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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Romania	Iceland	Romania
1960	175,574	18,406,905	-	-
1961	179,029	18,555,250	1.97%	0.81%
1962	182,378	18,676,550	1.87%	0.65%
1963	185,653	18,797,850	1.8%	0.65%
1964	188,983	18,919,126	1.79%	0.65%
1965	192,286	19,031,576	1.75%	0.59%
1966	195,570	19,215,450	1.71%	0.97%
1967	198,751	19,534,242	1.63%	1.66%
1968	201,488	19,799,831	1.38%	1.36%
1969	203,369	20,009,141	0.93%	1.06%
1970	204,438	20,250,398	0.53%	1.21%
1971	206,098	20,461,567	0.81%	1.04%
1972	209,137	20,657,957	1.47%	0.96%
1973	212,317	20,835,681	1.52%	0.86%
1974	215,209	21,029,429	1.36%	0.93%
1975	217,979	21,293,583	1.29%	1.26%
1976	220,154	21,551,634	1%	1.21%
1977	221,799	21,756,096	0.75%	0.95%
1978	223,537	21,951,464	0.78%	0.9%
1979	225,735	22,090,488	0.98%	0.63%
1980	228,138	22,207,282	1.06%	0.53%
1981	230,755	22,353,070	1.15%	0.66%
1982	233,860	22,475,741	1.35%	0.55%
1983	236,977	22,560,478	1.33%	0.38%
1984	239,511	22,640,547	1.07%	0.35%
1985	241,405	22,732,999	0.79%	0.41%
1986	243,180	22,836,841	0.74%	0.46%
1987	245,859	22,949,430	1.1%	0.49%
1988	249,740	23,057,662	1.58%	0.47%
1989	252,852	23,161,458	1.25%	0.45%
1990	254,826	23,201,835	0.78%	0.17%
1991	257,797	23,001,155	1.17%	-0.86%
1992	261,057	22,794,284	1.26%	-0.9%
1993	263,725	22,763,280	1.02%	-0.14%
1994	266,021	22,730,211	0.87%	-0.15%
1995	267,468	22,684,270	0.54%	-0.2%
1996	268,916	22,619,004	0.54%	-0.29%
1997	271,128	22,553,978	0.82%	-0.29%
1998	274,047	22,507,344	1.08%	-0.21%
1999	277,381	22,472,040	1.22%	-0.16%
2000	281,205	22,442,971	1.38%	-0.13%
2001	284,968	22,131,970	1.34%	-1.39%
2002	287,523	21,730,496	0.9%	-1.81%
2003	289,521	21,574,326	0.69%	-0.72%
2004	292,074	21,451,748	0.88%	-0.57%
2005	296,734	21,319,685	1.6%	-0.62%
2006	303,782	21,193,760	2.38%	-0.59%
2007	311,566	20,882,982	2.56%	-1.47%
2008	317,414	20,537,875	1.88%	-1.65%
2009	318,499	20,367,487	0.34%	-0.83%
2010	318,041	20,246,871	-0.14%	-0.59%
2011	319,014	20,147,528	0.31%	-0.49%
2012	320,716	20,058,035	0.53%	-0.44%
2013	323,764	19,983,693	0.95%	-0.37%
2014	327,386	19,908,979	1.12%	-0.37%
2015	330,815	19,815,616	1.05%	-0.47%
2016	335,439	19,702,267	1.4%	-0.57%
2017	343,400	19,588,715	2.37%	-0.58%
2018	352,721	19,473,970	2.71%	-0.59%
2019	360,563	19,371,648	2.22%	-0.53%
2020	366,463	19,265,250	1.64%	-0.55%
2021	372,520	19,122,059	1.65%	-0.74%
2022	382,003	19,048,502	2.55%	-0.38%
2023	385,663	19,061,062	0.96%	0.07%
2024	386,506	19,051,804	0.22%	-0.05%
2025	391,286	18,945,157	1.24%	-0.56%
2026	395,277	18,836,893	1.02%	-0.57%
2027	398,729	18,727,645	0.87%	-0.58%
2028	401,867	18,617,757	0.79%	-0.59%
2029	404,639	18,506,702	0.69%	-0.6%
2030	407,090	18,394,947	0.61%	-0.6%
2031	409,307	18,282,991	0.54%	-0.61%
2032	411,279	18,170,681	0.48%	-0.61%
2033	413,059	18,057,661	0.43%	-0.62%
2034	414,660	17,943,814	0.39%	-0.63%
2035	416,153	17,828,772	0.36%	-0.64%
2036	417,573	17,712,177	0.34%	-0.65%
2037	418,847	17,595,189	0.31%	-0.66%
2038	419,997	17,477,597	0.27%	-0.67%
2039	421,032	17,360,012	0.25%	-0.67%
2040	421,924	17,242,939	0.21%	-0.67%
2041	422,688	17,124,773	0.18%	-0.69%
2042	423,370	17,006,515	0.16%	-0.69%
2043	424,023	16,888,882	0.15%	-0.69%
2044	424,570	16,770,593	0.13%	-0.7%
2045	424,909	16,652,406	0.08%	-0.7%
2046	425,115	16,534,847	0.05%	-0.71%
2047	425,264	16,416,456	0.03%	-0.72%
2048	425,359	16,297,099	0.02%	-0.73%
2049	425,409	16,177,534	0.01%	-0.73%
2050	425,404	16,058,209	-0.001%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iceland increased by 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iceland gained 59,875 (a 17.8% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2006 and is 173rd in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.