Population in Iceland compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iceland and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	South Korea	Iceland	South Korea
1960	175,574	25,012,374	-	-
1961	179,029	25,765,673	1.97%	3.01%
1962	182,378	26,513,030	1.87%	2.9%
1963	185,653	27,261,747	1.8%	2.82%
1964	188,983	27,984,155	1.79%	2.65%
1965	192,286	28,704,674	1.75%	2.57%
1966	195,570	29,435,571	1.71%	2.55%
1967	198,751	30,130,983	1.63%	2.36%
1968	201,488	30,838,302	1.38%	2.35%
1969	203,369	31,544,266	0.93%	2.29%
1970	204,438	32,240,827	0.53%	2.21%
1971	206,098	32,882,704	0.81%	1.99%
1972	209,137	33,505,406	1.47%	1.89%
1973	212,317	34,103,149	1.52%	1.78%
1974	215,209	34,692,266	1.36%	1.73%
1975	217,979	35,280,725	1.29%	1.7%
1976	220,154	35,848,523	1%	1.61%
1977	221,799	36,411,795	0.75%	1.57%
1978	223,537	36,969,185	0.78%	1.53%
1979	225,735	37,534,236	0.98%	1.53%
1980	228,138	38,123,775	1.06%	1.57%
1981	230,755	38,723,248	1.15%	1.57%
1982	233,860	39,326,352	1.35%	1.56%
1983	236,977	39,910,403	1.33%	1.49%
1984	239,511	40,405,956	1.07%	1.24%
1985	241,405	40,805,744	0.79%	0.99%
1986	243,180	41,213,674	0.74%	1%
1987	245,859	41,621,690	1.1%	0.99%
1988	249,740	42,031,247	1.58%	0.98%
1989	252,852	42,449,038	1.25%	0.99%
1990	254,826	42,869,283	0.78%	0.99%
1991	257,797	43,295,704	1.17%	0.99%
1992	261,057	43,747,962	1.26%	1.04%
1993	263,725	44,194,628	1.02%	1.02%
1994	266,021	44,641,540	0.87%	1.01%
1995	267,468	45,092,991	0.54%	1.01%
1996	268,916	45,524,681	0.54%	0.96%
1997	271,128	45,953,580	0.82%	0.94%
1998	274,047	46,286,503	1.08%	0.72%
1999	277,381	46,616,677	1.22%	0.71%
2000	281,205	47,008,111	1.38%	0.84%
2001	284,968	47,370,164	1.34%	0.77%
2002	287,523	47,644,736	0.9%	0.58%
2003	289,521	47,892,330	0.69%	0.52%
2004	292,074	48,082,519	0.88%	0.4%
2005	296,734	48,184,561	1.6%	0.21%
2006	303,782	48,438,292	2.38%	0.53%
2007	311,566	48,683,638	2.56%	0.51%
2008	317,414	49,054,708	1.88%	0.76%
2009	318,499	49,307,835	0.34%	0.52%
2010	318,041	49,554,112	-0.14%	0.5%
2011	319,014	49,936,638	0.31%	0.77%
2012	320,716	50,199,853	0.53%	0.53%
2013	323,764	50,428,893	0.95%	0.46%
2014	327,386	50,746,659	1.12%	0.63%
2015	330,815	51,014,947	1.05%	0.53%
2016	335,439	51,217,803	1.4%	0.4%
2017	343,400	51,361,911	2.37%	0.28%
2018	352,721	51,585,058	2.71%	0.43%
2019	360,563	51,764,822	2.22%	0.35%
2020	366,463	51,836,239	1.64%	0.14%
2021	372,520	51,769,539	1.65%	-0.13%
2022	382,003	51,672,569	2.55%	-0.19%
2023	393,349	51,712,619	2.97%	0.08%
2024	404,610	51,751,065	2.86%	0.07%
2025	409,614	51,700,480	1.24%	-0.1%
2026	413,792	51,633,793	1.02%	-0.13%
2027	417,406	51,552,198	0.87%	-0.16%
2028	420,691	51,456,707	0.79%	-0.19%
2029	423,592	51,347,230	0.69%	-0.21%
2030	426,158	51,221,713	0.61%	-0.24%
2031	428,479	51,081,220	0.54%	-0.27%
2032	430,544	50,924,233	0.48%	-0.31%
2033	432,406	50,747,132	0.43%	-0.35%
2034	434,083	50,549,508	0.39%	-0.39%
2035	435,646	50,333,286	0.36%	-0.43%
2036	437,132	50,098,951	0.34%	-0.47%
2037	438,466	49,845,669	0.31%	-0.51%
2038	439,670	49,573,234	0.27%	-0.55%
2039	440,754	49,283,770	0.25%	-0.58%
2040	441,687	48,980,369	0.21%	-0.62%
2041	442,487	48,661,905	0.18%	-0.65%
2042	443,200	48,331,004	0.16%	-0.68%
2043	443,884	47,990,085	0.15%	-0.71%
2044	444,457	47,634,183	0.13%	-0.74%
2045	444,812	47,263,526	0.08%	-0.78%
2046	445,028	46,881,228	0.05%	-0.81%
2047	445,183	46,482,133	0.03%	-0.85%
2048	445,283	46,063,595	0.02%	-0.9%
2049	445,335	45,626,805	0.01%	-0.95%
2050	445,330	45,172,356	-0.001%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.