Population in Iceland compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iceland and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Netherlands	Iceland	Netherlands
1960	175,574	11,486,631	-	-
1961	179,029	11,638,712	1.97%	1.32%
1962	182,378	11,805,689	1.87%	1.43%
1963	185,653	11,965,966	1.8%	1.36%
1964	188,983	12,127,120	1.79%	1.35%
1965	192,286	12,294,732	1.75%	1.38%
1966	195,570	12,456,251	1.71%	1.31%
1967	198,751	12,598,201	1.63%	1.14%
1968	201,488	12,729,721	1.38%	1.04%
1969	203,369	12,877,984	0.93%	1.16%
1970	204,438	13,038,526	0.53%	1.25%
1971	206,098	13,194,497	0.81%	1.2%
1972	209,137	13,328,593	1.47%	1.02%
1973	212,317	13,439,322	1.52%	0.83%
1974	215,209	13,545,056	1.36%	0.79%
1975	217,979	13,666,335	1.29%	0.9%
1976	220,154	13,774,037	1%	0.79%
1977	221,799	13,856,185	0.75%	0.6%
1978	223,537	13,941,700	0.78%	0.62%
1979	225,735	14,038,270	0.98%	0.69%
1980	228,138	14,149,800	1.06%	0.79%
1981	230,755	14,247,208	1.15%	0.69%
1982	233,860	14,312,690	1.35%	0.46%
1983	236,977	14,367,070	1.33%	0.38%
1984	239,511	14,424,211	1.07%	0.4%
1985	241,405	14,491,632	0.79%	0.47%
1986	243,180	14,572,278	0.74%	0.56%
1987	245,859	14,665,037	1.1%	0.64%
1988	249,740	14,760,094	1.58%	0.65%
1989	252,852	14,848,907	1.25%	0.6%
1990	254,826	14,951,510	0.78%	0.69%
1991	257,797	15,069,798	1.17%	0.79%
1992	261,057	15,184,166	1.26%	0.76%
1993	263,725	15,290,368	1.02%	0.7%
1994	266,021	15,382,838	0.87%	0.6%
1995	267,468	15,459,006	0.54%	0.5%
1996	268,916	15,530,498	0.54%	0.46%
1997	271,128	15,610,650	0.82%	0.52%
1998	274,047	15,707,209	1.08%	0.62%
1999	277,381	15,812,088	1.22%	0.67%
2000	281,205	15,925,513	1.38%	0.72%
2001	284,968	16,046,180	1.34%	0.76%
2002	287,523	16,148,929	0.9%	0.64%
2003	289,521	16,225,302	0.69%	0.47%
2004	292,074	16,281,779	0.88%	0.35%
2005	296,734	16,319,868	1.6%	0.23%
2006	303,782	16,346,101	2.38%	0.16%
2007	311,566	16,381,696	2.56%	0.22%
2008	317,414	16,445,593	1.88%	0.39%
2009	318,499	16,530,388	0.34%	0.52%
2010	318,041	16,615,394	-0.14%	0.51%
2011	319,014	16,693,074	0.31%	0.47%
2012	320,716	16,754,962	0.53%	0.37%
2013	323,764	16,804,432	0.95%	0.3%
2014	327,386	16,865,008	1.12%	0.36%
2015	330,815	16,939,923	1.05%	0.44%
2016	335,439	17,030,314	1.4%	0.53%
2017	343,400	17,131,296	2.37%	0.59%
2018	352,721	17,231,624	2.71%	0.59%
2019	360,563	17,344,874	2.22%	0.66%
2020	366,463	17,441,500	1.64%	0.56%
2021	372,520	17,533,044	1.65%	0.52%
2022	382,003	17,700,982	2.55%	0.96%
2023	393,349	17,877,117	2.97%	1%
2024	404,610	17,994,237	2.86%	0.66%
2025	409,614	18,110,800	1.24%	0.65%
2026	413,792	18,211,436	1.02%	0.56%
2027	417,406	18,299,531	0.87%	0.48%
2028	420,691	18,379,573	0.79%	0.44%
2029	423,592	18,452,044	0.69%	0.39%
2030	426,158	18,515,913	0.61%	0.35%
2031	428,479	18,571,934	0.54%	0.3%
2032	430,544	18,621,087	0.48%	0.26%
2033	432,406	18,664,975	0.43%	0.24%
2034	434,083	18,702,456	0.39%	0.2%
2035	435,646	18,733,223	0.36%	0.16%
2036	437,132	18,760,054	0.34%	0.14%
2037	438,466	18,781,793	0.31%	0.12%
2038	439,670	18,798,283	0.27%	0.09%
2039	440,754	18,810,276	0.25%	0.06%
2040	441,687	18,817,745	0.21%	0.04%
2041	442,487	18,820,870	0.18%	0.02%
2042	443,200	18,819,607	0.16%	-0.007%
2043	443,884	18,815,261	0.15%	-0.02%
2044	444,457	18,807,564	0.13%	-0.04%
2045	444,812	18,797,005	0.08%	-0.06%
2046	445,028	18,785,724	0.05%	-0.06%
2047	445,183	18,771,651	0.03%	-0.07%
2048	445,283	18,754,325	0.02%	-0.09%
2049	445,335	18,735,299	0.01%	-0.1%
2050	445,330	18,714,579	-0.001%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.