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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Taiwan	Iceland	Taiwan
1960	175,574	-	-	-
1961	179,029	11,030,385	1.97%	-
1962	182,378	11,392,513	1.87%	3.28%
1963	185,653	11,762,101	1.8%	3.24%
1964	188,983	12,137,143	1.79%	3.19%
1965	192,286	12,511,863	1.75%	3.09%
1966	195,570	12,874,153	1.71%	2.9%
1967	198,751	13,210,344	1.63%	2.61%
1968	201,488	13,548,537	1.38%	2.56%
1969	203,369	14,068,984	0.93%	3.84%
1970	204,438	14,582,944	0.53%	3.65%
1971	206,098	14,913,564	0.81%	2.27%
1972	209,137	15,220,495	1.47%	2.06%
1973	212,317	15,505,121	1.52%	1.87%
1974	215,209	15,784,817	1.36%	1.8%
1975	217,979	16,075,128	1.29%	1.84%
1976	220,154	16,401,413	1%	2.03%
1977	221,799	16,730,895	0.75%	2.01%
1978	223,537	17,042,272	0.78%	1.86%
1979	225,735	17,372,779	0.98%	1.94%
1980	228,138	17,704,538	1.06%	1.91%
1981	230,755	18,029,982	1.15%	1.84%
1982	233,860	18,354,855	1.35%	1.8%
1983	236,977	18,653,146	1.33%	1.63%
1984	239,511	18,929,866	1.07%	1.48%
1985	241,405	19,191,510	0.79%	1.38%
1986	243,180	19,411,454	0.74%	1.15%
1987	245,859	19,617,046	1.1%	1.06%
1988	249,740	19,839,704	1.58%	1.14%
1989	252,852	20,055,492	1.25%	1.09%
1990	254,826	20,278,946	0.78%	1.11%
1991	257,797	20,503,568	1.17%	1.11%
1992	261,057	20,704,227	1.26%	0.98%
1993	263,725	20,899,019	1.02%	0.94%
1994	266,021	21,086,645	0.87%	0.9%
1995	267,468	21,267,653	0.54%	0.86%
1996	268,916	21,441,432	0.54%	0.82%
1997	271,128	21,634,124	0.82%	0.9%
1998	274,047	21,835,703	1.08%	0.93%
1999	277,381	22,010,489	1.22%	0.8%
2000	281,205	22,184,530	1.38%	0.79%
2001	284,968	22,341,120	1.34%	0.71%
2002	287,523	22,463,172	0.9%	0.55%
2003	289,521	22,562,663	0.69%	0.44%
2004	292,074	22,646,836	0.88%	0.37%
2005	296,734	22,729,753	1.6%	0.37%
2006	303,782	22,823,455	2.38%	0.41%
2007	311,566	22,917,444	2.56%	0.41%
2008	317,414	22,997,696	1.88%	0.35%
2009	318,499	23,078,402	0.34%	0.35%
2010	318,041	23,140,948	-0.14%	0.27%
2011	319,014	23,193,518	0.31%	0.23%
2012	320,716	23,270,367	0.53%	0.33%
2013	323,764	23,344,670	0.95%	0.32%
2014	327,386	23,403,635	1.12%	0.25%
2015	330,815	23,462,914	1.05%	0.25%
2016	335,439	23,515,945	1.4%	0.23%
2017	343,400	23,555,522	2.37%	0.17%
2018	352,721	23,580,080	2.71%	0.1%
2019	360,563	23,596,027	2.22%	0.07%
2020	366,463	23,582,179	1.64%	-0.06%
2021	372,520	23,468,275	1.65%	-0.48%
2022	382,003	23,319,977	2.55%	-0.63%
2023	393,349	23,342,541	2.97%	0.1%
2024	404,610	23,410,331	2.86%	0.29%
2025	409,614	23,308,308	1.24%	-0.44%
2026	413,792	23,205,944	1.02%	-0.44%
2027	417,406	23,102,120	0.87%	-0.45%
2028	420,691	22,996,693	0.79%	-0.46%
2029	423,592	22,890,335	0.69%	-0.46%
2030	426,158	22,781,040	0.61%	-0.48%
2031	428,479	22,667,327	0.54%	-0.5%
2032	430,544	22,549,689	0.48%	-0.52%
2033	432,406	22,428,721	0.43%	-0.54%
2034	434,083	22,302,402	0.39%	-0.56%
2035	435,646	22,170,689	0.36%	-0.59%
2036	437,132	22,034,775	0.34%	-0.61%
2037	438,466	21,893,029	0.31%	-0.64%
2038	439,670	21,746,001	0.27%	-0.67%
2039	440,754	21,594,236	0.25%	-0.7%
2040	441,687	21,436,947	0.21%	-0.73%
2041	442,487	21,274,187	0.18%	-0.76%
2042	443,200	21,105,682	0.16%	-0.79%
2043	443,884	20,932,105	0.15%	-0.82%
2044	444,457	20,754,623	0.13%	-0.85%
2045	444,812	20,571,741	0.08%	-0.88%
2046	445,028	20,384,903	0.05%	-0.91%
2047	445,183	20,194,425	0.03%	-0.93%
2048	445,283	19,999,753	0.02%	-0.96%
2049	445,335	19,801,293	0.01%	-0.99%
2050	445,330	19,598,997	-0.001%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.