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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Russia	Iceland	Russia
1960	175,574	119,897,000	-	-
1961	179,029	121,236,000	1.97%	1.12%
1962	182,378	122,591,000	1.87%	1.12%
1963	185,653	123,960,000	1.8%	1.12%
1964	188,983	125,345,000	1.79%	1.12%
1965	192,286	126,745,000	1.75%	1.12%
1966	195,570	127,468,000	1.71%	0.57%
1967	198,751	128,196,000	1.63%	0.57%
1968	201,488	128,928,000	1.38%	0.57%
1969	203,369	129,664,000	0.93%	0.57%
1970	204,438	130,404,000	0.53%	0.57%
1971	206,098	131,155,000	0.81%	0.58%
1972	209,137	131,909,000	1.47%	0.57%
1973	212,317	132,669,000	1.52%	0.58%
1974	215,209	133,432,000	1.36%	0.58%
1975	217,979	134,200,000	1.29%	0.58%
1976	220,154	135,147,000	1%	0.71%
1977	221,799	136,100,000	0.75%	0.71%
1978	223,537	137,060,000	0.78%	0.71%
1979	225,735	138,027,000	0.98%	0.71%
1980	228,138	139,010,000	1.06%	0.71%
1981	230,755	139,941,000	1.15%	0.67%
1982	233,860	140,823,000	1.35%	0.63%
1983	236,977	141,668,000	1.33%	0.6%
1984	239,511	142,745,000	1.07%	0.76%
1985	241,405	143,858,000	0.79%	0.78%
1986	243,180	144,894,000	0.74%	0.72%
1987	245,859	145,908,000	1.1%	0.7%
1988	249,740	146,857,000	1.58%	0.65%
1989	252,852	147,721,000	1.25%	0.59%
1990	254,826	147,969,406	0.78%	0.17%
1991	257,797	148,394,216	1.17%	0.29%
1992	261,057	148,538,197	1.26%	0.1%
1993	263,725	148,458,777	1.02%	-0.05%
1994	266,021	148,407,912	0.87%	-0.03%
1995	267,468	148,375,787	0.54%	-0.02%
1996	268,916	148,160,129	0.54%	-0.15%
1997	271,128	147,915,361	0.82%	-0.17%
1998	274,047	147,670,784	1.08%	-0.17%
1999	277,381	147,214,776	1.22%	-0.31%
2000	281,205	146,596,869	1.38%	-0.42%
2001	284,968	145,976,482	1.34%	-0.42%
2002	287,523	145,306,497	0.9%	-0.46%
2003	289,521	144,648,618	0.69%	-0.45%
2004	292,074	144,067,316	0.88%	-0.4%
2005	296,734	143,518,814	1.6%	-0.38%
2006	303,782	143,049,637	2.38%	-0.33%
2007	311,566	142,805,114	2.56%	-0.17%
2008	317,414	142,742,366	1.88%	-0.04%
2009	318,499	142,785,348	0.34%	0.03%
2010	318,041	142,849,468	-0.14%	0.04%
2011	319,014	143,018,195	0.31%	0.12%
2012	320,716	143,378,447	0.53%	0.25%
2013	323,764	143,805,638	0.95%	0.3%
2014	327,386	144,237,223	1.12%	0.3%
2015	330,815	144,640,716	1.05%	0.28%
2016	335,439	145,015,460	1.4%	0.26%
2017	343,400	145,293,260	2.37%	0.19%
2018	352,721	145,398,106	2.71%	0.07%
2019	360,563	145,453,291	2.22%	0.04%
2020	366,463	145,245,148	1.64%	-0.14%
2021	372,520	144,746,762	1.65%	-0.34%
2022	382,003	144,236,933	2.55%	-0.35%
2023	393,349	143,826,130	2.97%	-0.28%
2024	404,610	143,533,851	2.86%	-0.2%
2025	409,614	142,718,132	1.24%	-0.57%
2026	413,792	142,120,553	1.02%	-0.42%
2027	417,406	141,773,330	0.87%	-0.24%
2028	420,691	141,402,326	0.79%	-0.26%
2029	423,592	141,021,009	0.69%	-0.27%
2030	426,158	140,628,883	0.61%	-0.28%
2031	428,479	140,218,596	0.54%	-0.29%
2032	430,544	139,807,207	0.48%	-0.29%
2033	432,406	139,414,947	0.43%	-0.28%
2034	434,083	139,034,543	0.39%	-0.27%
2035	435,646	138,666,694	0.36%	-0.26%
2036	437,132	138,311,757	0.34%	-0.26%
2037	438,466	137,968,177	0.31%	-0.25%
2038	439,670	137,643,032	0.27%	-0.24%
2039	440,754	137,336,299	0.25%	-0.22%
2040	441,687	137,053,347	0.21%	-0.21%
2041	442,487	136,795,588	0.18%	-0.19%
2042	443,200	136,558,692	0.16%	-0.17%
2043	443,884	136,335,849	0.15%	-0.16%
2044	444,457	136,124,845	0.13%	-0.15%
2045	444,812	135,933,758	0.08%	-0.14%
2046	445,028	135,756,848	0.05%	-0.13%
2047	445,183	135,574,181	0.03%	-0.13%
2048	445,283	135,372,557	0.02%	-0.15%
2049	445,335	135,156,911	0.01%	-0.16%
2050	445,330	134,923,391	-0.001%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.