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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Oman	Iceland	Oman
1960	175,574	530,485	-	-
1961	179,029	539,854	1.97%	1.77%
1962	182,378	549,941	1.87%	1.87%
1963	185,653	560,827	1.8%	1.98%
1964	188,983	572,577	1.79%	2.1%
1965	192,286	585,236	1.75%	2.21%
1966	195,570	598,804	1.71%	2.32%
1967	198,751	613,318	1.63%	2.42%
1968	201,488	628,798	1.38%	2.52%
1969	203,369	645,255	0.93%	2.62%
1970	204,438	662,680	0.53%	2.7%
1971	206,098	681,119	0.81%	2.78%
1972	209,137	700,593	1.47%	2.86%
1973	212,317	721,179	1.52%	2.94%
1974	215,209	746,988	1.36%	3.58%
1975	217,979	778,864	1.29%	4.27%
1976	220,154	814,701	1%	4.6%
1977	221,799	855,314	0.75%	4.99%
1978	223,537	900,304	0.78%	5.26%
1979	225,735	949,116	0.98%	5.42%
1980	228,138	1,001,248	1.06%	5.49%
1981	230,755	1,057,320	1.15%	5.6%
1982	233,860	1,117,678	1.35%	5.71%
1983	236,977	1,181,459	1.33%	5.71%
1984	239,511	1,247,716	1.07%	5.61%
1985	241,405	1,325,480	0.79%	6.23%
1986	243,180	1,413,419	0.74%	6.63%
1987	245,859	1,500,996	1.1%	6.2%
1988	249,740	1,588,568	1.58%	5.83%
1989	252,852	1,676,228	1.25%	5.52%
1990	254,826	1,763,954	0.78%	5.23%
1991	257,797	1,851,473	1.17%	4.96%
1992	261,057	1,938,238	1.26%	4.69%
1993	263,725	2,021,675	1.02%	4.3%
1994	266,021	2,081,834	0.87%	2.98%
1995	267,468	2,120,528	0.54%	1.86%
1996	268,916	2,156,926	0.54%	1.72%
1997	271,128	2,190,720	0.82%	1.57%
1998	274,047	2,222,489	1.08%	1.45%
1999	277,381	2,252,909	1.22%	1.37%
2000	281,205	2,282,131	1.38%	1.3%
2001	284,968	2,310,217	1.34%	1.23%
2002	287,523	2,337,140	0.9%	1.17%
2003	289,521	2,363,796	0.69%	1.14%
2004	292,074	2,404,821	0.88%	1.74%
2005	296,734	2,459,802	1.6%	2.29%
2006	303,782	2,514,795	2.38%	2.24%
2007	311,566	2,570,174	2.56%	2.2%
2008	317,414	2,626,529	1.88%	2.19%
2009	318,499	2,684,659	0.34%	2.21%
2010	318,041	2,757,446	-0.14%	2.71%
2011	319,014	3,076,763	0.31%	11.6%
2012	320,716	3,547,106	0.53%	15.3%
2013	323,764	3,833,913	0.95%	8.09%
2014	327,386	4,002,439	1.12%	4.4%
2015	330,815	4,184,895	1.05%	4.56%
2016	335,439	4,390,877	1.4%	4.92%
2017	343,400	4,537,396	2.37%	3.34%
2018	352,721	4,597,877	2.71%	1.33%
2019	360,563	4,591,241	2.22%	-0.14%
2020	366,463	4,522,497	1.64%	-1.5%
2021	372,520	4,500,424	1.65%	-0.49%
2022	382,003	4,730,226	2.55%	5.11%
2023	393,349	5,049,269	2.97%	6.74%
2024	404,610	5,281,538	2.86%	4.6%
2025	409,614	5,494,693	1.24%	4.04%
2026	413,792	5,671,451	1.02%	3.22%
2027	417,406	5,814,719	0.87%	2.53%
2028	420,691	5,929,317	0.79%	1.97%
2029	423,592	6,026,178	0.69%	1.63%
2030	426,158	6,112,708	0.61%	1.44%
2031	428,479	6,194,366	0.54%	1.34%
2032	430,544	6,275,465	0.48%	1.31%
2033	432,406	6,356,248	0.43%	1.29%
2034	434,083	6,436,919	0.39%	1.27%
2035	435,646	6,517,799	0.36%	1.26%
2036	437,132	6,599,101	0.34%	1.25%
2037	438,466	6,681,041	0.31%	1.24%
2038	439,670	6,763,781	0.27%	1.24%
2039	440,754	6,847,380	0.25%	1.24%
2040	441,687	6,931,970	0.21%	1.24%
2041	442,487	7,017,684	0.18%	1.24%
2042	443,200	7,104,475	0.16%	1.24%
2043	443,884	7,192,217	0.15%	1.24%
2044	444,457	7,280,846	0.13%	1.23%
2045	444,812	7,370,221	0.08%	1.23%
2046	445,028	7,460,268	0.05%	1.22%
2047	445,183	7,550,973	0.03%	1.22%
2048	445,283	7,642,323	0.02%	1.21%
2049	445,335	7,734,352	0.01%	1.2%
2050	445,330	7,826,991	-0.001%	1.2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Oman gained 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Oman's population increased by 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. Oman was ranked 138th in 2005 and ranked 120th 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 Oman will increase by 38.9% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 120th to 113th.