	0.96%
1972	209,137	346,600	1.47%	1.22%
1973	212,317	350,450	1.52%	1.11%
1974	215,209	355,050	1.36%	1.31%
1975	217,979	358,950	1.29%	1.1%
1976	220,154	360,731	1%	0.5%
1977	221,799	361,358	0.75%	0.17%
1978	223,537	362,007	0.78%	0.18%
1979	225,735	362,856	0.98%	0.23%
1980	228,138	364,150	1.06%	0.36%
1981	230,755	365,225	1.15%	0.3%
1982	233,860	365,525	1.35%	0.08%
1983	236,977	365,622	1.33%	0.03%
1984	239,511	365,998	1.07%	0.1%
1985	241,405	366,706	0.79%	0.19%
1986	243,180	368,355	0.74%	0.45%
1987	245,859	370,750	1.1%	0.65%
1988	249,740	373,450	1.58%	0.73%
1989	252,852	377,100	1.25%	0.98%
1990	254,826	381,850	0.78%	1.26%
1991	257,797	387,000	1.17%	1.35%
1992	261,057	392,175	1.26%	1.34%
1993	263,725	397,475	1.02%	1.35%
1994	266,021	402,925	0.87%	1.37%
1995	267,468	408,625	0.54%	1.41%
1996	268,916	414,225	0.54%	1.37%
1997	271,128	419,450	0.82%	1.26%
1998	274,047	424,700	1.08%	1.25%
1999	277,381	430,475	1.22%	1.36%
2000	281,205	436,300	1.38%	1.35%
2001	284,968	441,525	1.34%	1.2%
2002	287,523	446,175	0.9%	1.05%
2003	289,521	451,630	0.69%	1.22%
2004	292,074	458,095	0.88%	1.43%
2005	296,734	465,158	1.6%	1.54%
2006	303,782	472,637	2.38%	1.61%
2007	311,566	479,993	2.56%	1.56%
2008	317,414	488,650	1.88%	1.8%
2009	318,499	497,783	0.34%	1.87%
2010	318,041	506,953	-0.14%	1.84%
2011	319,014	518,347	0.31%	2.25%
2012	320,716	530,946	0.53%	2.43%
2013	323,764	543,360	0.95%	2.34%
2014	327,386	556,319	1.12%	2.38%
2015	330,815	569,604	1.05%	2.39%
2016	335,439	582,014	1.4%	2.18%
2017	343,400	596,336	2.37%	2.46%
2018	352,721	607,950	2.71%	1.95%
2019	360,563	620,001	2.22%	1.98%
2020	366,463	630,419	1.64%	1.68%
2021	372,520	640,064	1.65%	1.53%
2022	382,003	653,103	2.55%	2.04%
2023	393,349	666,430	2.97%	2.04%
2024	404,610	677,717	2.86%	1.69%
2025	409,614	685,180	1.24%	1.1%
2026	413,792	692,217	1.02%	1.03%
2027	417,406	699,102	0.87%	0.99%
2028	420,691	705,956	0.79%	0.98%
2029	423,592	712,502	0.69%	0.93%
2030	426,158	718,627	0.61%	0.86%
2031	428,479	724,433	0.54%	0.81%
2032	430,544	730,118	0.48%	0.78%
2033	432,406	735,604	0.43%	0.75%
2034	434,083	740,767	0.39%	0.7%
2035	435,646	745,776	0.36%	0.68%
2036	437,132	750,596	0.34%	0.65%
2037	438,466	755,119	0.31%	0.6%
2038	439,670	759,551	0.27%	0.59%
2039	440,754	763,923	0.25%	0.58%
2040	441,687	767,972	0.21%	0.53%
2041	442,487	771,757	0.18%	0.49%
2042	443,200	775,418	0.16%	0.47%
2043	443,884	778,811	0.15%	0.44%
2044	444,457	781,936	0.13%	0.4%
2045	444,812	784,957	0.08%	0.39%
2046	445,028	787,788	0.05%	0.36%
2047	445,183	790,356	0.03%	0.33%
2048	445,283	792,821	0.02%	0.31%
2049	445,335	795,064	0.01%	0.28%
2050	445,330	796,958	-0.001%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Luxembourg gained 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 121,228 (a 21.3% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2005 and ranked 164th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Iceland's population will grow by 7.84% to 445,330 people with a rank change from 172nd to 173rd. The population of Luxembourg will increase by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th.