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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Iceland was 386,506 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iceland's population is 395,314 people compared to 53,298,472 in Sudan.

Population statistics:

  • Sudan's population is 134.8 times bigger than Iceland's.
  • Iceland is ranked the 173rd most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
  • The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.005% for Iceland vs 0.64% for Sudan.
  • For the last 10 years, Iceland has had an average growth rate of +1.63% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
  • Since 2006, the population of Iceland has increased from 304K people to 395K (30.1% growth), while Sudan has grown from 32M to 53.3M (66.6% growth).
  • Iceland is projected to reach its peak in 2049 at 425K people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.

Iceland vs Sudan: live population counter

Iceland Sudan
Current population
395314
53298472
Population rank 173/197 29/197
Percent of world population 0.005% 0.64%
One net population change
10.4 hours
1.29 minutes
One birth every
2.07 hours
18.7 seconds
One death every
3.44 hours
1.64 minutes
One migration net change every
2.47 hours
57.9 seconds
Annual migration change +3,543 -544,257
Daily growth/decline +2 +1,113
Annual growth/decline +843 +406,172
Annual growth/decline rate +0.22% +0.81%
Population growth rate rank 156/197 117/197

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

Iceland
Population

Growth rate
Sudan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Iceland Sudan Iceland Sudan
1960 175,574 8,364,489 - -
1961 179,029 8,634,941 1.97% 3.23%
1962 182,378 8,919,028 1.87% 3.29%
1963 185,653 9,218,077 1.8% 3.35%
1964 188,983 9,531,109 1.79% 3.4%
1965 192,286 9,858,030 1.75% 3.43%
1966 195,570 10,197,578 1.71% 3.44%
1967 198,751 10,550,597 1.63% 3.46%
1968 201,488 10,917,999 1.38% 3.48%
1969 203,369 11,298,936 0.93% 3.49%
1970 204,438 11,695,771 0.53% 3.51%
1971 206,098 12,105,539 0.81% 3.5%
1972 209,137 12,527,856 1.47% 3.49%
1973 212,317 13,049,315 1.52% 4.16%
1974 215,209 13,580,723 1.36% 4.07%
1975 217,979 14,064,798 1.29% 3.56%
1976 220,154 14,569,716 1% 3.59%
1977 221,799 15,086,614 0.75% 3.55%
1978 223,537 15,695,003 0.78% 4.03%
1979 225,735 16,355,352 0.98% 4.21%
1980 228,138 17,058,905 1.06% 4.3%
1981 230,755 17,780,572 1.15% 4.23%
1982 233,860 18,486,645 1.35% 3.97%
1983 236,977 19,109,770 1.33% 3.37%
1984 239,511 19,546,528 1.07% 2.29%
1985 241,405 19,905,872 0.79% 1.84%
1986 243,180 20,288,238 0.74% 1.92%
1987 245,859 20,704,904 1.1% 2.05%
1988 249,740 21,138,431 1.58% 2.09%
1989 252,852 21,578,022 1.25% 2.08%
1990 254,826 22,021,481 0.78% 2.06%
1991 257,797 22,470,676 1.17% 2.04%
1992 261,057 22,927,355 1.26% 2.03%
1993 263,725 23,445,592 1.02% 2.26%
1994 266,021 24,043,948 0.87% 2.55%
1995 267,468 24,672,143 0.54% 2.61%
1996 268,916 25,231,528 0.54% 2.27%
1997 271,128 25,799,821 0.82% 2.25%
1998 274,047 26,458,999 1.08% 2.55%
1999 277,381 27,130,613 1.22% 2.54%
2000 281,205 27,816,745 1.38% 2.53%
2001 284,968 28,516,770 1.34% 2.52%
2002 287,523 29,228,727 0.9% 2.5%
2003 289,521 29,896,035 0.69% 2.28%
2004 292,074 30,556,637 0.88% 2.21%
2005 296,734 31,262,444 1.6% 2.31%
2006 303,782 31,992,435 2.38% 2.34%
2007 311,566 32,764,135 2.56% 2.41%
2008 317,414 33,623,980 1.88% 2.62%
2009 318,499 34,569,113 0.34% 2.81%
2010 318,041 35,414,399 -0.14% 2.45%
2011 319,014 36,140,806 0.31% 2.05%
2012 320,716 36,923,178 0.53% 2.16%
2013 323,764 37,785,849 0.95% 2.34%
2014 327,386 38,823,318 1.12% 2.75%
2015 330,815 40,024,431 1.05% 3.09%
2016 335,439 41,259,892 1.4% 3.09%
2017 343,400 42,714,306 2.37% 3.53%
2018 352,721 44,230,596 2.71% 3.55%
2019 360,563 45,548,175 2.22% 2.98%
2020 366,463 46,789,231 1.64% 2.72%
2021 372,520 48,066,924 1.65% 2.73%
2022 382,003 49,383,346 2.55% 2.74%
2023 385,663 50,042,791 0.96% 1.34%
2024 386,506 50,448,963 0.22% 0.81%
2025 391,286 51,662,152 1.24% 2.4%
2026 395,277 53,282,718 1.02% 3.14%
2027 398,729 54,724,215 0.87% 2.71%
2028 401,867 55,993,833 0.79% 2.32%
2029 404,639 57,275,443 0.69% 2.29%
2030 407,090 58,571,624 0.61% 2.26%
2031 409,307 59,872,936 0.54% 2.22%
2032 411,279 61,179,476 0.48% 2.18%
2033 413,059 62,497,205 0.43% 2.15%
2034 414,660 63,822,356 0.39% 2.12%
2035 416,153 65,148,317 0.36% 2.08%
2036 417,573 66,470,018 0.34% 2.03%
2037 418,847 67,791,240 0.31% 1.99%
2038 419,997 69,107,712 0.27% 1.94%
2039 421,032 70,416,631 0.25% 1.89%
2040 421,924 71,730,604 0.21% 1.87%
2041 422,688 73,056,213 0.18% 1.85%
2042 423,370 74,387,562 0.16% 1.82%
2043 424,023 75,723,670 0.15% 1.8%
2044 424,570 77,066,454 0.13% 1.77%
2045 424,909 78,415,205 0.08% 1.75%
2046 425,115 79,767,271 0.05% 1.72%
2047 425,264 81,115,241 0.03% 1.69%
2048 425,359 82,463,202 0.02% 1.66%
2049 425,409 83,828,356 0.01% 1.66%
2050 425,404 85,206,384 -0.001% 1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iceland increased by 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iceland gained 59,875 (a 17.8% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2006 and is 173rd in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.

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