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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Syria	Iceland	Syria
1960	175,574	4,673,500	-	-
1961	179,029	4,815,466	1.97%	3.04%
1962	182,378	4,959,340	1.87%	2.99%
1963	185,653	5,110,467	1.8%	3.05%
1964	188,983	5,269,087	1.79%	3.1%
1965	192,286	5,435,267	1.75%	3.15%
1966	195,570	5,609,047	1.71%	3.2%
1967	198,751	5,790,198	1.63%	3.23%
1968	201,488	5,978,742	1.38%	3.26%
1969	203,369	6,175,166	0.93%	3.29%
1970	204,438	6,380,609	0.53%	3.33%
1971	206,098	6,598,094	0.81%	3.41%
1972	209,137	6,826,024	1.47%	3.45%
1973	212,317	7,060,321	1.52%	3.43%
1974	215,209	7,302,160	1.36%	3.43%
1975	217,979	7,554,364	1.29%	3.45%
1976	220,154	7,817,320	1%	3.48%
1977	221,799	8,090,501	0.75%	3.49%
1978	223,537	8,372,759	0.78%	3.49%
1979	225,735	8,661,909	0.98%	3.45%
1980	228,138	8,957,663	1.06%	3.41%
1981	230,755	9,260,189	1.15%	3.38%
1982	233,860	9,572,511	1.35%	3.37%
1983	236,977	9,904,809	1.33%	3.47%
1984	239,511	10,258,398	1.07%	3.57%
1985	241,405	10,625,672	0.79%	3.58%
1986	243,180	11,002,844	0.74%	3.55%
1987	245,859	11,388,923	1.1%	3.51%
1988	249,740	11,782,264	1.58%	3.45%
1989	252,852	12,179,060	1.25%	3.37%
1990	254,826	12,579,208	0.78%	3.29%
1991	257,797	12,980,821	1.17%	3.19%
1992	261,057	13,385,571	1.26%	3.12%
1993	263,725	13,795,686	1.02%	3.06%
1994	266,021	14,208,583	0.87%	2.99%
1995	267,468	14,616,801	0.54%	2.87%
1996	268,916	15,018,104	0.54%	2.75%
1997	271,128	15,417,542	0.82%	2.66%
1998	274,047	15,820,413	1.08%	2.61%
1999	277,381	16,228,061	1.22%	2.58%
2000	281,205	16,637,888	1.38%	2.53%
2001	284,968	17,051,338	1.34%	2.48%
2002	287,523	17,468,332	0.9%	2.45%
2003	289,521	17,889,296	0.69%	2.41%
2004	292,074	18,336,875	0.88%	2.5%
2005	296,734	18,814,091	1.6%	2.6%
2006	303,782	19,637,022	2.38%	4.37%
2007	311,566	20,884,125	2.56%	6.35%
2008	317,414	21,636,564	1.88%	3.6%
2009	318,499	21,976,969	0.34%	1.57%
2010	318,041	22,482,421	-0.14%	2.3%
2011	319,014	22,878,098	0.31%	1.76%
2012	320,716	22,759,763	0.53%	-0.52%
2013	323,764	21,666,917	0.95%	-4.8%
2014	327,386	20,273,659	1.12%	-6.43%
2015	330,815	19,424,618	1.05%	-4.19%
2016	335,439	19,193,834	1.4%	-1.19%
2017	343,400	19,224,668	2.37%	0.16%
2018	352,721	19,577,845	2.71%	1.84%
2019	360,563	20,353,534	2.22%	3.96%
2020	366,463	21,049,429	1.64%	3.42%
2021	372,520	21,628,839	1.65%	2.75%
2022	382,003	22,462,173	2.55%	3.85%
2023	393,349	23,594,623	2.97%	5.04%
2024	404,610	24,672,760	2.86%	4.57%
2025	409,614	25,620,422	1.24%	3.84%
2026	413,792	26,472,499	1.02%	3.33%
2027	417,406	27,261,544	0.87%	2.98%
2028	420,691	28,006,558	0.79%	2.73%
2029	423,592	28,719,309	0.69%	2.54%
2030	426,158	29,395,545	0.61%	2.35%
2031	428,479	30,029,824	0.54%	2.16%
2032	430,544	30,633,661	0.48%	2.01%
2033	432,406	31,212,478	0.43%	1.89%
2034	434,083	31,768,138	0.39%	1.78%
2035	435,646	32,294,792	0.36%	1.66%
2036	437,132	32,788,153	0.34%	1.53%
2037	438,466	33,258,407	0.31%	1.43%
2038	439,670	33,710,718	0.27%	1.36%
2039	440,754	34,131,238	0.25%	1.25%
2040	441,687	34,533,185	0.21%	1.18%
2041	442,487	34,916,936	0.18%	1.11%
2042	443,200	35,279,863	0.16%	1.04%
2043	443,884	35,623,325	0.15%	0.97%
2044	444,457	35,944,394	0.13%	0.9%
2045	444,812	36,265,295	0.08%	0.89%
2046	445,028	36,583,260	0.05%	0.88%
2047	445,183	36,878,640	0.03%	0.81%
2048	445,283	37,171,029	0.02%	0.79%
2049	445,335	37,477,690	0.01%	0.83%
2050	445,330	37,793,378	-0.001%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.